Every year
UNU offers PhD and Postdoctoral Fellowships to provide young scholars and
policymakers, especially from the developing world, with a multidisciplinary
context within which to pursue advanced research and training that are of
professional interest to the successful applicant and of direct relevance to
the research agenda of their selected UNU Institute for the Advanced Study
of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) or UNU Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR)
programme.
The deadline for applications for the 2014 Fellowships is 15 March 2014.
The Fellowship Programme provides the successful applicant with a unique opportunity to:
The Fellowship Programme provides the successful applicant with a unique opportunity to:
- develop and advance their research under
the supervision of a UNU-IAS or UNU-CPR faculty member and contribute to
the overall research agenda of the Institute;
- widen their research interests and
professional networks by working in the international and
multi-disciplinary context of UNU-IAS and UNU-CPR, and with their
wider network of Japanese universities and research institutes, as well as
international collaborators;
- become exposed to the workings of
international and multilateral policy processes and the broader UN system;
and
- link with other UNU-IAS and UNU-CPR PhD
and Postdoctoral Fellows.
The Fellows are
resident at UNU-IAS or UNU-CPR in Tokyo, Japan for the full term of the
fellowship. This gives the PhD and Postdoctoral Fellows the opportunity to gain
from the broader research programme of lectures, seminars, workshops and
conferences arranged by UNU-IAS and UNU-CPR. UNU's close institutional links
with Japanese affiliated professors and researchers from key universities and
think tanks in Japan and around the world also allow Fellows to link
into the broader Japanese academic and research community. Since the start of the
Fellowship Programme at UNU-IAS in 1996, more than 250 young
scholars, 70% of whom are from the developing world, have
benefited from collaboration with UNU-IAS/UNU-CPR and Japanese scholars in this
way. Applications will be invited for the following three fellowship
types:
Fellowship
Type
|
Eligibility
|
Duration
|
Residency
|
UNU-IAS
PhD Fellowship
|
1.
Applicants must be at an advanced dissertation writing stage of the PhD with
their research proposal accepted by their university.
2. Proficiency in English is essential. |
12 months
|
UNU-IAS,
Tokyo, Japan
|
UNU-IAS
Postdoctoral Fellowship
|
1.
Applicants must have gained their PhD degree.
2. Proficiency in English is essential. |
12 months (possibility
of renewal for another 12 months)
|
UNU-IAS,
Tokyo, Japan
|
JSPS-UNU
Postdoctoral Fellowship
|
1.
Applicants must have gained their PhD degree on or after 2 April 2008 for the
2014 Fellowships.
2. Proficiency in English is essential. 3. Applicants must be citizens of countries that have diplomatic relations with Japan. Japanese nationals are not eligible. |
24 months
|
UNU-IAS or
UNU-CPR, Tokyo, Japan
|
For more information and
application please visit the 2014 United Nations University Fellowship Programs page.
