WARA: Fellowships/Internships for Spring-Summer 2000

WEST AFRICAN RESEARCH ASSOCIATION FELLOWSHIP/INTERNSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT
SPRING/SUMMER 2000

Two (2) research and teaching fellowships are being offered for the Spring/Summer of 2000 in West Africa. These fellowships are offered primarily to provide opportunities for faculty at liberal arts colleges to conduct short-term research and to lecture at an African university in order to enhance and broaden their teaching effectiveness and their course offerings. The competition is open to U.S. citizens who teach in humanities and social sciences at institutions of higher education in the United States. This fellowship program has been funded by a grant from the United States Department of Education. Each fellowship will provide round trip travel to a West African country and a stipend of $5,000 for ten to twelve weeks. The West African Research Center in Dakar, Senegal (WARC/CROA - Centre de Recherche Ouest Africain), will assist with university affiliation, recommendations for lodging and the establishment of local contacts in the West African country chosen by the fellow.

Candidates must submit an essay (no more than 10 pages) describing the concept, methodology and significance of their research project, explaining their interest in teaching and conducting research and in showing how the fellowship will help further research and teaching interest at their college or university and beyond; three letters of recommendation by established scholars in their field or specialty; and a curriculum vitae. Successful candidates must submit a detailed report of their work and their findings on completion of their project. This report will be subsequently published in the WARA/WARC newsletters. Please direct inquiries and submit all relevant materials (one original and three copies) to: WARA, 1414 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Drive, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706. Telephone: 608-262-2487; Fax: 608-265-4151; email: crwillar@facstaff.wisc.edu. Deadline: January 15, 2000.

Three (3) Summer 2000 Minority Student Internships are being offered in West Africa in an effort to increase the active participation of minorities in international affairs (African-Americans, Eskimo or Aleut, Native American Indians, Mexican Americans, Native Pacific Islanders, Puerto Ricans). Internships will be awarded to those who, in the judgement of the review panel, have demonstrated ability and potential to succeed in international studies, and have a genuine interest in African Affairs. Students without previous foreign travel are encouraged to submit applications. This internship program has been funded by a grant from the United States Department of Education.

Each internship will provide round trip travel to Madison, Wisconsin, for a three-day spring orientation; round trip travel to a West African country for six to eight weeks; and a cost of living stipend of $1,500. The West African Research Center in Dakar, Senegal (WARC/CROA -- Centre de Recherche Ouest Africain), will assist the intern in locating lodgings, identifying and establishing in advance an appropriate affiliation with an agency, university or other suitable organization. The competition is open to U.S. citizens who are enrolled in the M.A. program of an accredited college or university in the United States. This year, we wish to strongly encourage students from HBCU's and from institutions with less exposure to Africa to apply. Candidates must submit one original and three copies of the following: (1) A five-to-ten page essay explaining his or her interests in international affairs and how the internship will further that interest at their college/university and beyond; the essay should include a discussion of any participation in international programs at home or abroad; (2) College transcripts; (3) Three letters of recommendation by professors; (4) Resume.
Successful candidates must submit a detailed report of their work and their findings on completion of their project. This report will be subsequently published in the WARA/WARC newsletters.

Please direct inquiries and submit all relevant materials to: WARA, 1414 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Drive, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706. Telephone: 608-262-2487; Fax: 608-265-4151; email: crwillar@facstaff.wisc.edu. Deadline: January 15, 2000.


WARA/WARC IS HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THE FOLLOWING NEW USIA-FUNDED FELLOWSHIP
PROGRAM:

WARC Scholars-in-Residence Collaborative Research Fellowship. The West African Research Center in Dakar, Senegal, is offering two sets of two to three month-long fellowships to facilitate the completion of joint research projects between West African scholars and North American scholars engaged in two separate collaborative research projects. The four fellows will spend this period at the Center as scholars-in-residence in order to complete their projects. Priority will be given to scholars who have already initiated collaborative projects and who require work time together in order to finish a manuscript such as a book, book chapter, or journal article.

Eligibility: Scholars must have a doctorate or an equivalent terminal degree (i.e., an MFA, etc.) and hold a permanent faculty or research position at a West African or a North American institution of higher education, and have a scholarly record in their field of collaborative research.

Terms and conditions: Each fellowship will cover round trip air fare from the scholars' home institution to Dakar, a maintenance stipend for two to three months' residency ($4,000 for each researcher) in Dakar, and a supplementary stipend for materials (books, software, photocopies, etc.) for the two West African fellows. Fellows are required to be in residence at WARC where they will be given office space with adequate research equipment and Internet access for the duration of the fellowships. They will also be required to conduct scholarly seminars on their research projects at the Center and to be available for consultation with other scholars associated with the Center. The Center and the Fellowship Program must be acknowledged in any publication resulting from the collaborative project. Applications: Joint proposals, written by each pair of applicants working together and of no more than ten (10) pages in length, should be submitted to the WARA office in Madison, WI or the WARC/CROA office in Dakar, Senegal by the deadline date indicated at the end of this announcement. Proposals should, in concrete terms, describe the history of the collaboration between the two scholars on the project at hand, summarize the significance of the research and the resulting publications. Curriculum vita and letters of reference should be submitted to the WARC/CROA office, B.P. 5456 (Fann-Residence), Dakar, Senegal (email: atoure@mail.ucad.sn), or to the WARA office, 1414 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Drive, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706. Telephone: 608-262-2487; Fax: 608-265-4151; email: crwillar@facstaff.wisc.edu. A detailed report, separate from the ultimate publication, must be submitted to WARA at the completion of the Project for publication in its newsletter.


Deadline for applications: January 15, 2000.At 09:55 AM 11/29/99 EST

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