Description
The fellowship award is annually provided by the Oak Institute brings an Oak Human Rights to teach and conduct research while residing at the College. The Institute organizes lectures and other events centered around the fellow’s area of expertise. The purpose of the fellowship is to offer an opportunity for prominent practitioners in international human rights to take a sabbatical leave from their work and spend as long as a semester as a scholar-in-residence at the College. This provides the Fellow time for reflection, research, and writing.
The fellowship recipients are expected to responsible include regular meetings with students either through formal classes or informal discussion groups and assistance in shaping a lecture series or symposium associated with the particular aspect of human rights of interest to the fellow. The fellow also is expected to participate in the intellectual life of the campus and enable our students to work or study with a professional in the human rights field.
Fellowship Benefits
The Fellow will receive a stipend and College fringe benefits, plus round-trip transportation from the fellow’s home site, a two-bedroom apartment, use of a car, and meals on campus. The Fellow will also receive research support, including office space, secretarial support, computer and library facilities, and a student assistant. The Fellowship is awarded for the fall semester (September through December) each year. Following the period of the award, the fellow is expected to return to her or his human rights work.
Eligibility
All practitioner concerning on human rights are eligible for this fellowship. We also we especially encourage applications from those who are currently or were recently involved in “on-the-ground” work at some level of personal risk.
Application Procedure
Please visit the official site below to find further about the scholarship application process
Submission Deadline
December 15th, 2012
Website Link
http://web.colby.edu/oak/apply/
The fellowship award is annually provided by the Oak Institute brings an Oak Human Rights to teach and conduct research while residing at the College. The Institute organizes lectures and other events centered around the fellow’s area of expertise. The purpose of the fellowship is to offer an opportunity for prominent practitioners in international human rights to take a sabbatical leave from their work and spend as long as a semester as a scholar-in-residence at the College. This provides the Fellow time for reflection, research, and writing.
The fellowship recipients are expected to responsible include regular meetings with students either through formal classes or informal discussion groups and assistance in shaping a lecture series or symposium associated with the particular aspect of human rights of interest to the fellow. The fellow also is expected to participate in the intellectual life of the campus and enable our students to work or study with a professional in the human rights field.
Fellowship Benefits
The Fellow will receive a stipend and College fringe benefits, plus round-trip transportation from the fellow’s home site, a two-bedroom apartment, use of a car, and meals on campus. The Fellow will also receive research support, including office space, secretarial support, computer and library facilities, and a student assistant. The Fellowship is awarded for the fall semester (September through December) each year. Following the period of the award, the fellow is expected to return to her or his human rights work.
Eligibility
All practitioner concerning on human rights are eligible for this fellowship. We also we especially encourage applications from those who are currently or were recently involved in “on-the-ground” work at some level of personal risk.
Application Procedure
Please visit the official site below to find further about the scholarship application process
Submission Deadline
December 15th, 2012
Website Link
http://web.colby.edu/oak/apply/
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