The Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP) is a scholar fellowship program for educational projects at African higher education institutions. Offered by IIE in collaboration with the , the program is funded by a grant from .

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  • Scholars must have been born in Africa, live in the United States or Canada and work in an accredited college or university in either of those two countries.
  • To be placed on a roster of available candidates, scholars also need to hold a terminal degree in their field and can hold any academic rank

Fellowship

The African Diaspora Fellow will receive:

  • a $200/day stipend
  • visa costs
  • limited health insurance coverage
  • round-trip international air travel and ground transportation costs to and from home and the U.S. or Canadian airport.
Types of fellowships available
  • All-Discipline Fellowships
    • Open to Project Requests from all disciplines.
  • Thematic Fellowships
    • In each competition cycle, the CADFP will offer fellowships focused on priority areas. Themes for the Fall 2017 competition are:
      • Health sciences and well鈥恇eing
      • Climate change, resilience and adaptation
  • Multi-Institutional Fellowships
    • With this type of fellowship, fellows can visit multiple institutions. Hosting institutions must collaborate on a single Project Request. Project Requests are specifically encouraged that demonstrate a collaboration between established and newer universities. Collaborations between universities and research organizations are also an option with the multi-institutional Fellowship. Please contact africandiaspora@iie.org if you plan to apply for the multi-institutional fellowship.
  • Cohort Fellowships
    • Two or more Fellows collaborate on a single project. Please contact africandiaspora@iie.org if you plan to apply for this type of Fellowship.

Useful Links

  • Full details regarding the
  • For more information, please register for the How to Apply Webinar on to learn more. After the webinars, recordings will be posted on the program’s听.

Deadlines

Internal Deadline for Review 听Please contact Heloise Emdon one before the external deadline to sponsor
cuResearch Checklist 听December 01, 2017
Submission to Sponsor 听December 08, 2017 听11:59 PM (ET)

Submitting Your Checklist

  • Checklists听must be submitted via听, through which the Departmental and Associate Dean鈥檚 approval must be provided to complete the online application process.
  • More information on cuResearch can be found听here.

Internal Contacts

If you would like assistance with proposal development and/or a substantive review of your proposal, please contact Heloise Emdon.