The Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy in Africa (CEEPA) is mandated to enhance the capacity of African researchers to conduct environmental economics and policy inquiry of relevance to African problems and increase the awareness of environmental and economic managers and policy makers of the role of environmental economics in sustainable development. Under co-funding from the Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA) and the Canadian International Development Research Centre (IDRC),  CEEPA will be implementing the first phase of a regional program to strengthen capacity building in environmental economics and policy in Africa over the next three years. Under this program, Visiting Fellowships for African scholars working in universities in the eastern and southern African region will be funded annually. The purpose of the fellowship is to enhance teaching and research capacity in environmental economics and to help sustain the staff development that has occurred in the past decade and to contribute to creating an environment in which retention of staff within participating departments is enhanced. The fellowship will be used to support two faculty members who wish to use a sabbatical or study leave away from their home institution. Fellows may spend a visiting residency at participating departments in the region or international centres of excellence.   Applications should be well motivated with specific expected deliverables and outcomes to be achieved by utilizing the fellowship applied for according to the purposes and specific objectives of this program. The visiting fellow will be required to achieve a significant advancement in his/her teaching or research abilities during the fellowship/residency period and/or contribute to supporting teaching, research and supervision of students' thesis research activities at participating departments. The Secretariat will make recommendations on received applications for approval by the Research Committee and will base its recommendations on how well applications meet these criteria.   Individuals as well as participating departments are eligible to apply for the fellowships. University departments and research centres with existing or planning to introduce training and research programs in the field of environmental economics and policy analyses may apply for hosting a visiting fellow supported by this fellowship program. In the case of institutions wishing to apply to host a fellow, a letter from the institution motivating the purpose of using the fellowship applied for and benefits accruing to the individual involved and the home and host institutions will be expected. The secretariat will then attempt to match expressed institutions' need with applications from qualified individuals in the fellowship program. Institutions applying for this fellowship program who wish to identify their own fellows are welcome to do so, but should ask the identified fellow to submit a separate application following the procedures outlined below for individual applications to CEEPA. Individuals applying for the fellowship program should submit the following documents:   well motivated application letter detailing the purpose of using the fellowship applied for and benefits accruing to the individual involved and the home and host institutions. curriculum vitae of the fellow Letters of support (2) from both the home and hosting institution   On completion of the fellowship program, letters from both home and host institutions confirming satisfactory implementation and accomplishment of the approved fellowship activities will be expected.   This Visiting Fellowship program provides financial support of up to USD$25,000.00 per annum in total for a full 9 months residency period. However, applications can be made for any appropriate length of residency with a minimum of 3 months and a maximum of 9 months period. Expenses covered include a round trip air travel as well as an all inclusive stipend of US$2,000.00 per month.  (An amount of US$2,500.00 will be paid to the African host institution as contribution towards office space and other overheads in support of the fellow's residency (access to internet, computer, secretarial support, stationary etc).   Applications are received anytime and successful candidates will be notified as early as possible. If applications are received before February 2008, successful applicants can start the fellowship as early as April 2008.     Send all documents to: Dalène du Plessis CEEPA Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences University of Pretoria PRETORIA 0002, Republic of South Africa Send all electronic submissions to: dalene.duplessis@up.ac.za