Deadline: 6 December 2013
Open to: human rights professionals who are doing on-the ground work at some level of personal risk
Fellowship: US$32,500 stipend, health benefits, housing, transportation
Description
The Oak Institute for the Study of International Human Rights was established in 1998 by a generous grant from the Oak Foundation. Each year, it hosts an Oak Human Rights Fellow to teach and conduct research while residing at the College. The Institute organizes lectures and other events centered around the fellow’s area of expertise.
The Oak Institute at Colby College announces a call for nominations for the 2014 Oak Human Rights Fellowship. They are looking for activists focused on the theme of gender and human rights, which may have to do with women but may also involve men (and masculinity) and sexual minorities. They invite nominations particularly from those working on sexual and reproductive rights, gender empowerment and education, human and sexual trafficking, activism against gender-based violence, gender- and sexual-based asylum, or gender and environmental rights.
The main objective of this program is to offer an opportunity for prominent practitioners in international human rights to take a sabbatical leave from their work and spend as long as a semester as a scholar-in-residence at the College. This provides the Fellow time for reflection, research, and writing.
Eligibility
The Oak Human Rights Fellowship is designed for one human rights professional who is doing on-the ground work at some level of personal risk. In order to know more about this fellowship target, please visit Colby College’s eligibility webpage.
Fellowship
In addition to a US$32,500 stipend, the fellowship includes health benefits, housing, a campus meal plan, and transportation. The fellowship also provides an office, access to the College’s computer and library resources, a student assistant to help with the seminar and research, and secretarial support.
To ensure that the fellow fully benefits from the extended respite and safety of the fellowship experience, the program is designed to allow dependent family members to join the fellow in residence at Colby. A limited budget is allocated to help offset the cost of transportation, housing, and meals for family members who accompany the fellow.
Application
November 1, 2013 is Nomination deadline, but applications can be submitted till December 6, 2013.
If you would like to submit your application for the Oak Fellowship online please complete the 2014 Oak Application and then CLICK HERE to submit it. A complete application includes:
- A completed application form.
- A copy of your resume, biography or curriculum vitae (please give dates for all activities).
- Two recommendations from someone familiar with your work. These recommendations must be submitted directly by the recommender online via the Oak Institute website or mailed via post to:
Professor Walter Hatch
Oak Institute for the Study of International Human Rights-Colby College
5319 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, ME 04901 USA - Recommended: Printed information on your human rights organization (e.g., brochures, reports, newspaper stories, articles on your work and the work of your organization).
For more information, please visit the official website.