No wahala! If you sabi research and wan carry your academic mata go next level, MECAM don open door for you! Dem dey invite ogbonge researchers wey dey do postdoctoral or advanced study for humanities and social sciences, make dem apply for their juicy fellowship.
This fellowship go run from September 2026 to April 2027, and dem don set am under big theme wey dem dey call “Imagining Futures: Dealing with Disparity.” You fit check your own research work against five matter-wey dem call Interdisciplinary Research Fields (IRFs) like Aesthetics & Cultural Practice, Inequality & Mobility, Memory & Justice, Resources & Sustainability, and Identities & Beliefs.
Now, if you dey flex your brain as apper research person, no matter the country wey you dey, even Tunisia no go yan no! Just make sure say your waka gree with di main theme wey dem set for ground. You get till March 2, 2026, 12:30 CEST to submit your application. No slack, jare!
MECAM go select six postdoctoral researchers and two advanced scholars based on wetin dem do for their proposal—so make sure say wetin you sabi dey shine for your submission. If you get any research wey involve field or archival work, no problem; just dey prepare say limited ones fit happen during your fellowship for Tunis.
As a fellow, you no go dey idle oh! You go join dem for academic life inside the center, and flex with your fellow researchers. Dem go even give you chance to engage external experts and connect with students and others. E no go be just to dey inside room collect fellowship money, you must carry him work go put for public eye!
The fellowship dey run under “no gain, no loss” principle, meaning sey you no go dey lose or gain anyfin while you dey there. Dey go provide you with space, support, and allowance. You fit showcase your work in different ways wey go fit reach the people. You fit write articles, essays, policy papers, and even book manuscripts!
MECAM dey gidi gidi for Université de Tunis, and dem dey collaborate with Philipps-Universität Marburg and other big institutions wey dey support dem. So if you dey interested, make sure say your application dey ready am for the secure platform wey dem dey use, Forum Transregionale Studien.
Finally, if you get any question, no dey send email go GSO, because dem no fit help matter wey no concern dem. Just focus, submit, and wait for good news. Make your research shine pass!
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