Education and African Modernities: The Development of African Universities, or the African Women Public Service Fellowship

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs: Fellowships in Science and International Affairs

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (BCSIA) is the hub of the John F. Kennedy School of Government's research, teaching, and training in international security affairs, environmental and natural resource issues, and science and technology policy. The Center's mission is to provide leadership in advancing policy-relevant knowledge about the most important challenges of international security and other critical issues where science, technology, and international affairs intersect. The heart of BCSIA is its resident research staff: Harvard faculty members, scholars, public-policy practitioners, and each year a new, multinational, and interdisciplinary group of research fellows.

The Center offers both pre­doctoral and advanced research fellowships for one year, with a possibility for renewal. Applications for research fellowships are welcome from recent recipients of the Ph.D. or equivalent degree, university faculty members, and employees of government, military, international, humanitarian, and private research institutions who have appropriate professional experience. Applicants for pre­doctoral fellowships must have passed general examinations prior to appointment. BCSIA seeks applications from political scientists, lawyers, economists, those in the natural sciences, and others of diverse disciplinary backgrounds. BCSIA also encourages applications from women, minorities, and citizens of all countries.

Fellows are expected to devote some portion of their time to collaborative endeavors, as arranged by the appropriate program or project director. Research fellows are also expected to complete a book, monograph, or other significant publication during their period of residence. Pre­doctoral research fellows are expected to contribute to the Center's research activities, as well as work on - and ideally complete - their doctoral dissertations.

BCSIA research fellows are selected by the Center's major research programs and projects. Fellowship applicants must indicate the program or project to which they are applying in accordance with the research interests described below. BCSIA offers fellowships in five program areas: the International Security Program (ISP); the Environment and Natural Resources Program (ENRP); the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program (STPP); the World Peace Foundation Program on Intrastate Conflict, Conflict Prevention, and Conflict Resolution (WPF); and the Caspian Studies Program (CSP). Additional fellowships are offered in special projects described in the next section.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

International Security Program (ISP)

Program Director: Steven E. Miller · Faculty Chair: Stephen M. Walt

U.S. defense and foreign policy; Russian security policy; nuclear proliferation; managing nuclear technology and materials; the political economy of the Russian nuclear complex; chemical and biological weapons proliferation, control, and countermeasures; terrorism; regional security, especially the Russian periphery, Asia, and the Middle East; internal and ethnic conflict; transatlantic relations; democracy and democratization as a factor in international politics. BCSIA also co­sponsors, with the Shorenstein Center for Press and Politics, a fellowship for journalists specializing in defense and foreign affairs.

Domestic Preparedness for Terrorism
Principal Investigator: Arnold Howitt

Terrorism (nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons and conventional explosives); disaster management and preparedness; epidemiology; military assistance to civilian authorities; intelligence sharing with law enforcement; counterterrorism technologies; and federal-state-local management issues, particularly as regards disaster relief.

Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) Program
Program Director and Faculty Chair: John Holdren

National and comparative science and technology policies and policy formation mechanisms; science and technology policy for competitiveness, sustainability, and security; social determinants of, and social impacts of, scientific and technological change.

Managing the Atom Project
Executive Director: Jim Walsh

Addressing the risks posed by nuclear weapons and weapons-usable materials; assessing the future of civilian nuclear power; and strengthening democratic management of both through improved access to information, broader public participation, and more effective regulation and oversight.

Energy Technology Innovation Project (ETIP)
Director: Vicki Norberg-Bohm

Patterns and processes of energy research, development, demonstration and deployment in the United States and around the world, policies and institutions for closing the gap between national and international energy R&D strategies and those needed to meet the challenge of climate change; analysis of effectiveness of collaborative and partnership approaches for meeting U.S. energy-related environmental goals.

Science and Technology for Sustainability
Director: William C. Clark

An international collaboration of scholars, practitioners and program managers working to increase the contribution of scientific research and technological innovation for sustainability science, vulnerability assessment, and decision-support activities.

WPF Program on Intrastate Conflict, Conflict Prevention, and Conflict Resolution (WPF)
Program Director: Robert I. Rotberg

All aspects of conflict within states; ethnic/religious/linguistic conflict; peacekeeping and peace building; conflict prevention in general; conflict resolution, especially in divided states; all aspects of state failure and the prevention of state failure. The WPF Program has current and continuing particular concerns with Burma, Cyprus, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Sri Lanka, the Sudan, Zimbabwe, and other vulnerable states.

Caspian Studies Program
Research Director: Brenda Shaffer

Fellows with the Caspian Studies Program will focus on political and social trends in the states of the Caspian region; US political, economic and security strategy toward the region or impact of energy developments in region on regional economic development and global energy trends. Fellows' work will seek to inform the dialogue among policymakers, scholars and practitioners to focus the debate in ways that produce effective policy toward and for the region.

STIPEND INFORMATION

BCSIA offers ten-month stipends of $34,000 to post­doctoral research fellows and $20,000 to pre­doctoral research fellows, with health insurance. Only a limited number of fellowships are available, so interested candidates are encouraged to apply for other sources of funding. All applicants should indicate clearly whether they are seeking full or partial funding from BCSIA, and indicate other potential funding sources. Non-stipendiary appointments are also offered. Please note that CSP fellowship appointments are non-stipendiary. In most cases, office space and supplies, computers with LAN and Internet connections, and access to Harvard University libraries and other facilities will be provided.

1. a 3 to 5 page double-spaced statement that proposes a major research project or dissertation prospectus, including its relevance to the research interests of one of the Center's programs or projects; the statement should clearly indicate at the top of the page the specific program or project to which the application is being directed.

There is no physical application to fill out. The steps above constitute the application process. The applicant is responsible for collecting all materials, including letters of recommendation and transcripts and submitting them as one packet to the Center. Materials submitted will not be returned to the applicant. Emailed materials will not be accepted, unless specifically indicated by the Program Director. An application deadline is January 20, 2003.

Telephone: (617) 495-3745

E-mail: kathleen_siddell@harvard.edu

Mailing address: Fellowship Coordinator