The Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI)

The Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) is offering doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships for early-career researchers based in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). These fellowships aim to build leadership, strengthen research capacity, and advance knowledge at the intersection of violence against women (VAW) and violence against children (VAC).

 Award Details

• Doctoral Fellowship (2 awards): up to US$ 17,000; duration up to 2 years.
• Postdoctoral Fellowship (2 awards): up to US$ 20,500; duration up to 2 years.

 Focus / Research Themes

• Research must address the intersection of violence against women (VAW) and violence against children (VAC) in LMICs.
• The fellowship aims to strengthen local leadership, build capacity, and support dissemination of locally-led research

 Eligibility

Applicants must:

•  Be a national of a low- or middle-income country (LMIC)
• Be enrolled full-time at an in-person, accredited academic institution in an LMIC
• Be undertaking PhD dissertation or postdoctoral research focused on the intersection of VAW and VAC
• (For PhD applicants) Have a defended or institutionally approved dissertation proposal.

 Application Due Date: 31 January 2026 at 11:50 pm South African Time.

 For more information on the call, kindly see attached or visit https://www.svri.org/svri-early-career-research-fellowships/

 All interested person(s) are to communicate their intention to submit an application to RID Grants Management Office at rid-grantsmgt@ug.edu.gh for support.