The Robert S. McNamara Fellowships Program (RSMFP) provides support to developing country citizens who are current PhD candidates studying in developing countries. This is a wonderful opportunity for the most promising developing nation researchers to advance their doctoral work with the best international advisors and host institutions in their fields of study. Each year, the World Bank Robert S. McNamara Fellowships Program awards...

Birmingham Business School is pleased to announce a series of full-time PhD scholarships commencing in the 2020-21 academic year. These are focused on the School’s three core research themes: responsible business; work inclusivity; and regional economic development. Birmingham Business School is renowned for its research contributing to academic debates worldwide. As a research student at Birmingham Business School you’ll be working...

The African Peacebuilding Network (APN) of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) invites research fellowship applications from African researchers, policy analysts, and practitioners working on conflict and peacebuilding issues at universities and research institutions; or regional, governmental, and nongovernmental agencies or organizations in Africa. The Individual Research Fellowships program (a core component of the APN) is a vehicle for enhancing...

IGI Global requests interested scholars to submit Chapter Contributions for a book titled "Transforming Library Operations with ICT Tools". The book will undergo peer review process. IGI Global publishes more than 800 reference books annually. Each title contains authoritative research from renowned experts in their respective fields and undergoes an extensive double-blind peer review. IGI Global books are found in...

We all know the popular phrase “Change is constant”… this change is also experienced in the academics, especially in research writing. The American Psychological Association (APA) has introduced the 7th Edition of the APA Publication Manual, which replaces the 6th edition published in 2009. Citing online material has become more common, the use of inclusive and bias-free language is increasingly...

The Africa Region of the World Bank Group (WBG) announces the opening of the application for the 2020 WBG-Africa Fellowship Program for Ph.D. Students and recent Ph.D. graduates who are Sub-Saharan nationals. Launched in 2013, the World Bank Group (WBG) Africa Fellowship Program targets young talented African nationals who are completing or recently completed a Ph.D. in an area relevant...

Apply to the EIB-GDN program in Applied Development Finance 2019/2020. The Global Development Network (GDN) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have partnered to create the EIB-GDN Program in Applied Development Finance to study the impact of projects in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries financed under EIB’s Impact Financing Envelope. The purpose of the program is to provide a...

The journal Health Policy and Planning, and the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research invite articles speaking to innovations in the methods, approaches and governance of research on the implementation of public health policies and programmes in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The theme for the call is: “Innovations in Implementation Research in Low- and Middle-Income Countries”. Sub-themes include...

The University of Nairobi’s School of Law and Oxfam International are pleased to issue this call for papers of the inaugural international conference on Strategic Litigation in Africa. This international conference brings together strategic litigation practitioners, scholars/researchers, activists and policy makers to interrogate and examine the use of strategic litigation in Africa as a tool to drive social, political...

Applications are now open for the Enterprise Fellowship programme organized by the Royal Academy of Engineering in the UK. The programme supports innovative, creative entrepreneurial engineers who have demonstrated an exceptional innovation in engineering which they want to develop further. To date the Enterprise Hub has provided training, mentoring and £4.5million seed funding to 94 Enterprise Fellows ('Hub Members'). Benefits The...