Atlas Short-term Fellowship 2024 for East African Researchers.

Application Deadline: December 9th, 2024

Applications are now open for the 2024 Atlas Short-term Fellowship. The Fondation Maison des sciences de l’homme (FMSH) and the Institut Français de Recherche en Afrique (IFRA) of Nairobi offer a short-term fellowship of three month in France for postdoc researchers from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, Eastern Congo (Kivu) who have presented their thesis from 2019.

This research stay is designed to enable researchers to conduct research studies in France: field enquiries, library and archives work.

Eligibility criteria

Nationality: This program is open to researchers originating from Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda Eastern Congo (Kivu) (nationality is a requirement) and affiliated with an institution of higher education and research or a public or private research institute based in one of these countries. 

Educational Degree: Applicants must have obtained their PhD doctorate and presented their thesis from 2019.

Theme: Applicants   must   be   involved   in   research   in   social   and   human   sciences.

French host institution: Before submitting their application, applicants will have to find a French research institution to host them for the time of their stay. Applicants will have to provide a letter from the hosting institution addressed to the FMSH and the IFRA expressing the institution’s willingness to host the applicant during the time of fellowship and explaining the work conditions offered.

Benefits

• Laureates will receive a monthly stipend of 1 800€ (paid at the beginning of each month of stay). This financial contribution is intended to cover expenditure such as transport and accommodation costs.

Application Document

• The research proposal (a short presentation from 10 000 characters to 20 000 characters, spaces and references included) is composed with:

1. State of art, problematic, objective and specific aim of the research project, methodology.
2. A bibliography
3. The detailed programme of the research stay (places and institutions to be visited, contacts, workplan).

• A Curriculum vitae (2 pages maximum)
• A list of publications
• A copy of the PhD diploma
• A letter from the director of the research institution in the country of origin
• A letter of invitation from the director of the host research institution in France expressing the institution’s willingness to host the applicant during the time of fellowship and explaining the work conditions they can offer

Application procedure

• Applicants will be required to submit an online application form and a scientific dossier. The online application form will be available on the FMSH website as of September 16^th, 2024. Completed proposals can be uploaded to the application portal at any time before the application deadline of December 9^th, 2024, 17:00 (Paris time).
• Online application and scientific dossier can be submitted in French or English.

Application Timeline:

• Opening of the call: September 16th, 2024
• Deadline for application: December 9th, 2024, 17:00 (Paris time)
• Selection process:  mid-December 2024 – end of January 2025
• Announcement of the results: early February 2025
• Duration of the fellowship: 3 months
• Fellowships periods of stay:  From March to July or from September to December 2025. No stays possible in August (university holidays). The Research stay must start no later than October 1st, 2025.
• Number of months offered for this call: 3