The purpose of the Urban Studies International Fellowship is to expand theoretical and empirical understanding of the major social, economic, political, and other problems associated with the rapid processes of urban growth in the Global South. The fellowship covers the costs of a sabbatical period (3 – 6 months) at a university of the candidate’s choice in the Global North or South for the purpose of writing up the candidate’s existing research findings in the form of publishable articles or a book in collaboration with their host university. The scholar must hold a Ph.D. and be a national from a country in the Global South.