See below for information on SSRC research fellowships for PhD students and early career researchers.  No citizenship restrictions but a near deadline.

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Subject: FUNDS:  Drugs, Security and Democracy Fellowship
From:    "Jessica Mack" <[log in to unmask]>
Date:    Tue, January 10, 2012 11:32 am

The application deadline for the Drugs, Security and Democracy fellowship
is January 20th, 2012 at 9:00 pm EST. All application materials, reference
letters, and language evaluations must be submitted online by that date.

The Drugs, Security and Democracy (DSD) fellowship program supports
research on organized crime, drug policy, issues of governance, and
associated topics across the social sciences and related disciplines. The
fellowship seeks to develop a concentration of researchers who are
interested in policy-relevant outcomes and membership in a global
interdisciplinary network.

The online application is now available at
http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/dsd-fellowship/<http://socialscienceresearchcouncil.createsend5.com/t/y/l/ydhkbk/qtiiklrtu/r/>.

Applications are due January 20, 2012.

FELLOWSHIP RESEARCH AGENDA

DSD-funded research must address the relationship among at least two of
the following three themes:

1.     Drugs - Potential topics include, but are not limited to,
international and regional drug policy, drug trafficking, organized crime,
drug production, and impact on communities, including youth delinquency
and gangs.

2.     Security - Potential topics include, but are not limited to, issues
of traditional and non-traditional security, public safety, the
pluralization of security actors, the role of law enforcement, the
accountability of police forces, formal and informal strategies to
increase security, violence, instability, immigration, and border
security.

3.     Democracy - Potential topics include, but are not limited to,
issues of governance, state responses to organized violence, civil society
networks and how they mobilize against organized crime and drugs, the
framing of incentives to develop appropriate policies, freedom of the
press, impunity, corruption, and the relationship between state and
non-state actors.

Examples of possible research topics that address the relationship among
two of the three themes include: substance control in border regions,
violence and electoral campaigns, human rights and security policy, and
media and violence and global drug flows.



The program encourages interdisciplinary projects and those that address
transnational and trans-regional issues.



ELIGIBILITY



The DSD program features two competitions:

  *   Dissertation Fellowship - This competition is open to PhD candidates
worldwide who have an approved dissertation prospectus by July 1, 2012,
but have not completed writing for final submission.
  *   Research Fellowship - Applications are accepted from PhD recipients
worldwide who have completed their PhD within seven years of the
application deadline and from researchers in Latin America or the
Caribbean without a PhD but with a master's or the terminal degree in
their field or equivalent professional experience. Applications from
researchers in professions outside of academia are welcome.

For both competitions, applications are encouraged from citizens and
residents of Latin America and the Caribbean.



For more information, please visit the program website at
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or contact:



Jessica Mack

Tel. 718-517-3656 or 212-377-2700

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The DSD program is funded by the Open Society Foundations and the
International Development Research Centre. The program is a partnership
between OSF, IDRC, the SSRC, and Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá,
Colombia.



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