The Amy Mahan Research Fellowship Program is an eighteen-months project sponsored by Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and managed by Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, in collaboration with scholars from Universidad de San Andrés, Argentina and the University of the Philippines.
The Program is the capacity building component of the Global Impact Study. It is named in honor of Amy Mahan, a distinguished colleague and dear friend who was a member of the Research Working Group of the Global Impact Study until her passing on 5 March 2009.
The Program's objectives are to deepen and strengthen the capacity of emerging scholars in developing countries to carry out rigorous research in the area of public access to ICT, while simultaneously increasing the availability of high-quality research in the subject area coming from the developing regions of the world.
The Program will award up to 12 Research Fellowships to emerging scholars from developing countries in Africa and the Middle East, the Asia Pacific region and Latin America and the Caribbean. Fellowships will provide research grant funding and specialized "mentoring" guidance to enable emerging researchers to carry out a new and original research study that addresses one or more critical research questions regarding the impact of public access to ICTs.
Qualified researchers from developing countries in Africa and the Middle East, the Asia Pacific region and Latin America and the Caribbean are encouraged to submit their application in English, French, Portuguese or Spanish, no later than Midnight Eastern Standard Time, 31 December 2009.
The following documents present Program details and provide guidance to applicants:
- Benefits, Eligibility and Procedures
- Submission Guidelines
- Sample Research Topics and Overview of Global impact study Probes
- Draft Ethical Standards that will Guide the Conduct of the Research
- Frequently Asked Questions
Researchers interested in participating in the Program may consult the Program Implementation Team by sending an email query to: AmyMahanFellowship@upf.edu. Emerging researchers who plan to submit an application as Principal Investigator may also consult their preliminary choice of topic with the Implementation Team by submitting a Topic Query. To keep the consultation load manageable and facilitate a quick turnaround, candidates are asked to please review Program documents and the Frequently Asked Questions before submitting a query. Either type of query (General or Topic Query) must be submitted no later than 30 November 2009.
