The APDD Individual Research Fellowships 2027 for African Researchers.

Application Deadline:  15 January 2027

Applications are actually open for the 2027 APDD Individual Research Fellowships. The APDD program of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) invites functions from African researchers, coverage analysts, and practitioners engaged on battle and peacebuilding points at universities and analysis establishments or regional, governmental, and nongovernmental companies primarily based in Africa.

Eligibility

• All candidates have to be African residents at present residing in an African nation. This competitors is open to African lecturers, in addition to coverage analysts and practitioners. 
• Applicants who’re lecturers should maintain a full-time college or analysis place at an African college or analysis group, and have a PhD obtained no sooner than January 2016. Applicants who haven’t been awarded their PhDs by June 2026 is not going to have their instances prioritized to be eligible as lecturers.
• Applicants who’re coverage analysts or practitioners have to be primarily based in Africa at a regional or sub-regional establishment; a authorities company; or a nongovernmental, media, or civil society group, and have no less than a grasp’s diploma obtained earlier than January 2021 with no less than 5 years of confirmed analysis and work expertise in peacebuilding-related actions on the continent.

Program Components 

Through the Individual Research Fellowship, recipients can anticipate the next:

Thought Leadership

• Fellows commit to 6  (6) months of field-based analysis, and three (3) months of research, and writing for a complete of 9 (9) months, from July 2026 to March 2027. Fellows produce research-based information that’s related to, and has a major affect on, peacebuilding scholarship, coverage, and observe on the continent whereas inserting evidence-based information into regional and world debates and insurance policies specializing in peacebuilding.

Workshops

• Fellows will take part in two necessary APDD workshops occurring in July and January throughout totally different areas of Africa.  These workshops will present Opportunities to refine recipients’ analysis designs, focus and strategies; current findings; discover methods to make their work extra accessible by publications and different means to a number of peacebuilding constituencies; community, and develop constructive working relationships with different fellows, senior lecturers, practitioners, and facilitators.

African Scholarship and Knowledge Production

• Fellows will contribute to the APDD’s Working Paper sequence and African Peacebuilding Policy Review and Analysis, in addition to to this system’s digital boards and social media platforms (Kujenga Amani, Facebook, and X). 
• Fellows might contribute to worldwide peer-reviewed journals, books, articles/essays, blogs, options and op-ed articles, and/or podcasts.
• Fellows will achieve new information and abilities to advance their careers as lecturers or practitioners of their chosen fields.  

Fostering Community, Professional Development and Networking

• Fellows are part of a community of extremely seen and lively African students and practitioners able to voicing African views on world discourses, in addition to information and practices of peacebuilding. 
• Fellows will obtain mentorship from extremely skilled senior students within the discipline, with Opportunities for peer-to-peer studying and collaboration.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the APDD Individual Research Fellowships