Description
Campbell Fellowship for Women Scholar-Practitioners from Developing Nations is a Vera R. Campbell Foundation funded Fellowship is offered to female postdoctoral social scientists from developing countries whose work addresses women economic and social empowerment in their home nation.
The aim of the Campbell Fellowship program is double fold:
- To advance the scholarly careers of women social scientists from the developing world.
- Support research that identifies causes of gender inequity in the developing world and that proposes practical solutions for promoting women’s economic and social empowerment.
Degree Level
Postdoctoral Fellowship for women
Eligibility Nationality
Applicants must be nationals of developing countries that are currently eligible to borrow from the World Bank, to be eligible for the Campbell Fellowship.
Eligibility Subject
Applicants should be pursuing research in one of the social sciences: anthropology, economics, education, geography, history, law, linguistics, political science, psychology, social work, or sociology, or in an interdisciplinary field that incorporates two or more of these disciplines.
Scholarship Benefits
In addition to a $4,500/month stipend and housing and office space on the SAR campus, the Campbell Fellow receives travel, shipping, and library resource funds; health insurance; and the support of a mentoring committee of established scholar-practitioners.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must be nationals of developing countries that are currently eligible to borrow from the World Bank.
To facilitate full engagement in the SAR intellectual community, applicants must demonstrate their fluency in English, such as through their record of professional interaction in written and spoken English.
Degree Period
Six months
Application Procedures
Applications to the Resident Scholar Program are due on November 1st of each year.
Visit the Scholarship Webpage for the Campbell Fellowship.
Note:
Projects that identify causes of and/or solutions to gender inequity in the developing world, and thus contribute to women’s social and economic empowerment, will be favored. Sample topics include education and socialization of girls; globalization and the economic status of women; policies and practices toward family, reproduction, and women’s health; impacts of international and civil conflict on women; women’s roles in resolving such conflicts or sustaining civil society; media representations of women and the formation of ideologies of gender; the practice and process of gender-based development; and women in science and technology. SAR will select fellows on the strength of their clearly stated intention to serve their communities and countries of origin.