CODESRIA
Call for Applications: Textbook Programme - 2011 session
Introduction
The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) is pleased to call for proposals for its revamped textbook programme for the publication of textbooks for use in African universities. The programme was initially introduced as part of a broad set of objectives for achieving greater balance and relevance in curriculum development in African universities by making available, to teachers and students, textbooks that are adapted to the African historical context and the environment of research and learning on the continent. In this respect, it was conceived as an important element of the Council's wider institutional mandate and publications strategy; but it also helped, alongside other CODESRIA publications, to assuage the book famine that has afflicted the African social research community since the 1980s. Through the revamped textbook programme, the Council aims to continue to contribute to the nurturing and growth of younger African researchers brought up in a tradition of critical, engaged and rigorous scholarship premised on theoretical and methodological foundations that enable them to contribute meaningfully to the advancement of the frontiers of knowledge.
Against the above background, African researchers are invited to submit proposals for textbook projects for consideration by the Council. All those who wish to send in proposals must already be senior scholars with a proven track record of academic achievement and a demonstrable knowledge of the domain in which they wish to produce a CODESRIA textbook. In deciding which proposals to support, the Council will place emphasis on the value which is likely to be added by the project. Proposals for consideration could be by single author-scholars or by scholars hoping to pool together a group of other contributors whose input they will then edit into a book for use in African universities. Furthermore, multi-author proposals or proposals consisting of the identification and collection (into one volume) of classics produced by some of the most outstanding thinkers will also be welcomed. Each textbook could either be organised around a discipline or body of disciplines, or on a specific theme. It could also cover either the entire African continent or a specific sub-region or country.
Method of Application
Applications for consideration under the textbook programme should include the following:
1. A proposal which includes a clear theoretical, methodological and pedagogic justification for the project;
2. The curriculum vitae(s) of the project leader(s) and a bio-sketch of all the other contributors;
3. Two copies of the publications of the project leader(s) which they consider to be most significant and relevant to their proposal;
4. A detailed calendar and budget for the implementation of the project.
Selection Process
All applications received will be examined by an independent selection committee and those recommended for support will be eligible for funding by the Council. Prospective applicants for support within the textbook programme may wish to note that up to USD10,000 may be available from CODESRIA resources to assist them in carrying out their projects.
Application Deadline
To be eligible for consideration for support within the 2011 financial year of the Council, all applications should be received by 29 August, 2011. Applications should be sent to:
The CODESRIA Textbook Programme
Department of Training, Grants and Fellowships
CODESRIA
BP 3304, CP 18524
Dakar, Senegal
Tel.: +221-33 825 98 22/23
Fax.: +221-33 824 12 89
E-mail: text.book@codesria.sn
Website: http://www.codesria.org
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