The Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP) is a scholar fellowship program for educational projects at African higher education institutions. Offered by IIE, the program is funded by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY). A total of 705 African Diaspora Fellowships have been awarded for scholars to travel to Africa since the program’s inception in 2013. CADFP exemplifies CCNY’s enduring commitment to higher education in Africa. IIE manages and administers the program, including applications, project requests and fellowships.
The Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP) is a fellowship program for African institutions in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and member institutions of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) and partner universities with the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) to host an African-born scholar to work on projects in research collaboration, graduate student teaching/mentoring and curriculum co-development.
The CADFP application cycle for Project Requests will open on July 15, 2024 and close on September 18, 2024.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for the CADFP, an African-born diaspora scholar must:
- Have been born in any African country, as evidenced by the biographical data in the scholar’s passport;
- Live in the United States or Canada;
- Hold a terminal degree; and
- Be employed full-time at an accredited college or university in the United States or Canada.
Scholars may hold any academic rank, but postdocs are not eligible.
Offered Benefits
African-born Diaspora Fellows receive the following:
- a $150/day stipend
- visa costs (if required)
- supplemental health insurance coverage
- round-trip international air travel and ground transportation costs to and from the scholar’s home to the North American airport
- potential opportunities to apply for supplemental funding to cover knowledge production activities and workshop attendance.
Application Process
Required Documents:
As part of the application, scholars submit
- Personal statements
- Information about their academic qualifications,
- Disciplinary expertise and administrative experience.
- A letter of recommendation from a Dean (or from an administrator of equal or higher level) from the scholar’s current institution is required.
