Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lyle Vanclief, PAg, second from left, visits a pork processing plant in Santiago, Chile. Alberto Kassis Sabag, far Left, gave the minister, Bill Vaags of Canada Pork International and Manitoba Agriculture Minister Harry Enns a tour of his Cecinas San Jorge plant. The program enables Ph.D. students enrolled in U.S. and Canadian universities to return to Africa for extensive research involving field observation or the use of primary sources available only in Africa. Priority is given to research on equitable development in the fields of agriculture, environment, education, health, the life sciences, population, and the humanities. Under the auspices of the African Development Dissertation Workshop Program , doctoral students from sub-Saharan Africa are invited to apply to dissertation workshops that enable participants to engage in intensive discussion of each other's projects and issues common to conducting field research in Africa.
Deadlines vary by host institution.
Alumni of the ADIA program and African scholars who have received support from other Rockefeller Foundation programs are invited to apply for Rockefeller Foundation African Sustainable Development Career Awards . Other African scholars, who received a Ph.D. from an overseas university, may also be considered. All applicants must have been awarded the Ph.D. degree not more than five years prior to application and must have returned to Africa or be planning to return upon completion of their doctoral training. Additional information can be found on The Rockefeller Foundation website . Choose The Programs then African Initiatives .