LUCAS-LAHRI Virtual Visiting Fellowships for African Researchers 2023
The Leeds University Centre for African Studies (LUCAS), in collaboration with the Leeds Arts and Humanities Research Institute (LAHRI), offers six short-term virtual visiting research fellowships to African researchers.
The Virtual Visiting Research Fellowships are short-term (six-month) fellowships and are specifically for academics based at institutions on the African continent. The purpose of the fellowship is to undertake research and establish research partnerships with academics at the University of Leeds. Each fellowship comes with an award of £1,000, to be used by the applicant for research expenses and/or buy-out from teaching duties at their institution.
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Application Requirements
Candidates should have completed their Ph.D. by the time of application. Applicants must currently be based at an academic institution on the African continent. Proposals from arts, humanities, humanistic social sciences, and adjacent disciplines are welcome as long as they are in line with the theme of African ecologies. Applicants will have to confirm that a University of Leeds academic member of staff has agreed to support their application.
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Required Documents
Ph.D. degree certificate. Support letter from a University of Leed staff member.
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Funding Specifications
£1,000
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Application Steps
Visit (https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Flahri.leeds.ac.uk%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F71%2F2022%2F12%2FLUCAS-LAHRI-Virtual-Research-Fellowships-2023-Call-for-Proposals.docx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK) to apply.
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Professor Adriaan van Klinken a.vanklinken@leeds.ac.uk