Deadline: November 12th 2023 | USAID Demographic And Health Surveys (DHS) Fellows Program 2024 (Fully funded)
| Title: | USAID Demographic And Health Surveys (DHS) Fellows Program 2024 (Fully funded) |
| Organisation: | The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) |
| Fund/Grant: | $3,000 honorarium will be given to each fellow to cover research costs, travel costs, and other incidentals |
| Deadline: | November 12th 2023 |
| Eligible countries: | Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Jordan, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia |
Applications for the 2024 DHS Fellows Programme are currently being accepted by the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Programme. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded DHS Fellows Programme is made to give nations more ability to analyse DHS Programme data further.
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The program’s main goals are as follows:
- To instruct fellows in the use of DHS Programme data in analysis and research.
- To improve the capabilities Fellows will utilise to incorporate DHS Programme data into their instruction.
- To improve Fellows’ abilities to support others’ use of DHS Programme data at their home campuses.
- The DHS Fellows Programme will be delivered in a hybrid format with two in-person workshops and virtual components in 2024.
Requirements
- Universities in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Jordan, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia are accepting applications from academics in these countries.
- The home university must be the only base of operation for every team member.
- Applications must come from groups of two individuals from the same university who teach or perform research in the social sciences, such as economics, sociology, public health, or demography. Note that there has been a change from prior years when teams consisted of three people.
- People who have already taken part in a data analysis workshop run by The DHS Programme are ineligible, but those who have only taken part in a workshop on service provision assessment (SPA) or geographic information systems (GIS) are still welcome to apply.
- There must be one senior faculty member on each team. The DHS Programme requires that both team members be available to participate in two in-person sessions (see projected timeframe below).
- Before attending the first workshop, everyone must also finish the online DHS Dataset User training. Depending on your ability level, you should be able to finish this course in one to two days.
- The most recent version of Stata statistical software will be made available for usage during the course.
Benefits
- The selection of Fellows will primarily be focused on the potential of candidates to improve the ability of their home university to exploit DHS Programme data and the quality of their research proposal. Gender equality and prior knowledge of data utilisation and statistical analysis will be added considerations.
- A $3,000 honorarium will be given to each fellow to cover research costs, travel costs, and other incidentals. Payment will be made in stages dependent on the successful fulfilment of the deliverables. This reward will be reduced for missing trainings or submitting work that has to be completed.
- The DHS Programme will pay for each fellow’s round-trip economy airfare from their home institution as well as lodging with only breakfast and lunch so they can attend both seminars. Following the selection process, each fellow will be responsible for securing a visa for the nation hosting the workshop; all other expenses should be covered by the honorarium.
TImeline
- 12 November 2023 Application deadline
- the middle of December 2023Candidates who are chosen are notified.
- Fellows finish the Dataset Users Course on February 1, 2024, and submit their certificates.First workshop to get Fellows ready to access DHS Programme datasets, develop research objectives, and start data analysis will take place from February 28 to March 7, 2024.
- Fellows present preliminary versions of their papers on March 25, 2024.
- Fellows submit their first report on capacity-building initiatives on April 8, 2024 *2024 May 8–May 14Fellows will hold a second workshop to polish their papers.
- Fellows submit their final articles on June 3, 2024, and they reply to comments and edits throughout the publication process. Fellows additionally submit their presentation on policy.
- Fellows submit a second report on capacity-building initiatives and a revised policy-oriented presentation on August 5, 2024.
- Fellows must provide evidence that the working paper was published to a peer-reviewed journal by September 9, 2024.
NOTE
- The in-person sessions are scheduled to take place on the following dates, however they must be verified before the end of January 2024.
For more information, visit the USAID Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Fellows Programme 2024 official website.
