This fellowships aims to promote innovative research on such questions as: the causes of breakdown of order and violent conflict, the material and non-material sources and consequences of conflict, the various forms of political violence (e.g. coups, massacres, revolutions, riots, war, and genocide), the likelihood that some types of group conflict may be more or less prone to escalating into violent conflict, the evolution of national, subnational, or transnational political orders, and the social and political conditions and institutions associated with the emergence and breakdown of order. The fellowships provides a stipend, health insurance coverage and full access to Yale University libraries and email. Applications are due February 1, 2013. For more information, see the link below:

http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/ocvprogram/fellowships.html