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INTERNATIONAL PLANT
GENETIC RESOURCES INSTITUTE
VAVILOV-FRANKEL FELLOWSHIPS 2001
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 2001, a total of US$50,000 will be made available for awards. The maximum award per Fellow will be US$25,000 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. It is unlikely that work purely on plant breeding or molecular characterization would 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 2001 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 delle Sette Chiese 142
00145 Rome, Italy
Fax:+ 39 0657 50309
Email: e.clancy@cgiar.org
http://www.ipgri.cgiar.org/training/
vavilov.htm
and should be returned to IPGRI, Rome. Applications can be sent by mail, fax or email. Applications must be received at IPGRI by 15 November 2000. 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, methodology, materials and justification) and letter of acceptance from the proposed host institute. The successful applicants will be informed by 31 March 2001 and are required to take up their Fellowships before 31 December 2001.
Source:
Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter, no 122, 2000