STAARS Fellowship application 2022 | How to apply online.<\/strong><\/p>\n
The full details of STAARS Fellowship<\/strong> application form, requirements, eligibility, qualifications needed, application guidelines, application deadline, how to apply online, closing date, and other opportunities links for Tanzanians is published here on Tzscholars.com<\/a>\u00a0as well as on the official website\/application portal.<\/p>\n
All Eligible and Interested applicants may apply online for this opportunity before the STAARS Fellowship\u00a0<\/strong>application form deadline-closing date.<\/p>\n
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Applications are open for the\u00a0Structural Transformation of African Agriculture and Rural Spaces (STAARS) Fellowship 2022. The fellowship is for early-career African researchers seeking to become STAARS fellows in 2022 to advance in-depth, rigorous, policy-oriented research on the causal determinants of productivity and income growth, asset accumulation, rural employment and risk management in African agriculture and rural spaces.<\/p>\n
The fellowship will cover travel and training expenses. STAARS fellows will be paired with mentors at Cornell University with whom they will jointly author a paper on a topic of mutual interest relating to structural transformation in Africa south of the Sahara. PIM will support the publication of resulting research findings in high quality journals and as working papers. In addition, PIM and Cornell will facilitate fellows\u2019 participation in scientific and policy conferences.<\/p>\n
Scope of Research and Geographic Focus<\/strong><\/p>\n
Prospective STAARS fellows are invited to develop proposals in the following thematic areas:<\/p>\n
STAARS fellows\u2019 rigorous policy analysis should use existing data, such as the Living Standards Measurement Study \u2013 Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA), Demographic and Health Surveys or similar high-quality datasets from sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n
Funding<\/strong><\/p>\n
Eligibility<\/strong><\/p>\n
Application<\/strong><\/p>\n
Applicants are required to prepare a maximum 2500-word concept proposal, which motivates the selected research issues and objectives, outlines data sources, proposed methodology and contains a convincing plan for completing the project by December 15, 2022. All proposals shall be prepared in English. All proposals will be peer reviewed by experts from Cornell University and\/or PIM.<\/p>\n
Application must include the following:<\/p>\n
Download the application packet here<\/a><\/p>\n
For more information, visit\u00a0STAARS Fellowship<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n