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South–South Research Scholarships

Course(s) Offered: Food Security related fields
Course Level: Graduate, Postgraduate (postdoctoral, research)
Provider: DAAD, alongside funds of BMZ (via FSC)
Country to Study in: Any Developing Country

Scholarship Description
The Food Security Center (FSC), ane of v excellence centers of the programme “exceed – Higher Education Excellence inwards Development Cooperation” offers Research Scholarships for Researchers from Developing Countries.

The Center wishes to attract immature innovative professionals. The scholarship aims at increasing their previously gained scientific cognition in addition to skills relevant to nutrient safety related issues. Furthermore, FSC aims at establishing an active, long-lasting collaboration alongside the supported researchers in addition to their domicile institutes through an interactive alumni-network.

The successful candidate volition collaborate alongside the query staff of ane of FSC’s partner universities or only about other query pump or evolution scheme located inwards a developing solid reason (e.g., ane of the centers of the CGIAR) to bear a specific query projection contributing to the mission of FSC.

Eligibility
REQUIRED SKILLS:
The applicant must render proof of:

• outstanding written report performance inwards agricultural, nutritional, natural, social, economical or political sciences, or related disciplines alongside specification on nutrient safety related issues alongside a minimum MSc marking of 2.5;
• PhD marking inwards agricultural, nutritional, natural, social, economical or political sciences, or related disciplines alongside specification on nutrient safety related issues;
• last academic marking completed no to a greater extent than than half-dozen years prior to outset of scholarship
• track tape of cognition inwards the proposed champaign of study;
• plan to render to his/her domicile solid reason / solid reason of residence in addition to institute;
• excellent proficiency inwards oral in addition to written English.

Furthermore, the applicant must:

• be able to bear innovative research;
• have first-class interpersonal skills in addition to squad spirit;
• be able in addition to willing to move good inwards an interdisciplinary, multicultural environs alongside individuals from dissimilar scientific, societal in addition to cultural backgrounds in addition to alongside organizations from the public, private in addition to civil gild sector;
• be available for the entire catamenia of the query remain of 4 months inwards 2013;
• be a national of a developing solid reason according to OECD DAC list.

Eligible groups
Any graduate or postgraduate query pupil from a developing solid reason including Africa, Asia, in addition to Latin America

Participating Institutions
Any national or international query institute inwards a developing country. The Hohenheim University Food Security Center Partner institutions include:

• Sokoine University of Agriculture in addition to Technology, Tanzania
• Universidad de Costa Rica
• Katsetart University, Bangkok, Thailand

Fields of study
Agricultural, nutritional, natural, social, economical or political sciences, or related disciplines alongside specification on nutrient safety related issues

Number of awards / Sponsorship duration
FSC seeks upwards to 3 visiting postdoctoral researchers from developing countries for a catamenia of 4 months inwards 2013

Scholarship benefits
The scholarship is awarded for a remain at a partner institute, query center, or evolution scheme located inwards a developing country. The monthly grant is EUR 500 for junior postdoctoral researchers in addition to EUR 700 for senior postdoctoral researchers. Travel costs to/from the positions’ place volition live covered. Health insurance in addition to other costs must live paid for from the stipend.

Funding for query is expected to live provided past times the applicant’s and/or supervisor’s institute and/or other organizations.

Method of Application
Application is solely possible past times completing FSC’s application form, which tin ship away live downloaded here. Besides the application form, the documents indicated inwards the application marking are required for the application. Applications volition solely live accepted, if the query proposal is based on FSC’s conceptual framework. FSC volition confirm the receipt of all (complete) applications (i.e., if an application is non consummate or non inwards the described format, FSC volition non consider it in addition to volition non confirm receipt of the application).

All accepted applications volition live selected according to the next criteria:

1. Fulfillment of annunciation criteria (cf. “required skills” in addition to “application”);
2. Quality of proposal in addition to projection feasibility;
3. Fulfillment of demands (e.g. of hosting institutes or emerging from collaborations alongside (development) organizations).

It is of import to read through the 2012 South–South Research Scholarship Announcement(pdf) in addition to every bit good catch the official website (link to it is below) for consummate information.

DEADLINES:
The side past times side application catamenia volition outset inwards July/August 2012. The deadline for the application is September 30, 2012.

PLEASE NOTE
The selected applicants volition live contacted no later on than Dec 19, 2012. Please live aware that FSC volition contact solely successful candidates.

The Food Security Center (FSC) is a academy pump of excellence inwards evolution collaboration at the University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany. FSC is ane of v excellence centers of the programme “exceed – Higher Education Excellence inwards Development Cooperation”, which is supported past times the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) alongside funds of the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation in addition to Development (BMZ) of Germany.

FSC’s mission is to brand effective in addition to innovative scientific contributions inwards research, teaching, in addition to policy advice to eradicate hunger in addition to arrive at nutrient safety inwards collaboration alongside partner query in addition to pedagogy organizations inwards Africa, Asia, in addition to Latin America in addition to national in addition to international evolution in addition to query organizations. Thematically, FSC’s activities bargain alongside issues of sustainable nutrient availability, nutrient access, nutrient use, in addition to nutrient utilization.

Application Deadline: xxx September 2012
Open to International Students: Yes

More Scholarship Information in addition to Application

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