Or, African Dissertation Internships, the Rockefeller Foundation, P.O. Box 47543, Nairobi, Kenya. The Foundation invites applications for African Science-Based Development Career Awards from alumni of the ADIA program, as ell as from current ADIA holders who expect to defend their dissertations in the near future. The awards were established to ensure that outstanding Rockefeller Foundation awardees from the region have an opportunity to apply their skills and to launch professional careers following their return to Africa. For application information, contact Program Manager, African SBD Career Awards, The Rockefeller Foundation, P.O. Box 47543, Nairobi, Kenya. Social Science students, especially those of economics, political science, sociology, and psychology, are invited to apply for twelve-month training fellowships to prepare for eventual dissertation research in Africa, Central Asia and the Causasus, China, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Near and Middle East, South Asia or Southeast Asia.
Students can apply for standard fellowships or advanced disciplinary training fellowships.
The Overseas Ministries Study Center, New Haven, Connecticut, administers the Research Enablement Program for the advancement of scholarship in studies of Christian Mission and Christianity in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Oceania. Projects that are cross cultural, collaborative, and interdisciplinary are especially welcome. Application deadline is November 20, 1995. 490 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511. A West African History specialist is sought by the Department of History at the University of Virginia, effective the 1996-97 academic year.