Hi,

I am forwarding this on - looks to be a very interesting research fellowship opportunity for those in Africa, the Middle East, the Asia Pacific region, and Latin America and the Caribbean !

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Dear friends,

I am happy to announce the launch of the Amy Mahan Research Fellowship Program to Assess the Impact of Public Access to ICT (http://www.upf.edu/amymahan)

As many as 12 Research Fellowships will be awarded, each providing a grant of up to 22,000 € and specialized guidance to enable emerging scholars to carry out their own new and original study examining the impact of public access to information and communication technologies (ICT).

Emerging researchers from developing country in Africa, the Middle East, the Asia Pacific region, and Latin America and the Caribbean are invited to apply for a Fellowship. They may submit their application and conduct their research in English, French, Portuguese or Spanish. The deadline for applying is Midnight Eastern Standard Time, 31 December 2009.

The Program is an eighteen-month project sponsored by Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and managed by Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, in collaboration with scholars from Universidad de San Andrés, Argentina, the University of the Philippines, Manila, and the LINK Centre, South Africa.

Please have a look at the Program website, especially the fairly comprehensive Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) section (www.upf.edu/amymahan/faqs<http://www.upf.edu/amymahan/faqs>
). I am sure you will find in these FAQs and in other Program documents most of the information you need.

For any remaining queries feel free to contact me at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.

Kindly disseminate this announcement to other researchers and scholars who might be interested in ICT for development research.

Best regards,

Francisco J. Proenza
Program Manager
Universitat Pompeu Fabra