Social Science Research Council - Abe Fellowship Program

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• Abe Fellowship Program

-- Sponsor: Social Science Research Council

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

-- Deadline(s): 09/01/2010

-- Web Site: http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/abe-fellowship/

-- Program URL: http://fellowships.ssrc.org/abe/detailed_app_criteria/

-- DEADLINE NOTE - Applications will be available in mid-June.

-- OBJECTIVES: The objectives of the program are to foster high quality research in the social sciences and the humanities, to build new collaborative networks of researchers around the three thematic foci of the program, to bring new data and new data resources to the attention of those researchers, and to obtain from them a commitment to a comparative or transnational line of inquiry. Applicants are invited to submit proposals for research in the social sciences and related disciplines relevant to any one or any combination of the three themes below. Research proposals bearing on these themes may address issues related to human security, multilateralism, bilateralism, U.S.-Japan relations, transnational economic relations, the empowerment of peoples and communities, and sustainable development, among others. The themes are: Traditional and non-traditional approaches to security and diplomacy - Appropriate research topics include transnational terrorism, internal ethnic and religious strife, infectious diseases, food safety, climate change, and non-proliferation, as well as the role of cultural initiatives in peace building; Global and regional economic issues - Suitable topics include regional and bilateral trade arrangements, globalization and the mitigation of its adverse consequences, sustainable urbanization, and environmental degradation; and The role of civil society - Appropriate issues include demographic change, immigration, the role of NPOs and NGOs as champions of the public interest, social enterprise, and corporate social responsibility. Across the Program's three dominant themes, priority is given to projects that demonstrate important contributions to intellectual and/or policy debates and break new theoretical or empirical ground. Applicants are expected to show how the proposed project goes beyond previous work on the topic and builds on prior skills to move into new intellectual terrain.

-- ELIGIBILITY: This competition is open to citizens of the United States and Japan as well as to nationals of other countries who can demonstrate strong and serious long-term affiliations with research communities in Japan or the United States. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. or the terminal degree in their field, or have attained an equivalent level of professional experience. Applications from researchers in professions other than academia are encouraged with the expectation that the product of the fellowship will contribute to the wider body of knowledge on the topic specified.

-- FUNDING: The program provides Abe Fellows with a minimum of 3 and maximum of 12 months of full-time support over a 24 month period. The Fellowship is intended to support an individual researcher, regardless of whether that individual is working alone or in collaboration with others. Abe Fellows will be expected to affiliate with an American of Japanese institution appropriate to their research. Fellowship funds may also be spent on additional residence and field work in third countries as appropriate to individual projects.