Post-Doctoral Fellowship Competition Programme

Committed to its conviction of maintaining the teaching and research capacity in Africa, the Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA) is offering Post-Doctoral Fellowship Grants to successful applicants based in Eastern or Southern Africa. Proposals may be submitted by researchers from any of the disciplines in the social sciences involving applied social and economic analysis of contemporary development issues.

In its effort to retain the teaching and research capacity in the region and beyond, the programme has the following specific objectives:

• To provide opportunities for African PhD degree holders to work in the region and thereby discourage brain drain;

• To enhance the teaching and research capacities of universities and other research institutions in the region;

• To promote the scholarly exchange of ideas in the region;

• To provide a forum for African PhD holders of research and dialogue with policy-makers in the region; and

• To enhance the utilisation of primary research and encourage its circulation among universities and research institutions in the region.