The ASA Presidential Fellows Program provides opportunities for academics and practitioners with a scholarly interest in Africa to travel to attend and present at the ASA Annual Meeting, visit institutions of higher learning in the …
Year: 2019
NOW OPEN: 2019 Andrew E. Rice Application
The Society for International Development (SID) is currently accepting applications for the 2019 Andrew E. Rice Award, which recognizes a young professional (age 22-32) who has demonstrated leadership, innovation, and commitment to improving the lives …
Con X Tech Prize Competition
Conservation X Labs is seeking bold ideas for technology solutions to conserve the world’s biodiversity and end human-induced species extinctions. The Con X Tech Prize will grant 20 awards of $3,500 each to projects teams that are …
APPLY NOW: ASA PROGRAM MANAGER POSITION
Established in 1957, the African Studies Association (ASA) is the largest organization with a global membership devoted to enhancing the exchange of information about Africa. With almost 2,000 individual and institutional members worldwide, the ASA …
AFRICA IN OUR LIVES: DREW BANTLIN
Drew Bantlin is a PhD candidate at the UW-Madison Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies. His studies center around lion ecology, behavioral ecology, and practical management of wild spaces. In this AFRICA IN OUR LIVES, Bantlin …
Mandela Washington Fellow Reciprocal Exchange Component
The Reciprocal Exchange Component provides funds for American professionals to travel to sub-Saharan African countries to continue collaborative work with Mandela Washington Fellows on the continent. Through these Reciprocal Exchange projects, Americans and young African …
Laura Bassi Scholarship for Students of Neglected Topics
The Laura Bassi Scholarship, which will award a total of $10,000 twice annually, was established by Editing Press in 2018 with the aim of providing editorial assistance to postgraduates and junior academics whose research focuses on neglected …
UW-Madison celebrates 58 years of Peace Corps service
Next Friday, March 1, it will be 58 years since President John F. Kennedy first established, by executive order, an international service organization for the United States. Now its own federal agency, the Peace Corps …
ASA 2019 Graduate Student Paper Prize
Submissions are now open for the annual ASA graduate student paper prize. The prize will be awarded at the Annual Meeting for an essay presented at the previous year’s Annual Meeting. Graduate students should submit …
DAY IN AFRICA 2019 PRESENTATIONS
DAY IN AFRICA will take place on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at Union South. The goal of DAY IN AFRICA is to inspire interest in the peoples, places, and languages of Africa among high school students throughout …