Global Education Monitoring Report Individual Fellowship Program

UNESCO through the support of governments, multilateral agencies and foundations announces the UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report Fellowship 2022. The Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report Fellowship Program supports researchers who aim to bring a fresh perspective to comparative and international education. Qualified individuals are encouraged to apply for the fellowship.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for the UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report Fellowship, applicants must:

  • Possess an advanced university degree in education, sociology, economics, political science, psychology, demography, statistics, psychometrics or other related fields.
  • Have a proven experience in policy analysis in an academic/research or national/international agency setting.
  • Possess proven experience in organizing projects in research and/or policy contexts.
  • Contacts within the education policy community would be an advantage.
  • Be experienced with education systems in low, middle or high income countries.
  • Possess sound knowledge of and proven experience in the application of statistical techniques involving large-scale survey data. Experience using statistical analysis software such as Mplus, R, STATA, SPSS or SAS would be an asset.
  • Fluency in one of the two UNESCO working languages (English and French) and the capacity to draft to a high standard in English.
  • Submit research proposal placed within the current policy debate on SDG 4, the international education goal, and briefly describe the potential contribution this research will make to the field of education and to policy making.

Benefits

  • A stipend (up to US$19,500) for the duration of the fellowship (up to 11 months).
  • A mentor from the team of GEM Report researchers. The GEM Report staff will allocate 2-3 hours per week to remotely mentor and guide the fellows.

Application

Applicants will need to provide the following information:

– Cover letter

– Project proposal

– CV in UNESCO format and full list of publications

Timeline 

Deadline for proposal receipt: 1 December 2021 (midnight, Paris time)

For all information on the fellowship visit: https://en.unesco.org/gem-report/fellowship-2022

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