The Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP) is a scholar fellowship program for educational projects at African higher education institutions. Offered by IIE, the program is funded by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY). A total of 705 African Diaspora Fellowships have been awarded for scholars to travel to Africa since the program’s inception in 2013. CADFP exemplifies CCNY’s enduring commitment to higher education in Africa. IIE manages and administers the program, including applications, project requests and fellowships.
The Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP) is a fellowship program for African institutions in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and member institutions of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) and partner universities with the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) to host an African-born scholar to work on projects in research collaboration, graduate student teaching/mentoring and curriculum co-development.
The CADFP application cycle for Project Requests will open on July 15, 2024 and close on September 18, 2024.
Benefits
African-born Diaspora Fellows receive the following:
- a $150/day stipend
- visa costs (if required)
- supplemental health insurance coverage
- round-trip international air travel and ground transportation costs to and from the scholar’s home to the North American airport
- potential opportunities to apply for supplemental funding to cover knowledge production activities and workshop attendance.
Requirements
To be eligible for the CADFP, an African-born diaspora scholar must:
- Have been born in any African country, as evidenced by the biographical data in the scholar’s passport;
- Live in the United States or Canada;
- Hold a terminal degree; andÂ
- Be employed full-time at an accredited college or university in the United States or Canada.
Scholars may hold any academic rank, but postdocs are not eligible.
Selection Process
- Specific activities are proposed to collaborate on research, curriculum co-development and/or graduate student teaching, training and mentoring.
- Strong project concept and rationale are provided; project demonstrates innovation.
- Project Request clearly indicates what has been done by the institution on the proposed topic(s), the resources of the host institution, the problem to address, the goals of what to change or improve, the gaps and the anticipated specific role of the Diaspora Fellow in the proposed activities.
- Clear mission of what the host institution wants to accomplish through project visit is articulated, and justification is provided on reasons to partner in the effort with a Diaspora scholar.
- The proposed scholar’s discipline, subfields, areas of expertise, experience and motivation for applying are well-suited to the success and impact of the project.
- Evidence of relevant experience by the proposed scholar in each requested project activity is demonstrated.
- The proposed project must have the potential for impact
- If potential impact of longer term project will take more time to be realized or evaluated, explanation is provided on how initial impact of project visit will be measured or how it is expected to contribute to larger goals.
Application Documents
As part of the application, scholars submit
- Personal statements
- Information about their academic qualifications,
- Disciplinary expertise and administrative experience.Â
- A letter of recommendation from a Dean (or from an administrator of equal or higher level) from the scholar’s current institution is required.
Method of Application
Click Here to Apply
Please visit Review Process and Criteria and How to Apply for African Institutions for more information on how the program operates.
Please email AfricanDiaspora@iie.org with questions.
Application Deadline: September 18, 2024.
