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FFEELLLLOOWW SSHHII PP SS 

Source  Grant description Geographic

restrictions for

applicants

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Alexander von HumboldtFoundation SponsorshipProgrammes (AvH)

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) enables highlyqualified scholars holding doctorates from developing countriesto carry out academic projects of their own choice in Germany.Projects in agriculture, forestry and geosciences, along withinterdisciplinary projects relating to the environment andnatural resource protection are eligible.

Depending on eachfellowship scheme

Depending oneachfellowshipscheme

http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/7806.html 

Australian Academy of Technological Sciences andEngineering (ATSE) -Crawford fund Fellowship

The aim of the Fellowship is to provide further training of anagricultural scientist from a selected group of developingcountries The training will take place at an Australianagricultural institution and will emphasize the application of knowledge to increased agricultural production in the Fellow’shome country.

Citizens of, orworking in, one thefollowing countries:Bangladesh,Bhutan, Burma,Cambodia, EastTimor, Fiji,Indonesia, Laos,Nepal, Niue, Papua

New Guinea, PapuaNew Guinea,Samoa, Solomon Is,Tonga, Tuvalu andKirabati, Vanuatu,Vietnam

http://www.crawfordf und.org/awards/cf_fellowship.htm 

Australian Centre forInternational AgriculturalResearch - John AllwrightFellowship

Provides the opportunity for partner country scientists involvedin ACIAR-supported collaborative research projects to obtainpostgraduate qualifications at Australian tertiary institutions.

Working in one of the followingcountries: PapuaNew Guinea, the

Pacific Islands (Fiji,Solomon Islands,Vanuatu, Tonga,Samoa), EastTimor, Indonesia,Vietnam, Cambodia,Laos, Philippines,India, Bangladesh,Pakistan, WesternChina, Republic of 

31 July of theyear prior tothe studytaking place

www.aciar.gov.au/node/340

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Program promising researchers are dispatched to CGIAR Centers for aperiod of about two months each year. To be eligible for thisfellowship, the applicant must be less than 35 years old, a

Japanese citizen involved in research in the field of agriculture,forestry and fisheries, and holds at least a Master’s degree.

c.go.jp/english/research/cgiarfellow/index.html 

JIRCAS Visiting ResearchFellowship Program

Every year, JIRCAS invites promising researchers from researchorganizations in developing countries to conduct research workunder the supervision of JIRCAS researchers. This fellowshipprogram has two types namely, Tsukuba-Okinawa and ProjectSite Type. Under the former, the research will be carried outeither at the JIRCAS HQ in Tsukuba, or at the TropicalAgriculture Research Front (TARF) in Okinawa, while under thelatter, it will be done at the institutes in developing countries

where JIRCAS collaborative research projects are beingimplemented.

Citizens of developingcountries

Nextfellowship tobe announcedin April 2010

http://www.jircas.affrc.go.jp/english/research/jircasfellow/index.html

Kirkhouse Trust Postgraduate Scholarship Grants (PhDs on crop improvement ),Scientific Research Grants (on legumes), Conference/TrainingGrants (on agricultural crop improvement; typically food crops)

Citizens of developingcountries

Open all yearround

http://www.kirkhousetrust.org/applyforagrant.html

Leverhulme Trust SeniorResearch Fellowships

Provide opportunities for academic researchers to be relieved of all their teaching and administrative duties. The fellow'semploying institution will be reimbursed for the full salary costsfor the applicant.

No restrictions The 2010round willopen inOctober 2009

http://royalsociety.org/funding.asp?id=1124

MyCOE / SERVIRBiodiversity Initiative inAfrica 2009-2010

Stipends to conduct projects of 6 months duration and receivesupport to attend a capacity building and GIS workshop at theRCMRD in Nairobi, Kenya on November 2-6, 2009.

Priority to citizensof: Ethiopia, Kenya,Malawi, Namibia,Somalia, Sudan,Tanzania, Ugandaand Zambia. Alsoeligible: Angola,Benin, Botswana,Burundi, Comoros,Djibouti, DemocraticRepublic of Congo,

Eritrea, Ghana,Guinea, Lesotho,Liberia,Madagascar, Mali,Mauritius,Mozambique,Nigeria, Rwanda,Senegal, SierraLeone, South Africa,Swaziland, and

26 June 2009 http://www.aag.org/sustainable/Africa.cfm

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Countries (LDCs)

VolkswagenStiftung Call for Pre-Proposals for Postdoctoral Junior Fellowships forAfrican Researchers on “Resources, their Dynamics, andSustainability – Capacity Development in Comparative andIntegrated Approaches” 

Sub-Saharan Africa 15 December2009

http://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/fileadmin/downloads/merkblaetter/MB_81g_e.pdf 

West Africa Centre forCrop Improvement

PhD Plant Breeding Scholarships at the University of Ghana. West Africa withinitial emphasis onGhana, Nigeria,Burkina Faso, Mali,and Niger.

30 June 2009 http://www.acci.org.za/Default.asp?nav=13&idno=91 

World Forest Institute The Fellowship Program brings natural resources professionalsfrom around the world to work at the World Forest Institute for6 to 12 months. They work on a primary research projectdeveloped in cooperation with their sponsors, and alsoparticipate in group activities which include site visits toforestry agencies, universities, companies and mills.

No restrictions Year-roundapplications

http://wfi.worldforestry.org/index/international-fellowship.html 

WWF Kathryn FullerFellowships

The Fuller Fellowships support early-career scientists pursuingresearch of extraordinary importance and relevance to

conservation. Fuller Fellowships link these scientists and theirresearch to on-the-ground conservation work through WWF'sglobal network of conservation scientists and practitioners.

Citizens of Bangladesh,

Bhutan, Cambodia,China, India,Indonesia, Laos,Malaysia, Myanmar,Nepal, Russia,Thailand, orVietnam

30 January2009

http://www.worldwildlife.org/fellowships/ful

ler-fellow.cfm