Professional Development
The Center for Effective Global Action Fellowship Program: 2025-2026 Request for Applications
Training Signup Due Date: 01/27/25
Name of Agency or Organization: Cloneshouse Evaluation
Opportunity Description
“The Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) invites African researchers to apply to their 2025-2026 Fellowship Program Request for Applications. In this call, CEGA invites researchers from East and West Africa interested in developing their skills in quantitative social science research (including impact evaluation) to apply for a 16-week in-person fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley (offered both Fall 2025 and Spring 2026) or at Northwestern University (offered Spring 2026 only). For this upcoming call, interested applicants can apply to 1 of 3 research tracks: General Development Research, Early Childhood Development, or Youth Livelihoods. Selected researchers will audit coursework, develop skills in quantitative development research, access a personalized mentorship program to develop their research ideas, and build their research networks.
To be eligible, researchers must be from East or West Africa and be affiliated with a research institution, university, or other organization headquartered in Africa and have recently completed a Master’s degree or PhD (or PhD in progress) in economics, statistics, epidemiology/public health, or another social science discipline.
Apply by January 27, 2025