AERC-World Bank offers Robert S. McNamara Fellowships Program for candidates currently enrolled in a PhD program that is located outside their home country and in a member country of the World Bank. The students of developing countries can apply for these fellowships. Up to US$25,000 for a 5-10 month period between December 2013 and November 2014 for travel and conduct PhD studies/research are awarded.
About Scholarship: Up to US$25,000 for a 5-10 month period between December 2013 and November 2014 for travel and conduct PhD studies / research at the Office of the Chief Economist of the Africa Region at the World Bank. The research proposal must be endorsed by her/his PhD thesis advisor. The Fellows will be assigned a mentor with common interests, and adequate office space and equipment to undertake their research. Each Fellow will be expected to give a seminar during the course of her stay. The output of the Fellow will be reviewed by two senior staff at the Bank, and recommendations made to help with its publication.
Study: Currently enrolled in a PhD program that is located outside their home country and in a member country of the World Bank.
Course Level: Fellowships are available for 5-10 month period for travel and conduct PhD studies/research at the Office of the Chief Economist of the Africa Region at the World Bank
Scholarship by: African Economic Research Consortium-World Bank
Location: Africa
Eligibility: 45 years old or under
-Home country is a developing country
-Currently enrolled in a PhD program that is located outside their home country and in a member country of the World Bank.
-Professional ties to academic or research institutions located in their home country, indicating intent / commitment to return home after attaining PhD
-Have a master’s degree
Scholarship Open for: The students of developing countries (Afghanistan, Gambia, Mozambique, Bangladesh, The Guinea, Myanmar, Benin, Guinea-Bisau, Nepal, Burkina Faso, Haiti, Niger, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Cambodia, Korea, Dem Rep., Sierra Leone, Central African Republic, Kyrgyz Republic, Somalia, Liberia, Tajikistan, Comoros, Madagascar, Tanzania, African Economic Research ConsortiumMalawi, Togo, Congo, Dem. Rep, Eritrea, Mali, Uganda, Ethiopia, Mauritania, Zimbabwe, Albania, Indonesia, Samoa, Armenia, India, São Tomé and Principe, Belize, Iraq, Senegal, Bhutan, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Bolivia, Kosovo, South Sudan, Cameroon, Lao PDR, Sri Lanka, Cape Verde, Lesotho, Sudan, Congo, Rep., Marshall Islands, Swaziland, Côte d’Ivoire, Micronesia, Fed. Sts., Syrian Arab Republic, Djibouti, Moldova, Timor-Leste, Egypt, Arab Rep., Mongolia, Tonga, El Salvador, Morocco, Ukraine, Fiji, Nicaragua, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Nigeria, Vanuatu, Ghana, Pakistan, Vietnam, Guatemala, Papua New Guinea, West Bank and Gaza, Guyana, Paraguay, Yemen, Rep., Honduras, Philippines, Zambia, Angola, Ecuador, Palau, Algeria, Gabon, Panama, American Samoa, Grenada, Peru, Antigua and Barbuda, Iran, Islamic Rep., Romania, Argentina, Jamaica, Russian Federation, Azerbaijan, Jordan, Serbia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Seychelles, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Latvia, South Africa, Botswana, Lebanon, St. Lucia, Brazil, Libya, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Suriname, Chile, Macedonia, FYR, Thailand, China, Malaysia, Tunisia, Colombia, Maldives, Turkey, Costa Rica, Mauritius, Turkmenistan, Cuba, Mexico, Tuvalu, Dominica, Montenegro and Uruguay) can apply for these fellowships. (Currently enrolled in a PhD program that is located outside their home country and in a member country of the World Bank).
Number of awards: Up to 2 awards
Duration: Fellowships are offered for a 5-10 month period between December 2013 and November 2014.
Value: Up to US$25,000 for a 5-10 month period between December 2013 and November 2014 for travel and conduct PhD studies / research at the Office of the Chief Economist of the Africa Region at the World Bank.
Notification: Up to 2 awards will be announced in November 2013.
Apply: The mode of applying is by post and electronically.
Deadline: July 31, 2013
Note: Students currently enrolled in a PhD program that is located outside their home country and in a member country of the World Bank.
Further Information: http://www.aercafrica.org/documents/announcements/AERC-WorldBankWomenFellowCal.pdf
