CAPSI PhD Fellowship on ‘The Non-Profit Sector’s Contribution To African Economies’

The aim of the PhD fellowship is to provide opportunities for young African doctoral students registered in African universities to participate in research on non-profit organisations and their contributions to African economies. The specific focus of the research project is ‘The creation of dignified and fulfilling work for young Africans by the non-profit sector’.

Doctoral students will be working on topics related to non-profit organisations and their contributions to African economies, particularly those focusing on dignified and fulfilling employment for young Africans. Successful applicants will work closely with Regional Research Leads paired with senior researchers in undertaking their research. Fellows will be selected in line with categories of youth marginality that the project is paying special attention to -namely gender, disability, geography, class, age and various forms of marginality such as refugees, ex-prisoners, and internally displaced persons, just to mention a few.

Funding Information

• Each fellow will receive a fully funded fellowship, providing a full scholarship of up to $30,000.

Subject Fields 

• Social and behavioural sciences, including Economics, Development Studies, International Development, Non-profit or Philanthropic studies, Statistics and Actuarial Sciences, Management, Public Policy, History, Human Geography, or any development-related field.
• The research should strictly focus on the project’s main objective; The Contributions of Non-profit Sectors to African Economies with specific focus on Dignified and Fulfilling Work for the Youth.

Geographical Focus

• Applications are now invited from female doctoral students with an interest in the non-profit sector and its role in African economies. In the current call, only female applicants from and focusing on the following countries are to apply:
  • Burkina Faso
  • The Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Egypt
  • Mozambique
  • Rwanda
  • Senegal
  • South Africa
  • Zambia

Eligibility Criteria

• To be eligible for the Fellowship Programme, applicants must:
  • Be a female aged 35 years or below.
  • Be currently enrolled as a full time student in a relevant doctoral programme at an African university, focusing on themes and research aligned to the project.
  • Have research interest in the non-profit sector’s contributions to dignified and fulfilling work for African youth.
  • Demonstrate commitment to the programme and the ability to work effectively in a team.
  • Be available to participate in the programme for its entire duration.
  • In the first or second year of their PhD programme.
  • Be nationals of any of the countries listed above and conduct research on any of them or some of them.

For more information, visit CAPSI.