SSRC Reserach Fellowships for Prof in International Affairs

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Research Fellowships for Professionals Working in International Affairs

Global Security and Cooperation (GSC)

Fellowship application deadline: December 2, 2002. Please note: This page
must be read carefully and taken into consideration when filling out the
application.


The Social Science Research Council is pleased to announce its 2003
fellowship competition for research on the conditions for enhancing global
security and cooperation. The following fellowship opportunity, funded by
the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, is available to
individuals with 5 to 15 years of experience working on issues directly
related to global security and international cooperation. We seek to attract
applications from NGO professionals, activists, government and multilateral
organization officials, journalists, doctors, lawyers, and others.


PROGRAM

The goal of the GSC fellowship program is to provide support to
practitioners to conduct a research project in collaboration with an
academic mentor in a university or research institute. The program seeks to
generate new knowledge and theoretical insights to better understand the
causes of, and safeguard against threats to human security around the world.
In particular, we seek to help bridge the gap between those who have
practical expertise from working in the many non-governmental, governmental
and multilateral institutions that are involved with peace and security
issues, and those who generate knowledge within the academy. We believe that
new and more appropriate forms of collaboration between these two
communities are vital for both understanding and ameliorating the varieties
of threats to human security. We are interested in providing practitioners
with the opportunity to gain new insights from the experience of immersing
themselves in an academic environment. Significant intellectual products
that address the conditions for enhancing global security, and create new
frameworks for building cooperation and peace are expected as a result.
Products may include books or series of articles; films; and/or educational
Web sites.


LENGTH AND LOCATION OF TENURE

The professional fellowships last from 8 to 18 months. We invite
applications for fellowships from practitioners who wish to conduct research
relevant to their professional experience in the human security field.
During the fellowship period, fellows must be based at a university or
research institute. They should participate in the intellectual life of the
institution, attending conferences, seminars, etc. The host institution may
be anywhere in the world. Applicants are encouraged to spend their
fellowship period outside their country of residence, but are not required
to do so. Proposed affiliation(s) should be clearly specified in the
proposal.


THEMES

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the human security
implications of human rights; inequality; religious, national, and ethnic
revivalism; military affairs; weapons proliferation and arms control;
peace-keeping and peace-building; the spread of disease; ecosystem
degradation; international migration; international crime; trafficking in
humans; food supplies; and global finance and trade. Priority will be given
to proposals related to these themes and offering innovative perspectives on
issues of security in this broad context.


STIPEND

Fellowships begin in September 2003. There is a maximum award of $38,000 per
year. In addition, each fellow will be provided allowances for research and
institutional expenses.


ELIGIBILITY

Applicants must:

· Have 5-15 years of experience working at a local, national, or
international level on issues related to peace, human security and
international cooperation.

· Speak, read, and write English at a level that allows for intellectual
exchange between fellows.

There are no citizenship, nationality, or residence requirements.

The Council particularly encourages applications from women and residents of
developing countries.

The Council does not discriminate on the basis of age, color, creed,
disability, marital status, national origin, race, gender, or sexual
orientation.


DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

All application materials must be received by December 2, 2002. Faxed copies
or materials submitted after the deadline will not be considered.
Announcement of the 2003 awards will be made by June 1, 2003.