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LEARN and GRASS Awards
(sponsored by New Zealand)
Supporting Research in Agricultural Greenhouse Gases
Award types
LEARN Technician Award: provides funds for up to six months for
a technician from a developing country to travel to a New Zealand
organisation to receive training on equipment, tools or methods that
when applied in their home organisation/country will improve the
measurement of and understanding of greenhouse gas emissions
from agriculture. To be eligible, you must have a bachelor’s degree
or equivalent tertiary qualification or be a technician with at least
five years work experience.
LEARN Co-Funded PhD: provides a stipend for a PhD student
from a developing country to benefit from having supervision from
a researcher in a New Zealand institution. The scholarship is for a
maximum of three years duration and the student must be enrolled
in a PhD programme in their home country or at a New Zealand
institution to receive the scholarship, and must have secured or be
likely to secure co-funding.
LEARN Postdoctoral Fellow: provides funds for an emerging
researcher from a developing country to work on a research project
mentored by a New Zealand researcher while being based at an
institution in New Zealand. To be eligible, you must have gained a
PhD in the last five years and be employed in an area of research
aligned with livestock GHG emissions mitigation in your home
country. The fellowship is for up to two years with an expected
minimum duration of 12 months.
GRASS (Global Research Alliance Senior Scientist) Award:
provides funds for extended exchanges between New Zealand
scientists and scientists from other Alliance member countries
in accordance with the mission and objectives of LEARN and the
Alliance. To be eligible, you must have a PhD or be a scientist with
at least five years experience participating in/leading major projects
and demonstrate impact and leadership in your professional field.
Funding can be awarded for between 6 weeks and 6months duration.
For more details refer to the LEARN website: http://www.
or email the New Zealand Agricultural
Greenhouse Gas Research Centre:
International
fellowship
opportunities
Borlaug Fellowship Program
(sponsored by the U.S.)
The Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and
Technology Fellowship Program promotes food security and
economic growth by providing training and collaborative research
opportunities to fellows from developing and middle-income
countries.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is now accepting
applications for the 2016 Borlaug Global Research Alliance
Fellowships (deadline is 15 November 2015).
Borlaug fellows are generally scientists, researchers or
policymakers who are in the early or middle stages of their careers.
Fellows will work with a mentor at USDA’s Agricultural Research
Service or a U.S. university for up to 12 weeks on climate change
mitigation research. The U.S. mentor will later visit the fellow’s
home institution to continue collaboration.
Objectives
• Provide early-to-midcareer agricultural research scientists,
faculty, and policymakers with individual training opportunities
in climate change mitigation research
• Provide practical experience and exposure to new perspectives
and/or technologies that can be applied in their home institutions
• Foster increased collaboration and networking to improve
agricultural productivity and trade
• Facilitate the transfer of new scientific and agricultural
technologies to strengthen agricultural practices
• Address obstacles to the adoption of technology such as
ineffectual policies and regulations
Eligible countries: Colombia, Costa Rica, Egypt, Ghana, Honduras,
Indonesia, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Philippines,
Thailand, Vietnam
For more information on the targeted research areas and to apply
online, please see:
applications-2016-borlaug-global-research-alliance-fellowships