Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program

There is nothing to apply for. The record is kept to show what the University's participation in the programme consisted of.

Who took part

Department of History staff as hosts; students and junior faculty as recipients of teaching and mentoring

Fellow

Professor Bridget Teboh, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (as published by IIE)

Host named by IIE

Professor Msugh Kembe, Benue State University

Project lead named by BSU

Prof. Tor Joe Iorapuu

Partially funded. What it covers: Fellow's transportation, Fellow's daily stipend, Fellow's visa costs, Fellow's health insurance.

BSU's announcement states that fellowships cover the expenses for project visits of between 14 and 90 days, including transportation, a daily stipend, and the cost of obtaining visas and health insurance. These payments went to the visiting fellow. What the University contributed as host for this project is not published. No funding was provided to students.

Not applicable to MOAUM students or staff. The fellow travelled to Nigeria and the programme covered the fellow's visa costs.

When the route was open, the Project Request was submitted directly to IIE online by a faculty member or administrator of the host institution; no nomination by the scholar's university was needed, but the scholar had to submit a separate Scholar Application. The former portal address (https://www.onlinesubmissionportal.com/adf) now redirects to an invalid-link page. Do not present this as an open application.

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   Step 1: Status today

   Applications are not being accepted. The steps below record how the route worked in its last published form.

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   Step 2: Host prepares a Project Request

   A faculty member at the host institution prepared a Project Request covering one or two of the three activities: curriculum co-development, graduate student mentoring and training, and research collaboration and capacity strengthening. The request set out the institution's need, the goals of the project, the resources the host would commit, and the role of the diaspora fellow.

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   Step 3: Name a scholar or ask to be matched

   The host could name a specific eligible scholar or submit without one. Without a named scholar, IIE searched its Scholar Roster for a qualified candidate; hosts could also search the roster inside the online system.

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   Step 4: Obtain the letter of support

   The Project Request had to include a letter of support from an administrator at the level of Dean or higher at the host institution. A letter from an interim dean was accepted; a letter from an associate dean was not.

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   Step 5: Scholar applies separately

   The scholar submitted a Scholar Application with personal statements, academic qualifications, and a letter of recommendation from a Dean (or an administrator of equal or higher level) at the scholar's own institution.

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   Step 6: Submit online

   All materials, including the letter of support, were submitted through the programme's online system.

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   Step 7: Three-tier review and notification

   Tier One: technical review by IIE staff for eligibility and completeness. Tier Two: discipline and regional review by committees of scholars, who recommended or did not recommend each project; hosts and scholars were notified of the recommendation status. Tier Three: the CADFP Advisory Council made the final selection from the recommended projects, and IIE notified hosts and scholars of the final status. The programme did not give specific feedback on unsuccessful requests.

• Project Request submitted online by the host faculty member (when a cycle was open)
• Letter of support from an administrator at the level of Dean or higher at the host institution
• Scholar Application by the diaspora scholar, with personal statements and academic qualifications
• Letter of recommendation for the scholar from a Dean or higher at the scholar's U.S. or Canadian institution
• Scholar's passport showing country of birth in Africa
• Statement of host cost share (lodging, meals, airport transport)May be required
• Fellowship Report of 2 to 3 pages, for an Alumni Fellowship by a previous participant

“May be required” marks a document that is usual for this kind of application but is not confirmed on the official page. Check before you apply.

Who applied

A host faculty member or administrator (Project Request) and the diaspora scholar (Scholar Application)

Eligible host countries

Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda; plus ARUA member institutions and CARTA partner universities elsewhere

Eligible scholars

African-born, living in the United States or Canada, holding a terminal degree, employed full-time at an accredited U.S. or Canadian college or university; postdocs not eligible

Project types

Curriculum co-development; graduate student mentoring and training; research collaboration and capacity strengthening (one or two per request)

Fellowship models

All-Discipline, Alumni, Multi-Institutional, Cohort and Flexible Fellowships

Limits

A scholar could be named in only one Project Request per competition; lifetime maximum of two CADFP fellowships per scholar (from the Winter/Spring 2024 cycle)

Students

Could not apply

Academic requirements

Scholar: terminal degree and full-time employment at an accredited U.S. or Canadian college or university.

Partially funded. What it covers: Fellow: USD 150 per day stipend, Fellow: visa costs (if required), Fellow: supplemental health insurance coverage, Fellow: round-trip international air travel, Fellow: ground transportation between the scholar's home and the North American airport, Fellow: potential opportunities to apply for supplemental funding for knowledge production activities and workshop attendance.

These benefits were paid to the diaspora fellow, as listed on the last archived version of the programme's scholar page (November 2025). The host institution was expected to cost share: the review criteria state that the host demonstrates commitment by offering cost share for lodging and/or meals, and that the host institution will arrange transportation from and to the airport in Africa and provide food and lodging. The programme provided no funding to students.

Financial requirements: Host institution cost share was a review criterion: lodging and/or meals, and transport between the airport and lodging in Africa.

Not applicable to MOAUM students or staff. The fellow travels to Nigeria; the programme covered the fellow's visa costs if a visa was required.

Accommodation and insurance: The programme provided the fellow's supplemental health insurance. The host institution was expected to provide or cost share food and lodging for the fellow.

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