Short-Term Visiting Scholar Residencies
The Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) is inviting short-term Group Residencies to support new or existing collaborative research projects during the second semester of 2020 (August to December 2020). These shall typically involve 2 to 4 collaborators, preferably from different South African institutions (and from other African countries and abroad where travel restrictions allow), who plan to undertake a residency of between two to four weeks. Principal applicants must be established scholars in their field of study and be employed in an academic/scientific position in an Africa institution.
STIAS seeks to turn the international travel restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic into a unique opportunity to provide available office space to South African, African and international collaborators (where travel restrictions permit) to develop new proposals for collaborative projects, or to further existing collaborative work. These may include developing proposals for research funding, publications, or for future fellowships at STIAS or other institutes for advanced study.
All disciplines and research topics will be considered and will be evaluated according to the usual fellowship selection criteria, namely:
- Level: Does the proposal entail research at the highest level?
- Innovation: Does the project break new ground? Does it hold the promise of new insights and the potential to produce new knowledge?
- Interdisciplinarity: To what extent does the project draw on different disciplines and what methodology is envisaged for doing so? Will the project facilitate an interdisciplinary discourse?
- Relevance: Does the project have relevance for South Africa and Africa? Is the project appropriate for the programme of an institute for advanced study?
- Feasibility: How convincing is the proposed methodology and research design, and how realistic is the research plan? Is the applicant equipped to deliver on the proposed project?
Applications for a residential period starting during August 2020 may be submitted by Wednesday, 15 July and will be considered early; subsequent applications are due by Friday, 31 July for residencies commencing during September and later. Residencies may commence no later than mid-November 2020 and must end by no later than 15 December 2020.
For more information click "LINK TO ORIGINAL" below.
This opportunity has expired. It was originally published here:
https://stias.ac.za/2020/06/extraordinary-call-for-proposals-short-term-visiting-scholar-residencies-2020/?fbclid=IwAR1dRTJk5AcS_cpI6sJOx5Is5ifpfIaaelVhTfNthPByeCVTA7x2JkeGLUk