Structural Transformation of African Agriculture and Rural Spaces (STAARS) fellowship Program 2025 for early-career African Researchers (Fully Funded)

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Application Deadline:  January 17, 2025 at 11:59 PM EST. 

Applications at the moment are open for the 2025 Structural Transformation of African Agriculture and Rural Spaces (STAARS) fellowship Program. The STARS Fellowship Program pairs early-career researchers with college mentors to advance rigorous, policy-oriented analysis on the causal determinants of productiveness and revenue progress, asset accumulation, rural employment and danger administration in agriculture and rural areas. The core targets of this system embody:

• Heighten the publicity and rigorous evaluation of high-quality, publicly obtainable knowledge, comparable to LSMS-ISA knowledge and different micro-level panel knowledge units.
• Build and reinforce an efficient coverage analysis tradition amongst early-career researchers that may assist construct and maintain analysis capability at their establishments past the STARS program.
• Provide mentorship to early-career researchers by Cornell University and different affiliated establishment college and researchers.
• Conduct skilled improvement actions to complement the analysis course of, together with trainings, seminars, and suggestions classes.
• Create an energetic community of geared up, policy-engaged, collaborative researchers, linked to main world authorities within the improvement analysis area.

Eligibility Requirements

• Early profession researchers, both Ph.D. college students of their remaining yr previous to diploma completion or those that accomplished their Ph.D. no sooner than 2019
• Familiarity with and demonstrated entry to knowledge units in your analysis proposal. STARS doesn’t present funding for new knowledge assortment.
• Strong working data of acceptable software program, sometimes Stata and/or R, and an curiosity in econometric evaluation of high-quality knowledge units. Knowledge of Stata and/or R can be assessed on the finalist stage.­
• Priority given to:
  • Researchers who’ve earned a minimum of one diploma from an establishment in a low- or lower-middle revenue nation[1][2]
  • Researchers planning to work professionally in low- and lower-middle revenue international locations sooner or later
  • Proposals regarding a number of of the analysis themes indicated above
  • Qualified feminine researchers

Benefits

• Fellows will obtain funds to cowl journey and participation in a three-week go to to Cornell University and their mentor’s home establishment. The the rest of the analysis coordination and skilled improvement coaching will happen just about.
• Fellows are anticipated to commit important time to the obligatory analysis and capability improvement actions.
• A modest honorarium can be offered to every Fellow. No wage help is on the market; STARS doesn’t cowl the scholar’s time allotted to this analysis.

Application Procedure:

• Applicants ought to submit their accomplished proposals through the STARS online application.
• Accepted candidates can be notified by April 1, 2025, and are anticipated to start distant collaboration with their mentor and be ready to hitch launch actions instantly upon acceptance.
• Any questions concerning the software course of or program needs to be directed to [email protected].

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Structural Transformation of African Agriculture and Rural Spaces (STAARS) fellowship Program