BIARI – Brown University’s International Advanced Research Institutes

Deadline: 17 December 2014
Open to: early-career scholars and practitioners, based at institutions in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe
Fellowship: tuition, meals, university housing, air travel if needed

Description

Brown University’s International Advanced Research Institutes (BIARI) convene participants from around the world to address pressing global issues through collaboration across academic, professional, and geographic boundaries. Applications are invited from early-career scholars and practitioners, especially those based at institutions in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe, to participate in intensive, residential two-week institutes at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies.

The four institutes are convened by Brown University professors, and feature lectures, seminars, and workshops led by distinguished international guest faculty:

• Humanitarian Response and Post-Conflict Reconstruction
• Ethnicity, Conflict, and Inequality in Global Perspective
• Governance and Development in the Age of Globalization
• Population and Development: New Approaches to Enduring Global Problems

BIARI 2015 will be held at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies June 6-20, 2015.

Eligibility

The Program is aimed at applicants who are early in their professional careers. Practitioners normally have four to ten years’ experience in their professional field. Participants from an academic background are usually within seven years of having finished their PhD or professional terminal degree.

Fellowship

BIARI covers the full cost of tuition, meals, and university housing for the duration of the program, and air travel in cases of need.

Application

Apply online HERE. Application review will begin on December 17, 2014 and will close on January 18, 2015.

For further information visit the official website HERE.