ELIGIBILITY
Students currently enrolled full-time in Ph.D. programs in sub-Saharan Africa are encouraged and eligible to apply.
Applications are especially sought from students in economics, economic demography, geography, and epidemiology. Applications from students in other disciplines will be considered if their dissertation research meets the methodological requirements of the program. Students are eligible to apply if they have a dissertation proposal in progress and/or will have completed all coursework by the beginning of the fellowship program.
FELLOWSHIP AWARD
The Hewlett/IIE Dissertation Fellowship in Population, Reproductive Health, and Economic Development will support up to 8 two-year fellowships beginning in 2009, with the start date depending on the academic cycle of the university you are enrolled in. Awards will be announced in the spring of 2009. Fellowship recipients from sub-Saharan Africa are awarded a maximum of $15,000 per year (depending on cost of living and university and research expenses in country) for two years to cover expenses incurred while working on their dissertation, including tuition, travel for research purposes, acquisition of data and research materials, and personal living expenses. (Detailed budgets must be submitted with your application). Fellows will become part of a network of researchers supported by the Hewlett Foundation, PRB, IIE and other funders.
Network activities during the two-year fellowship period will include, an annual research conference in the winter and other optional networking opportunities such as a workshop on advanced methods in population-economic analysis, and a writing workshop.
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
The deadline for applying is March 6, 2009. Please submit the following:
- Completed application cover sheet.
- Curriculum Vita with full list of educational and other professional activities.
- Statement of intent to pursue a dissertation examining the linkages of population-family planning/reproductive health and economic development. Please identify the specific question to be addressed; provide a brief synopsis of the relevant literature demonstrating how your research will contribute to the Fellowship Program's research objective; describe the data you expect to use and how you expect to use it; and summarize expected outcomes (maximum of twenty pages).
- Schedule for completing the dissertation.
- Budget for use of the fellowship award.
- Two letters of recommendation. One from your academic adviser and one from another faculty member.
- Essay describing how you believe your work, when complete, will affect policy and improve people's wellbeing (maximum of two pages).
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