Fellowships for Africans: The Five College African Scholars Program (USA), 05/03

Deadline: May 15, 2003

www.fivecolleges.edu/asp

The Five College African Scholars Program (USA) announces four and one-half month residency fellowships from January to May 2004 and August to December 2004. Junior and mid-level scholars, who are citizens of an African nation and who teach in African universities, are eligible to apply.

Proposals are invited for writing projects, based on the applicantís current research, which can be completed and prepared for publication during the residency. Projects may be in any discipline or interdisciplinary. They should be relevant to the study of Africa in the social sciences or the humanities and demonstrate a benefit to the scholarís home university. Because the program does not provide laboratory facilities, scientific proposals will be considered only if they are at the stage of reviewing data and scholarly literature in order to publish results.

Each fellow will be hosted by a faculty member at one of the Five College institutions - Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College or University of Massachusetts Amherst. Six fellowships will be awarded in 2004 and will include a $3,000 stipend for each month in residence, airfare, laptop computer, housing, health insurance, access to libraries, office, and a modest research allowance.

Complete information and application forms are in English and French at http://www.fivecolleges.edu/asp If you would like materials sent to you by mail, please email asp@fivecolleges.edu. Applications must be received by the deadline: May 15, 2003.

The program is generously supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Smith College, and Five Colleges, Inc. and its member institutions.

John Lemly, Ph.D., Program Director Linda Faulkingham, Program Coordinator Five College African Scholars Program 706 Herter Hall University of Massachusetts Amherst MA 01003-4805 USA Voice 413/577-3778 fax 413/577-3781 email asp@fivecolleges.edu website http://www.fivecolleges.edu/asp/