TrustAfrica, under the administration of the School of Built Environment and Development Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa is pleased to announce 2 Post-Doctoral Fellowships for 2015. The fellowship awards are for R200,000 per annum and there is the possibility for a maximum of 2 years. The selected fellowships will be attached to the DST/NRF Research Chair (SARChI) in Applied Poverty Reduction Assessment, held by Professor Sarah Bracking. Funding for two fellowships has been made possible by TrustAfrica.

The post-doctoral fellows who receive these fellowships will work on a topic aligned with the focus areas of the Chair and they will be supervised by Professor Bracking.

Research Topics:

The purpose of the Chair is to promote and undertake research on government, private sector and civil society interventions that have been designed to reduce poverty. The two TrustAfrica fellowships will follow research topics around the political economy of illicit financial flows.

Fellowship Award Criteria:

The following eligibility criteria apply:
• Applicants must have completed the doctoral degrees within the last five years;
• Fellowships are open to South African citizens and permanent residents;
• Outstanding international candidates from outside South Africa, who wish to undertake postdoctoral research in South Africa are eligible for support;
• Fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis, taking into account applicants’ academic achievements, outputs and research potential.
• Applicants who are applying for a third cycle of postdoctoral research support are not eligible.
• Full-time employees of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are not eligible to apply.
• All fellowship awards should be held as primary funding towards the research study.
• Fellowships must not be held simultaneously with a fellowship from any other source.
• Fellows must not hold full-time salaried employment during the tenure of the fellowship.
• All fellows will be allowed to undertake a maximum of 12 hours of teaching, tutorials, assistance or demonstration duties per week on average, and may be remunerated for these duties, provided that they are reimbursed at a rate not exceeding the normal institutional tariff for services rendered.

In addition to this fellowship application, selected applicants are required to be accepted and registered in the discipline of Development Studies.

Post-Doc Fellowship Award applications should consist of:
1. A letter of motivation;
2. A summary research proposal of 2 pages;
3. A C.V. ;
4. A full academic record; and
5. The contact details of two academic referees.

In addition to the fellowship, successful applicants will also receive support for field work and conference attendance.

Preference will be given to South African applicants.The deadline for bursary applications is 15 October 2015.

Applications should be submitted to: Mrs Kathleen Diga ([email protected]) and Prof Bracking ([email protected]), using the header: TrustAfrica UKZN post-doc application 2015.

For further information please see:
http://sobeds.ukzn.ac.za/Homepage.aspx http://www.appliedpovertyreduction.com