Hobart Houghton Fellowship at Rhodes University for Young Upcoming and Established Researchers

INTRODUCTION

The Hobart Houghton Research Fellowship, named after Professor Desmond Hobart Houghton, promotes work relevant to the economic problems of the Eastern Cape, and which could contribute to the development of the region.

Funding for the establishment of the Fellowship has been provided by Hobart Houghton’s former students and associates and by the Liberty Life Educational Foundation.

Applications are invited for Hobart Houghton Fellowship for 2015.

The term of the Fellowship is flexible and renewable, and will be decided upon in conjunction with the circumstances of the successful applicant and the nature of the research and progress made.

In the past, the Fellowship has typically been awarded for one year. The current preference in the Department of Economics is to invite applicants for the Fellowship for shorter periods; for example four to six months during the second semester of the academic year.


REQUIREMENTS

-Prospective Fellows should have had research experience, and hold at least a Masters degree in Economics or Agricultural Economics.

-They should have a sound knowledge of economic analysis and be capable of independent, innovative work.

-Candidates may either be established scholars (possibly on sabbatical leave) or young, promising economists.

CRITERIA FOR SELECTION

-Citizens of any South Africa

-Any course with a “relevance to the Eastern Cape”.

HOW TO APPLY

Applications is online, which should include a full statement of research interest, should be submitted by 30 September of year of application to:

Professor Hugo Nel,
Department of Economics and Economic History
(tel: +27 (0) 46 603 8301,
fax: +27 (0) 46 6225210,
e-mail: h.nel@ru.ac.za).

DEADLINES

Applications should be submitted by 30 September 2014


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