Fully Funded UNESCO Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Fellowship

The UNESCO Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report, formerly known as the Education for All Global Monitoring Report (GMR), is an editorially independent, authoritative, and evidence-based annual report that monitors progress in education in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which have been adopted as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with special focus on SDG 4 on education.

The GEM Report Fellowship program, supported by OSI, aims to strengthen the evidence base on education, particularly in emerging economies, build research capacity in education, and reinforce the links between research, policy, and practice in education.

As such, the fellowships will be open to exceptional individuals who have quantitative research skills, demonstrate a potential for transformational impact in their domain, and share a commitment to provide more people with better educational opportunities.

The GEM Report Fellowship program will support academic researchers and research-oriented policy-makers to carry out studies in the area of international and comparative education with a special focus on:

utilizing the GEM Report’s data resources, notably those household and school surveys linked to the World Inequality in Education database, to strengthen analyses of global, regional and national education trends on issues of access, equity, inclusion, and quality;
strengthening the content of the GEM Report with respect to its coverage of important issues at the regional and national level, through evidence-based analyses of educational policy and practice;
advancing the SDG 4 monitoring agenda, especially on issues related to the global and thematic indicator framework that have been highlighted in previous reports;
supporting the themes of forthcoming GEM reports, e. inclusive education in 2022 (including a special focus on (i) disability (ii) Latin America), and the role of non-state actors in education in 2022.

What You Need To Know About Fully Funded UNESCO Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Fellowship Program 2022

The fellowship program will support individuals who have experience with quantitative research methods, including in the use of large-scale surveys, and strong policy orientation, seeking to use research findings to inform policymakers and other education stakeholders.

Applications are encouraged from a variety of disciplines, including, but not limited to, education, sociology, economics, political science, psychology, demography, statistics, and psychometrics.

Applicants may be working at research institutions, universities, government agencies, or professional organizations.

A Ph.D. and a record of publications in peer-reviewed journals will be an advantage. A commitment from the applicant to engage with diverse audiences will also be considered positively. Preference will be given to proposals with a clear comparative element.

LEVEL /FIELD OF STUDY:

Fellowships are available to pursue research in France. The fellowship is open to researchers across all Faculties.

HOST NATIONALITY:

The fellowship can be taken in France.

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ELIGIBLE NATIONALITY:

These fellowships are available for international students.

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SCHOLARSHIP BENEFITS:

1. Each fellowship will last between six months to one year, depending on the work to be carried out, with one month spent in Paris. The GEM Report team will provide:

A stipend (up to US$25,000) for the duration of the fellowship (up to one year) and full travel costs for at least one month to be spent in Paris for each of the fellows;
A mentor from the team of GEM Report researchers. The GEM Report staff will allocate 3-5 hours per week to mentor and guide the fellows when they are in residence in Paris, and 2 hours per week while they are based in their home country;
A desk and computer during their stay at the GEM Report team office, in the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.

2. Recipients of a fellowship will have the opportunity to work with the GEM Report team’s specialists, one of the world’s leading teams in this field, to conduct research and analysis of education data with a primary focus on SDG 4, the global education goal.

3. The fellowships will help build new skills and deepen the participants’ capacity, while also sharing their experience and knowledge with the team as well as, where possible, with regions and countries.

4. Learning from their experience with the team, the fellows will also be able to participate in and influence the work of the GEM Report.