STAAARS+ Fellowship Program is now accepting proposals for the next cohort of fellow teams. The deadline for submission is October 16, 2022, at 11:59 pm New York time.
The Structural Transformation of African and Asian Agriculture and Rural Spaces (STAAARS+) Fellows program, a part of the USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research, Capacity, and Influence (PRCI), is a collaboration between Cornell University, Michigan State University (MSU), and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) to advance rigorous, policy-oriented food security research on topics of inclusive agricultural- and rural transformation, development of healthy food systems, and enhanced resilience at individual, household, national and regional levels in Africa and Asia. The objective is to build and reinforce an effective policy research culture within African and Asian policy research organizations that can help build and sustain research capacity beyond the life of PRCI and the STAAARS+ program. The STAAARS+ program invites teams of two to three members from African, South Asian, and Southeast Asian research institutions to apply. The full RFP, application instructions, and more information about STAAARS+ can be found here.
An information session for the fellowship will be held on Wednesday, September 14 from 8:00 – 9:00 am New York time. Please register for the session here.
For more background on STAARS+ and the broader STAARS program, see the forthcoming AEPP article by Schreiber et al., Building research capacity in an under-represented group: The STAARS program experience.