Call for Application for PhD Thesis Research on Human Capital Development Grant Support 2022/2023
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PhD Thesis Research Grant on Human Capital Development Grant Support 2022/2023.
Training Admnistrator
AERC wishes to announce the 2022/2023 Ph.D. thesis research grant support to African graduate students registered in a PhD degree programme in Economics at institutions within or outside Africa. The support will be specifically to students whose thesis research proposal is on human capital development in Africa.[1] Research could also be targeted on a country or region.[1] Generally, human capital is defined as โthe knowledge, skills, and health that people accumulate over their lives.โ
The following are broad themes and sub-themes on human capital development in Africa for research:
- Human Capital Formation and its Determinants (i.e., fertility, education and skills, health)
- Understanding Human Capital Formation and its Determinants
- Measuring and Interpreting Inequality
- Family Economics and Human Capital in the Family
- Health Human Capital and Economic Growth in Africa
- Intergenerational Mobility in Africa
- Human Capital Drivers and Consequences (Population, Skills Acquisition, Migration and Impacts)
- Measuring and Assessing Skills
- Human Capital Flight: Stratification, Globalization, and the Challenges to Tertiary Education in Africa
- The Human Resource Crisis in Health Services in Africa
- The Impact of Brain Drain on Economic Development in Africa
- Human Capital Depletion (Health and Longevity, Investment/Financing Quantum)
- Health and Schooling Investments in Africa
- Financing Human Capital Investment
- Climate Change and Human Capital
- Climate Change, Disease and Gender Gaps in Human Capital Investment
- Human Capital Formation and Foreign Direct Investment
- The Cost of Diseases on Human Capital Investment in Africa
Eligibility Criteria and Application Procedure for PhD Thesis Research Awards
Graduate students are eligible to apply for this award provided:
- They are African graduate students registered in a doctoral degree programme in Economics at a recognized university either within or outside Africa;
- They have completed all course requirements for the degree;
- They have successfully defended their proposals and they are in the writing phase of the dissertation;
- They have not received any other funding to support these dissertation activities outlined in the PhD proposal/budget; and
Application Procedure
Requests should be supported by the following documentation:
- Evidence of registration in a recognized PhD programme in Economics.
- A copy of approved research proposal, complete with clearly defined objectives, substantial literature review, a wellโoutlined analytical framework as well as pertinent research methodology.
- A letter of reference from the thesis supervisor.
- A description of the plan of work for the thesis research including details of fieldwork and write up.
- A detailed budget.
- Evidence of any additional financial support that may be necessary to complete the programme.
- A curriculum vitae.
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