Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Abe Fellowship Announcement Competition (US-Japan)

I received this yesterday from the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management


2013 ABE FELLOWSHIP COMPETITION

Deadline: September 1, 2013

The Abe Fellowship is designed to encourage international multidisciplinary research on topics of pressing global concern. The Abe Fellowship Program seeks to foster the development of a new generation of researchers who are interested in policy-relevant topics of long-range importance to Japan and the US, and who are willing to become key members of a bilateral and global research network built around such topics.

[more details after the jump]


THE ABE FELLOWSHIP RESEARCH AGENDA
Applicants are invited to submit proposals for research in the social sciences and related fields relevant to any of the following three themes:

*Traditional and Non-Traditional Approaches to Security and Diplomacy*

*Global and Regional Economic Issues*

*Social and Cultural Issues*

Research projects should be policy relevant, contemporary, and comparative or transnational.

FELLOWSHIP TERMS
Terms of the fellowship are flexible and are designed to meet the needs of Japanese and American researchers at different stages in their careers. The program provides Abe Fellows with a minimum of three and maximum of 12 months of full-time support over a 24 month period. Part-time residence abroad in the United States or Japan is required.

ELIGIBILITY
* This competition is open to citizens of the United States and Japan (Nationals of other countries MUST demonstrate a serious, long-term affiliation with research communities in the United States or Japan)
* Applicants must hold a Ph.D. or the terminal degree in their field, or equivalent professional experience at the time of application. Applications from researchers in professions other than academia are encouraged.

CONTACT DETAILS
For further information and to apply, go to:

Contact SSRC staff at abe@ssrc.org