Center for Inclusive Policy (CIP) Fellowship Programme 2026 (Stipend available) – YOA

Deadline: July 31, 2026

Applications are open for the Center for Inclusive Policy (CIP) Fellowship Programme 2026. The CIP Fellowship Programme is a 12-month on-line initiative, beginning on October 1, designed to assist rising researchers with disabilities in strengthening their analysis and social coverage expertise. The programme is particularly directed at people with disabilities in low- and center-earnings nations (LMICs).

The targets of the programme embrace:

• Strengthen Local Research Capacity
• Empower rising researchers with disabilities from LMICs to design and implement tasks rooted of their native contexts, producing proof that displays lived realities.
• Connect Fellows to Global Policy Discourse
• Integrate fellows into worldwide conversations on incapacity rights and inclusive coverage, making certain their views contribute to and profit from world developments aligned with the CRPD
• Mentor and Empower Disability Advocates
• Provide structured mentorship to fellows engaged in inclusive coverage or coverage analysis, equipping them with expertise and networks to advance incapacity rights of their nations

Benefits

Selected fellows will obtain:

• A month-to-month stipend of USD $1,000 for 12 months
• Research prices or sponsorship for conferences/additional coaching of as much as USD $2,000 
• Reasonable lodging prices essential to facilitate participation may even be coated
• An on-line coaching curriculum, led by main researchers
• A mentor to information your analysis
• Opportunities to take part in CIP analysis tasks and join with a worldwide community

Eligibility

They are wanting for candidates who’re:

• An individual with a incapacity;
• Based within the Global South or from low- and center-earnings nations (LMICs);
• Interested in social coverage, analysis and incapacity equality;
• Part of the incapacity motion;
• Have fundamental analysis expertise;
• Have an undergraduate diploma;
• Motivated to study or strengthen analysis expertise;
• Proficient in spoken and written English. Applicants ought to have an English stage ample to grasp on a regular basis conversations and talk utilizing fundamental spoken expertise. Spoken proficiency in English will not be required for signal language customers, for whom interpretation might be accessible.

There isn’t any age restrict for candidates.

Application

Applications have to be submitted to [email protected]:

• Research Proposal (targeted on incapacity coverage in their very own nation) most 3 pages (Arial 12, letter (2.5 cm on all sides margins), together with:
  • Introduction
  • Research query
  • Methodology
  • Data and strategies
  • Expected outcomes
  • Timeline for completion inside 12 months
• Updated CV
• Cover Letter
• Two References

For extra data, go to CIP Fellowship.