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AWARDS BY OUTSIDE BODIES

Association of Commonwealth Universities

ACU DEVELOPMENT FELLOWSHIPS, 2000

Tenable for short periods in any Commonwealth country (other than that in which the applicant works), the Fellowships will be offered once a year and shall be held in subject areas or fields of activity in which the needs of the developing countries are particularly great. Fellows can come from inside or outside the university sector. The Association wishes especially to encourage the movement of staff in both directions between industry, commerce, public service, and the universities, with a view to forging reciprocally beneficial links. The programme has been devised for people of proven quality at a crucial stage of their career. It is not an immediately postdoctoral or degree-earning scheme; nor will Fellowships be offered simply for the pursuit of personal research. The ACU is especially keen to receive nominations of women candidates; and for programmes intended to enhance the status and role of women in its member universities. The purpose of the awards is to enable the universities of the Commonwealth, working together through their Association, to develop the human resources of their countries, and to do so through the interchange of people, knowledge, skills, and technologies.

Awards, of up to £5,000, are this year offered in the category of Titular Fellowships only, and are open generally to the academic and administrative staff, or the nominees, of universities in membership of ACU or of Commonwealth inter-university organizations. Universities may make two nominations for each category; at least one nominee must be a woman. Preference will be given to workers in the following priority subject areas:

Further details are available from Ms Melanie Foster, University Registry, The Old Schools. The closing date is 31 May 2000.

BRITISH ACADEMY / ACU GRANTS FOR INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION

Funds are available to support international joint activities, involving British scholars in collaboration with Commonwealth partners. Grants of up to £5,000 in value are available for advanced research, at postdoctoral or equivalent level or beyond, in the fields of the humanities and social sciences. Participants must be on the staff of a university in membership of the ACU at the time of application. Tenure is for one year in the first instance; subsequent support for a further and final year will be dependent upon a satisfactory report at the end of the first year. Further details are available on the ACU website (http://www.acu.ac.uk/). The closing date is 31 May 2000.


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Cambridge University Reporter, 1 March 2000
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