Call for applications: Stellenbosch Institute of Advanced Studies fellowship in SA

Iso Lomso fellowships provide a three-year attachment to STIAS to enable participants to develop and conduct a long-term research programme of their preference. The aim is to facilitate and support them towards becoming established scholars in their fields.

The first period of residency will take place between July 2022 and June 2023, followed by another two in 2024. 

Eligibility

Applicants must:

• Be a citizen of any African country.
• Be born after the 1 January 1980.
• Have an affiliation at a research or higher education institution in an African country and continue to do so for the foreseeable future.
• Have obtained a doctoral degree from any recognised higher education institution (globally) after 1 January 2014.
• Have completed a post-doctoral fellowship or equivalent post-PhD research programme.
• Be in a position to commence the first period of residency at STIAS between July 2022 and June 2023.

Requirements

• A motivational cover letter.
• A pre-proposal for a three-year research project. 
• One or two recent writing examples authored by the applicant (articles or book sections) related to the proposed project.
• A copy of the applicant’s doctoral certificate.
• A letter of support from the applicant’s home institution.
• Two letters of recommendation from scholars who are familiar with the applicant’s work.
• A filled application form (attached below this call).

The above documents should be sent to isolomso@sun.ac.za before 15 February 2022. 

Note: 

• All disciplines will be considered. 
• Applicants from non-Anglophone African countries may conduct their research in the language of preference; however, the application documents must be completed in English. 

The selection criteria will be based on:

• Level: the applicant’s academic excellence and the originality and scholarly strength of the proposed research project.
• Innovation: the project’s promise of new insights and the potential to produce new knowledge.
• Interdisciplinarity: whether the project methodology allows for drawing from different disciplines and its potential to facilitate an interdisciplinary discourse.
• Relevance: the project’s relevance for scholarship and knowledge production in Africa.
• Feasibility: whether the research design and the research plan are convincing and realistic.

Successful applicants will receive the following:

• An economy return flight.
• Comfortable accommodation within walking distance from the institute.
• Individual offices equipped with a PC, telephone and printer.
• A monthly stipend for daily living costs.
• Access to the Stellenbosch University library (including electronic resources) and a high-speed internet connection.
• Participation in the regular STIAS fellows programme, including daily lunch, weekly fellows’ seminars, STIAS public lectures and social events.
• A child care subsidy for fellows accompanied by young children while in residence.

For more information, view the original call here.