The Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) Visiting Fellowship

Deadline: 7 March 2022
Open to: nationals of an East or Anglophone West African country who hold a staff or student position at a research institution, university, or other organization headquartered in one of those countries
Benefits: pairing with a faculty mentor affiliated with CEGA, costs of room and board in Berkeley, health insurance, a monthly stipend, visa fees, and round-trip economy airfare

DESCRIPTION

The Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) invites researchers from East Africa and Anglophone West Africa interested in developing their skills in impact evaluation and implementation science to apply for a four-month fellowship (sabbatical) at the University of California Berkeley, to be completed during Fall 2022  (August – December) or Spring 2023  (January – May) academic semester.

ELIGIBILITY

To be eligible, researchers must be a national of an East or Anglophone West African country (Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Burundi, South Sudan, Uganda, the Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Nigeria, and Cameroon) who hold a staff or student position at a research institution, university, or other organization headquartered in one of these countries.  If currently enrolled in a PhD program outside the African continent, scholars may complete their PhD before their return. Applicants must already have a PhD or be working towards a PhD, except in the case that they are directly referred by a EASST or DIWA fellow.

BENEFITS

Each visiting fellow will be paired with a faculty mentor affiliated with CEGA, a hub for research on global development headquartered at UC Berkeley. CEGA staff and PhD students will provide additional mentorship during the fellowship and after the scholar returns home. CEGA will cover the costs of room and board in Berkeley, health insurance, a monthly stipend, visa fees, and round-trip economy airfare for selected fellows. Please note that the CEGA does not provide financial support for spouses or other family members.

Upon completing the fellowship, scholars are expected to return to a university or research institute in East or West Africa and assume a leading role in promoting the use of rigorous evidence in economic development. After successful completion of the fellowship, fellows will be eligible to receive “catalyst grants” of $5,000-$7,500 to administer trainings in impact evaluation methods and work to build institutional capacity to conduct rigorous evaluations, as well as pilot research grants of $10,000 to continue working on impact evaluation research developed while at UC Berkeley. They will also be able to apply for larger research grants of up to $75,000 to conduct an impact evaluation that answers a pressing economic development question in East or West Africa. All fellows will be sponsored to attend CEGA’s annual Africa Evidence Summit, a dissemination event held in a different East or West African country each summer.

CEGA Visiting Fellows will be invited to join the Network of Impact Evaluation Researchers in Africa (NIERA), an association of African scholars seeking to advance decision-focused impact evaluation of development programs through capacity building, evidence generation and policy outreach. NIERA is comprised of alumni of the CEGA/EASST Visiting Fellowship.

HOW TO APPLY

For more information, visit the official website.