#  Announcing the Fall 2023 Graduate Research Travel Grant Recipients  

 





January 15, 2024

 

 

 The Harvard Center for African Studies is pleased to announce the recipients of the Fall 2023 Graduate Research Travel Grants. Awardees receive between $1,000 - $4,000 to conduct fieldwork in Africa during the winter break, January term, or spring semester. This year, 11 graduate students were awarded funding, totaling $30,000. Research was conducted in 6 different countries, including: The Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.

 Graduate students interested in applying for the Center’s Graduate Research Travel Grants have two opportunities to apply:

- Apply by October 15 for funding for travel during winter break, January term, and the spring semester
- Apply by February 15 for funding for travel during the summer or fall semester

 To learn more about our graduate research travel grants, [click here](/graduate-students-research-grants).

 **Recipients:**

 **Nicole Archer and Camille Choe | HKS**   
**Project:** *Improving Efficacy of Development Finance Institutions – PE Fund Partnerships in sub-Saharan Africa*   
**Location:** South Africa

 **Esther Brown | GSAS**   
**Project:** *Data Science for Energy Access in West Africa (Ghana)*   
**Location:** Ghana

 **Peter Corti | GSAS**   
**Project:** *Fulani and Wolof Language Intensive for Dissertation Research*   
**Location:** Senegal

 **Kim Se In | GSAS**   
**Project:** *Qualitative Study on M-health Technologies to Increase Access to Healthcare in Upper East, Ghana*   
**Location:** Ghana

 **Tatenda Mujeni | HSPH**   
**Project:** *Faith-based Community-based Health Insurance for Financial Risk Protection in Zimbabwe*   
**Location:** Zimbabwe

 **Aminata Ndow | GSAS**   
**Project:** *Carrying On with No Body to Mourn: Children of the Disappeared in The Gambia*   
**Location:** The Gambia

 **Teguo Djoyum | HSPH**   
**Project:** *Exploring the Role of Spirituality and Brain Health Among People Living with Epilepsy in Ghana*   
**Location:** Ghana

 **Miguel Lantigua Inoa | GSD**   
**Project:** *Affordable Self-Initiated Housing*   
**Location:** Nigeria

 **Lucy Wilson | GSAS**   
**Project:** Termite Activity in Subsistence Farmed Savannas   
**Location:** South Africa

 **Lynda Nwike | HKS**   
**Project:** Empowering Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Miners in Ghana: Sustainable and Responsible Gold Mining   
**Location:** Ghana



 

 

 



 

 

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