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INTERNATIONAL PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES INSTITUTE
Vavilov-Frankel Fellowships 2003
IPGRI has established the
Vavilov-Frankel Fellowship Fund to commemorate the unique contributions to plant
science by Academician Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov and Sir Otto Frankel.
The Fund aims to encourage the conservation and use of plant genetic resources
in developing countries through awarding Fellowships to outstanding young researchers.
The Fellowships will enable the applicants to carry out relevant, innovative research outside their own country for a period of between three months to one year. The research should have a clear benefit to the home country, preferably in areas of the applicant's future research. Awards can be held concurrently with other sources of support.
In 2003, a total of US$40,000 will be made available for awards. The maximum award per Fellow will be US$20,000 which is intended to cover travel, stipend, bench fees, equipment, conference participation or any other appropriate use. Such research should be linked to innovative topics related to the conservation and use of plant genetic resources such as new conservation technologies and strategies, socioeconomic and human aspects of conservation and use, germplasm management, forest genetic resources, policy development, genetic erosion assessment and mitigation and conservation and utilization of specific crops. Work solely on plant breeding or molecular characterization will not be selected. Fellows are encouraged to present the results of their research at an international conference. This can take place within one year of termination of the Fellowship.
Applications for the year 2004 are invited from developing-country nationals, aged 35 or under, holding a masters degree (or equivalent) and/or doctorate in a relevant subject area. Application forms in English, French and Spanish may be obtained from:
Vavilov-Frankel Fellowships,
IPGRI,
Via dei Tre Denari 472/a,
00057 Maccarese (Fiumicino),
Rome, Italy;
Fax: (39)0661979661
or Email: e.clancy@cgiar.org
http://www.ipgri.cgiar.org/training/vavilov.htm
Applications can be sent by mail, fax or email. Applications must be received
at IPGRI by 15 November 2003
Applications must be in English, French or Spanish and should include a covering letter, completed application form, full curriculum vitae, research proposal (maximum 1000 words which should include a clear statement of objectives, feasibility, methodology, materials, justification of the relevance to plant genetic resources, and possible outcomes or impacts), a letter of acceptance om the proposed host institute and a letter of support from the home institute. The successful applicants will be informed by 31 March 2003 and are required to take up their Fellowships before 31 December 2003. IPGRI is an institute of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). IPGRI is a Future Harvest Center: http://www.futureharvest.org
Small Grants Programme for Operations to Promote Tropical Forests
The Small Grants Programme for Operations to Promote Tropical Forests (SGP PTF) is a European Commission (EC) funded initiative implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and executed by the SEAMO Regional Centre for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA).
The SGP PTF has recently issued the first set of formal Calls for Proposals through a series of workshops and media releases. In addition details of these Calls, Guidelines for Applications and more detailed information with respect to SGP PTF operations can be obtained at the recently launched website available at http://www.sgpptf.org
Please feel free to share this information with interested colleagues and to include information of this development in your own media announcements.
Mark Sandiford
Regional Programme Coordinator
EC/UNDP SGP PTF
SEARCACollege
Laguna 4031
Philippines
Tel. No: (63-49) 536-2290 loc. 395 or loc.418
Fax No:(63-49) 536-2477
Email: mark.sandiford@undp.org
EC CALLS FOR PROPOSALS
The European DG for Research have several calls for proposals that are relevant for tropical forest research, under the 6th framework programme (FP6), for information and links for calls that are open, please see EC news on page one.