Funds may be requested for maintenance, travel, or research costs, as appropriate to enhance dissertation research in Africa in the 1999-2000 academic year. Rocca funds are intended to supplement, not substitute for, other grants. Students are encouraged to apply to other sources as well. The Rocca Scholar program gives priority to advanced graduate students who show exceptional promise of advancing scholarship in some field of African Studies. Recipients of the award will carry the title Andrew and Mary Thompson Rocca Scholars, and must be advanced to candidacy before an award is made.
Students are eligible for support regardless of previous fellowships from other sources.
Recipients will be expected to provide, within six months of the termination of the award or before application for a second year of support, a report on progress made during the fellowship year. Recipients are also expected to make a public presentation for the Center for African Studies on their work sometime during or following the tenure of their award. The budget should be for the overall project. It should indicate other sources of support for 1999-2000, and describe the particular need for Rocca funds. Please emphasize the role of the award in the overall dissertation program for 1999-2000.