Carnegie African Diaspora Program Selects 59 Diaspora Fellows to Conduct Projects with 41 African Universities

 

The Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP) has announced its selection of forty-one African universities to host 59 African-born scholars from the United States and Canada. These Fellows will travel to Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda for visits ranging from two weeks to three months, where they will conduct academic projects with their peers at the host universities in order to meet specific needs at the institutions. These projects are cross-disciplinary, including subjects such as agroforestry, e-learning modules, ethnomusicology, and military mental health. The CADFP, now in its third year, is designed to avert Africa’s brain drain, build capacity at host institutions, and develop long-term, mutually-beneficial collaborations between universities in Africa and the United States and Canada. It is funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York and managed by the Institute of International Education (IIE) in collaboration with United States International University Africa (USIU-Africa) in Nairobi, Kenya, which houses the Advisory Council. 

 

Universities in eligible host countries can submit a project request for visiting scholars to come to their universities starting in December 2016, with applications open through July 5, 2016. African-born academics residing in the United States or Canada can apply any time, and are matched with accepted projects on a rolling basis. Prospective hosts and Fellows can find eligibility requirements and instructions in the "How to Apply" section of the program’s website.