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CAPSI PhD Fellowship on 'The Non-Profit Sector's Contribution To African Economies'

September 05, 2024

The Centre on African Philanthropy and Social Investment (CAPSI) at the Wits Business School, supported by the Mastercard Foundation, invites applications for a Doctoral Fellowship focusing on the non-profit sector's contributions to African economies.

Overview

The PhD fellowship aims to offer opportunities for young African doctoral students to participate in research on non-profit organisations and their contributions to African economies. The specific focus is on creating dignified and fulfilling work for young Africans through the non-profit sector.

Fellows will collaborate with Regional Research Leads and senior researchers. The research project will focus on themes such as gender, disability, geography, class, age, and various forms of marginality including refugees, ex-prisoners, and internally displaced persons.

Funding Information

Each fellow will receive a fully funded fellowship with a full scholarship of up to $30,000.

Subject Fields

The fellowship is open to students in the following disciplines:

Social and behavioural sciences
Economics
Development Studies
International Development
Non-profit or Philanthropic Studies
Statistics and Actuarial Sciences
Management
Public Policy
History
Human Geography
Other development-related fields

The research must align with the project's main objective, focusing on the contribution of non-profit sectors to African economies, with a specific focus on dignified and fulfilling work for youth.

Geographical Focus

The current call is open to female doctoral students from and focusing on the following countries:

Burkina Faso
The Democratic Republic of Congo
Egypt
Mozambique
Rwanda
Senegal
South Africa
Zambia

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must meet the following eligibility criteria:

Female, aged 35 years or below
Enrolled full-time in a relevant doctoral programme at an African university
Research interest in the non-profit sector's contributions to dignified and fulfilling work for African youth
Committed to the programme and able to work effectively in a team
Available to participate in the programme for its entire duration
In the first or second year of their PhD programme
National of one of the listed countries and conducting research on one or more of these countries