2004 Claude Ake Memorial Awards, 04/04
The Africa-America Institute (AAI), in collaboration with
the African Studies Association (ASA), is pleased to
announce the:
2004 Claude Ake Memorial Awards Program
The Claude Ake Memorial Awards Program seeks to encourage
young and mid-career African scholars-activists to carry out
research, reflection and writing about their ideas and
activities. The award is intended for Africans, working in
Africa, who are engaged in knowledge-based and
reality-informed problem solving to address the continent's
development challenges, in the tradition of Claude Ake. It
will support research projects that are applicable to a
country, region, or other defined setting within Africa.
Successful applicants will receive a stipend of $6,000 for
innovative research aimed at promoting Africa's development.
In addition, Ake Scholars will travel to the U.S. on or
about October 31 for 2-week study tours to various American
college campuses where they will network with community and
faculty members who have similar research or advocacy
interests. Following the study tours, the award recipients
will attend the African Studies Association's (ASA) Annual
Meeting, November 11-14, 2004 in New Orleans, Louisiana,
where they will present their research to a representative
cross section of the Africanist community from around the
world. The Africa-America Institute will compile a resource
book with syntheses of the Ake Scholars' research and
distribute it widely to academic and other audiences.
Please help us get the word out to potential applicants by
providing the following announcement and application form to
those whom you believe might be interested.
For further information and to download application forms,
please logon to:
http://www.aaionline.org/
Applications must be received on or before April 30, 2004.
Thank you for assisting AAI in our efforts to reach a wide
network of potential candidates.
Vivian Awumey
Director, Professional Training and Advanced Degree Programs
The Africa America Institute
1625 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
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