[kictanet] Reminder: The Amy Mahan Research Fellowship Program

[alice]

Apologies for cross posting

-------------------------------------------

Dear All

This really is a great opportunity for an emerging researcher to get 
some valuable support (each fellowship may be awarded up to €22,000 and 
will have additional support through mentors) and either pursue an 
on-going research program or kick-start a new research agenda.

The website for the Fellowship is very detailed - 
http://www.upf.edu/amymahan/ - and provides a lot of useful material to 
help candidates prepare their application. These include information on:

1. Eligibility - http://www.upf.edu/amymahan/criteria/
2. *Sample research topics* - http://www.upf.edu/amymahan/topics/ that 
provide a sense of what types of research would be suitable for the 
fellowship; and very importantly
3. A facility to submit a topic query - 
http://www.upf.edu/amymahan/topic-query/topic-query_instructions.html; 
which enables the candidate to check that their proposed research topic 
falls within the scope of the fellowship.

It is however worth noting that the option of submitting a topic query 
is only available until *30 November 2009*. Another reason for potential 
candidates to begin to explore the opportunities/benefits of the program 
as soon as possible.

The deadline for submitting applications is Midnight Eastern Standard 
Time, *31 December 2009*.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions regarding 
the program.


Regards

Abi Jagun
Regional Partner for the Africa and Middle East Region
Research Associate, LINK Center, University of Witwatersrand

--------------------------------------------------------------
 > The Amy Mahan Research Fellowship Program is an eighteen-months 
project sponsored by Canada's International Development Research Center 
(IDRC) and managed by Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, in 
collaboration with scholars from Universidad de San Andrés, Argentina 
and the University of the Philippines. The Program is the capacity 
building component of the Global Impact Study. It is named in honor of 
Amy Mahan, a distinguished colleague and dear friend who was a member of 
the Research Working Group of the Global Impact Study until her passing 
on 5 March 2009.
 >
 > The Program's objectives are to deepen and strengthen the capacity of 
emerging scholars in developing countries to carry out rigorous research 
in the area of public access to ICT, while simultaneously increasing the 
availability of high-quality research in the subject area coming from 
the developing regions of the world. The Program will award up to 12 
Research Fellowships to emerging scholars from developing countries in 
Africa and the Middle East, the Asia Pacific region and Latin America 
and the Caribbean. Fellowships will provide research grant funding and 
specialized "mentoring" guidance to enable emerging researchers to carry 
out a new and original research study that addresses one or more 
critical research questions regarding the impact of public access to 
ICTs. Qualified researchers from developing countries in Africa and the 
Middle East, the Asia Pacific region and Latin America and the Caribbean 
are encouraged to submit their application in English, French, 
Portuguese or Spanish, no later than Midnight Eastern Standard Time, 31 
December 2009. For more details follow this link - 
http://www.upf.edu/amymahan/
 > --
 >