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COMPTON PEACE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Training African Doctoral Students for Careers in Africa

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

The African Studies Program has received a grant from the Compton
Foundation to support dissertation research in Africa by Africans. The goal
of the Compton Peace Fellowship Program is to build intellectual capacity
to address the challenges of conflict resolution, peace, and security in
Africa. The grant supports dissertation fieldwork in Africa conducted by
UW_Madison graduate students who are citizens of an African country, and
who plan to focus their careers on African problems, ideally from an
African home base. Three fellowships will be awarded in 2005.

Expenses covered: The fellowship will pay round_trip international airfare
to Africa for the dissertator, plus a nine_month stipend of about $13,000,
paid in three installments over the course of the fellowship period.

Eligibility: Applicants must meet all three of these criteria:

1. Must be an African Ph.D. student in a social science or related field at
the University of Wisconsin_Madison who will complete course work and be
ready for dissertation field research by fall 2005. To be eligible, the
student must pass prelims by the date of departure. Departure to Africa
normally will be after the national Compton Fellows orientation in
September 2005, and before December 31, 2005. An African student is defined
as a person holding a valid passport from an African country, who has spent
significant time in Africa.

2. Must be pursuing research in a social science discipline or on a theme
pertaining directly to peace and security in Africa; research projects on
cross_disciplinary themes related to population and/or the environment and
peace are acceptable. SJD students in the Law School are eligible.

3. Must demonstrate a clear intent to build a career focused on peace and
security in Africa, ideally from an African base.

Please Submit:
1. A letter of intent describing your:  1) research plans; 2) financial
needs, and 3) career goals, including a) your commitment to intellectual
capacity building in peace and security in Africa, and b) your openness to
building a career in Africa.
2. An up_to_date curriculum vitae.
3. A photocopy of passport pages that show your African citizenship.
4. Academic transcripts from all institutions of higher learning attended
(copies acceptable).
5. A 10_12 page research proposal.
6. A budget demonstrating that the research can be conducted under the
budget parameters described above.
7. Three letters of recommendation, including one from your faculty adviser.

Deadline for application: March 14, 2005.
Notification of successful candidates selected by the Compton Fellows
Committee will be announced by May 1.

Mailing address for applications:
African Studies Program_Compton Fellows Committee
c/o James Delehanty, 205 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI
53706_1397

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