Applications are open for the British Academy Writing & Mentoring Workshop for Early Career Researchers in West Africa 2025. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
About British Academy Writing & Mentoring Workshop for Early Career Researchers
Opportunity Details
- Date Published: April 23, 2025
- Application Deadline: May 15, 2025
- Category: Training
- Oppotunity Locations: Sierra Leone
Togo
- Eligible Locations: Africa
While the demand for higher education in Africa has increased tremendously in the past two decades, there is still limited comparable investment in capacity development of early career academics. The overall purpose of the two in-person interactive workshops is to provide a cutting-edge research training and development opportunity for Early Career Researchers (ECRs) in West Africa.
The specific goals of the workshops are to:
- Equip participants with the mechanisms and tools to publish in international impactful peer-reviewed journals and write grant proposals.
- Provide personalised mentorship and feedback on submitted manuscripts from experienced academics and journal editors.
- Provide participants with opportunities to network and collaborate with their colleagues, leading scholars and journal editors to produce impactful outputs over the period of two years.
- Provide follow-up and sustained support to participants for their submissions to international journals after the workshop.
Dates
Lomé, Togo: 25 - 26 June 2025
Mile 91. Sierra Leone: 30 June - 1 Julv 2025
Benefits of British Academy Writing & Mentoring Workshop for Early Career Researchers
Cost
- They will provide three nights of hotel accommodation and breakfast, refreshment, lunch, and dinner for the two-day workshop.
British Academy Writing & Mentoring Workshop for Early Career Researchers Requirements
- Applicants must have completed their PhD within the last 8-10 years or close to PhD completion.
- Female Early Career Researchers are highly encouraged to apply.
Application Date and Process
Applicants must submit their proposal online before May 15, 2025 (by 17:00 GMT). Submit your paper, which should not exceed 1500 words including abstract, tables, figures and references, and contain/cover the following:
- each applicant should submit only one paper.
- title of the paper;
- introduction (rationale /motive for the study, research aim and research objectives;
- the theoretical background (importance of your study/brief literature);
- discussion of the used methodological approach (method(s) used and source(s) of data);
- discussion of key findings / results;
- conclusions (concluding remarks, theoretical and practical implications); and
- references
Application Deadline
15 May, 2025
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