Applications are now open for the 2025 Network of Impact Evaluation Researchers in Africa (NIERA) Policy Fellowship Program. In this call, NIERA invites policymakers from eligible countries in West and East Africa to apply for a 6-week fellowship aimed at enhancing their knowledge and skills in evidence-informed policymaking. The fellowship begins with a one-week online course focused on evidence-informed policymaking. The course comprises five modules: revisiting the policymaking process, accessing evidence, appraising evidence, synthesizing evidence, and applying evidence. Upon completing the course successfully, policymakers will be paired with a researcher from NIERA. Over the remaining 5 weeks, the policymaker and researcher will collaborate virtually to develop a short research proposal (concept note) addressing a specific and well-defined evidence need identified by the policymaker.
Requirements
To be eligible, an applicant must be a mid-level technical staff at a government ministry, agency or department in an eligible country. Lawmakers (such as members of parliament or their research staff) are also eligible to apply.
For this upcoming call, interested applicants can apply to 1 of 3 thematic areas:
Education
Health
Agriculture
Timeline:
March 24, 2025 – Release of Request for Applications
April 3, 2025 – Virtual information session for potential applicants (2:00 PM EAT) To register for the information session click here: https://forms.gle/KMzf4hyrSQTwnxuz8
May 7, 2025 – Application deadline May 8 – 23, 2025 – Application review
May 26 – June 6, 2025 – Interviews with shortlisted applicants
June 13, 2025 – Notification of final selection
Method of Application
To respond to the 2025 NIERA Policy Fellowship Request for Applications (RFA), please submit the following information and documents by Wednesday, May 7th, 2025 at 5 pm EAT.
All documents must be written in Arial font, size 11, single line spacing, normal margins. Acceptable formats include docx and pdf.
Documents not following these specifications will not be considered.
For More Information,
Visit the Official Webpage
Application Deadline: May 7, 2025.
