Scholarship Opportunity

(“Sandwich” Doctoral Degree Training and
Visiting Scientist Research Program)

Type of Scholarship:

1. 6 to 24 months for “Sandwich” Doctoral Degree Training
2. 12 months for Visiting Scientist Research Program (renewable for up to another

12 months subject to evaluation and approval by CSC and IRRI)

Who:

Candidates will be citizens and permanent residents of the People’s Republic
of China at the time of application.

Where: International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines

When: Beginning September 2008

Closing Date of Application to IRRI: January 15, 2008

Interested applicants may send their application to:

Head
Training Center
International Rice Research Institute
DAPO Box 7777
Metro Manila, Philippines
IRRITraining@cgiar.org

For further in formation and application packets,
check URL  http://apply.csc.edu.cn/

For more info:
IMA International
Randolphs Farm
Brighton Road
Hurstpierpoint
West Sussex
BN6 9EL
UK
Tel: ++ 44 (0) 1273 833 030
Fax: ++ 44 (0) 1273 833 230
Email: post@imainternational.com
www.imainternational.com

• PhD RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS

  - Deadline for application is every 1 April.

• GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS

  - Deadline for application is every 30 July.

• TRAVEL GRANT

  - Applications must be received at SEARCA at least two months before the date of t travel.

• SEED FUND FOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING (SFRT)

  - Deadline of submission is every 1 September.

• VISITING RESEARCH FELLOW (VRF)

  - Application is year-round.

• SEARCA ADJUNCT FELLOWS (SAF) PROGRAM

  - Application is year-round.

For more details:

Project Eligibility  

Any proposed project within the Center’s priority thrust of Natural Resource Management and Agricultural Competitiveness is eligible provided that the project:

• is innovative and is accompanied by an appropriate plan for developing it into a potentially large-scale research/training program greatly relevant to the agricultural and development needs of the region;
• has strong potential for generating significant long-term funding support; and
• can be completed within a period not exceeding one year.

Proponent Qualification

• A Southeast Asian national of good moral character.
• A graduate of at least a four-year degree.
• Without significant funding support.

Process of Paper Submission

Send hard copies of the proposal through courier and an advance copy via electronic mail.

A. Via Courier

• Provide five (5) hard copies of your proposal stapled separately (no need to put in a folder).
• Send it on an envelope addressed to the Manager.

B. Via Electronic Mail

Send an advance electronic mail copy of the same proposal to sfrt@agri.searca.org.

For further queries, email us at sfrt@agri.searca.org.
Download detailed guidelines at http://www.searca.org

SEARCA Graduate Scholarship (SY 2007-2008)

Any interested national of a SEAMEO member country may apply for scholarship with the any one of the Ministries of Education, Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, and Rural Development of his/her country. Application forms and information brochures on the universities that may serve as study posts of SEARCA scholars are made available at said Ministries of each SEAMEO member country.

Each applicant is required to submit to any one of said Ministries the following documents:

1. SEARCA Scholarship Application Form (2 copies);

2. Application forms for admission to the Graduate School of the universities where the applicant may pursue graduate studies under SEARCA scholarship;

3. Official transcript of academic records of each degree completed;

4. Certification of employment;

5. A write-up on agricultural competitiveness or natural resource management;

6. A study plan that specifies the major and minor fields and courses to be taken (information on courses/subjects/programs of study can be found in each university’s academic catalog);

7. A brief description of the research the applicant plans to conduct for thesis/dissertation. The research topic must be in line with the priority thrusts of SEARCA. (The SEARCA Five-Year Plan may be viewed at http://web.searca.org/elib_list.asp?Category=reports.)

8. Two copies of passport-size pictures of the applicant;

9. Certification from a medical doctor that the applicant is in good physical and mental health condition and is fit to undertake graduate studies; and

10. English proficiency test or TOEFL (score of 500) or IELTS results (5.0).

Download scholarship forms at http://www.searca.org

SEARCA Graduate Scholarship (SY 2009-2010)

Any interested national of a Southeast Asian country may apply for scholarship with the any one of the Ministries of Education, Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, and Rural Development of his/her country. Application forms and information brochures on the universities that may serve as study posts of SEARCA scholars are made available at said Ministries of each SEAMEO member country.

Each applicant is required to submit to any one of said Ministries the following documents:

1. SEARCA Scholarship Application Form (2 copies);

2. Application forms for admission to the Graduate School of the universities where the applicant may pursue graduate studies under SEARCA scholarship;

3. Official transcript of academic records of each degree completed;

4. Certification of employment;

5. A write-up on agricultural competitiveness or natural resource management;

6. A brief description of the research the applicant plans to conduct for thesis/dissertation. The research topic must be in line with the priority thrusts of SEARCA. (The SEARCA Five-Year Plan may be viewed at http://web.searca.org/elib_list.asp?Category=reports.)

7. Two copies of passport-size pictures of the applicant;

8. Certification from a medical doctor that the applicant is in good physical and mental health condition and is fit to undertake graduate studies; and

9. Official endorsement from the employer;

10. Results of Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL): score of 550 for paper-based, 213 for computer-based, 80 for Internet-based) or IELTS results (6.0). The TOEFL results must be issued by Princeton, New Jersey, USA.

Download scholarship forms at http://www.searca.org.

SEARCA PhD Research Scholarships

SEARCA offers a new grants program called SEARCA PhD Research Scholarship Program, which provides financial support to a limited number of qualified PhD students whose researches are relevant to the priority thrusts of SEARCA. This new scholarship program aims to provide PhD students the opportunity to use the resources and facilities available at SEARCA and its network of universities for their research. It also intends to help PhD students produce quality research papers for publication and enable them to work with SEARCA’s R&D personnel on mutually identified areas of concerns/interests in agriculture and rural development. The research scholars are required to spend two months at SEARCA and present a seminar related to the research.

Any graduate student pursuing a PhD in agriculture or related sciences from any SEAMEO member country is eligible to apply for the scholarship. The applicant’s research must focus on any of SEARCA’s priority thrusts under the broad themes of natural resource management and promotion of agricultural competitiveness.

The application requirements are:

1) Filled out Application Form (see below);

2) Letter of application for the research scholarship;

3) Recommendation letter from the Dean of Graduate School of the university

where the student is pursuing his/her degree program;

4) Dissertation research outline/proposal approved by the Advisory Committee

and Dean of Graduate School;

5) Budgetary requirement for the entire research duly attested and recommended by the major adviser and Dean of Graduate School;

6) Letter from the student certifying that he/she is not receiving any other research grant from any other institution. If partial funding has been obtained from other sources, a certification from the funding agency indicating the amount of grant and the items in the research that are covered by the grant; and

7) Research timetable indicating the activities involved in the research, the expected date of defense and expected date of seminar paper presentation.  Applications should be addressed to the Manager, Graduate Scholarship Department, SEARCA, College 4031 Laguna, Philippines.

For PhD scholarships for school year 2006-2007, the deadline for applications is 1 April 2006.

Download detailed guidelines at http://www.searca.org

Dr. Howard Jones
Head of Department
The University of Reading
PO Box 237
Reading RG6 6AR

Tel: +44 (0) 118 378 8882 (Master Programmes)
+44 (0) 118 378 8758 (Higher Degree by Research)
Fax: +44 (0) 118 935 2421
Email: pgso@reading.ac.uk
Web: www.rdg.ac.uk/IRDD/

• Master’s of Adult Education: Community Development Stream
• Diploma in Community-Based Development
• Certificates in Community-Based Development

The Registrar
Coady International Institute
PO Box 5000
Antigonish, Nova Scotia
B2G 2W5 Canada
Email: coadyreg@stfx.ca
URL: www.stfx.ca/institutes/coady

Dr. Peter P. B. Scott
School of Life Sciences
University of Sussex
Brighton BN1 9QG
Great Britain
Tel: 0044 1273 877277
Email: P.B.Scott@Sussex.ac.uk
URL: http://www.biols.susx.ac.uk/home/Peter_Scott/PC/PC.html

Dr. Ian Roberts
School of Life Sciences
University of Sussex
Brighton BN1 9QG
United Kingdom
Tel: 44 (0) 1273 877471
Email: i.j.h.roberts@sussex.ac.uk
URL: http://www.biols.sussex.ac.uk/pgteach/degrees/dcb/Index.htm

• MSc in Plant Biotechnology for Emerging Economies

Graduate School in Life Sciences
University of Sussex
Brighton BN1 9QG
United Kingdom
Tel: 44 1273 877301
Fax: 44 1273 678433
Email: gradschool@biols.susx.ac.uk
URL: http://www.biols.susx.ac.uk/biols/GRC/

Chair, Recruitment Committee
SDPI, 3 UN Boulevard, Diplomatic Enclave 1, G-5
PO Box 2342, Islamabad
Pakistan
Email: recruitment@sdpi.org
URL: http://www.sdpi.org/

• Principles and Applications of Remote Sensing
• Principles and Applications of Geographical Information Systems

ITC Education Affairs Department
P.O. Box 6, 7500 AA Enschede
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 53 487 44 44
Fax: +31 53 487 42 38
E-mail: education@itc.nl
URL: http://www.itc.nl/education

International Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering
Tel: +31 15 215 17 15
Fax: +31 15 212 29 21
Email: ihe@ihe.nl
URL: http://www.ihe.nl/

Programme Secretariat Physical Land Resources
University of Ghent
Geological Institute, Krijgslaan 281 (S8)
B-9000 Gent, Belgium
Tel: ++ 32 9 264 46 18
Fax: ++ 32 9 264 49 91
Email: PLRprog.adm@rug.ac.be
URL: http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~amtanghe/PLRprog.html

Ms. Corien Gijsbers
PhD Programme Assistant at Merit
P.O. Box 6166200 MD Maastricht
The Netherlands
Tel: + 31 43 38 83 875/38 83 874
Fax: + 31 43 38 84 905
Email: PhD-programme@merit.unimaas.nl
URL: http://meritbbs.unimaas.nl

IRD Student Office
International & Rural Development
The University of Reading
PO Box 237
Reading RG6 6AR
UK
Tel: + 44 (0) 118 378 8882
Fax: + 44 (0) 935 2421
Email: irdpg@reading.ac.uk
URL: http://www.rdg.ac.uk/IRDD/

Wageningen University
Staff Department for Education
P.O. Box 91016700 HB Wageningen
The Netherlands
Tel: + 31 (0) 317 48 48 48
Fax: + 31 (0) 317 48 44 64
Email: Study@wur.nl
URL: http://www.wau.nl

• Program in Economic Policy Management

Francisco Rivera-Batiz, Director
Program in Economic Policy Management
Columbia University
International Affairs Building, Room 1034
420 West 118thy Street, MC 3332
New York, NY 10027
USA
Fax: 01-212-854-5935 (fax)
Email: pepm@columbia.edu
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/sipa/PEPM

• Master of Science programme in Parasitology
• Master of Science programme in Agricultural Development

The Student Counselling Service
The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University
Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
Tel: + 45 3528 2148
Email: degree@kvl.dk
URL: http://www.kvl.dk

• Visiting Scholars Fellowship Program for Wireless Communications

Information for Development Program (infoDev)
Attn: Visiting Scholars Fellowship
The World Bank
F5P-161818 H Street NW
Washington, DC 20433 USA
Email: infodev@worldbank.org

• PhD Programmes in Development Studies
Key Areas: Economics of Sustainable Development, States, Societies, World Development, Rural Development, Environment, and Population Studies

Academic Registrar
Institute of Rural Studies
P. O. Box 29776
2502 LT The Hague
The Netherlands
URL: http://www.iss.nl

• Individual non-degree training
• Specialized non-degree training
• Graduate Studies

ICARDA welcomes nominations from national agricultural research systems for graduate studies to conduct their field research at/or through ICARDA. Funding from the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development supports Arab fellows from Arab countries in collaborative field research at the Center.

Human Resources Development Unit
ICARDA
P. O. Box 5466
Aleppo, Syria
Tel: 963 21 222 5112; 222 5012; 221 3433; 221 3477
Fax: 963 21 222 5105 or 221 3490
Email: ICARDA@cgiar.org
URL: http://www.cgiar.org/icarda

• International Doctoral Studies Program for Development Research

Deadline of applications for first academic year is 15 April of each year, 15 October of each year for applications directly submitted to ZEF or DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst), and 30 August of each year for applications submitted to the German embassies.

The course starts in October, and a two-month German language course starts in 1 August every year.

Prof. Dr. Oachim von Braun
Department of Economics and Technological Change

Prof. Dr. Paul L. G. Vlek
Dept. of Ecology and Resource Management

Prof. Dr. N. N.
Department of Political and Cultural Change

Center for Development Research (ZEF)
Doctoral Studies Program
Walter-Flex-Str. 3
D-53113 Bonn, Germany
Tel: ++49/228 73-1861; 1865
Fax: ++49/228 73-1869; 1889
Email: docp.zef@uni-bonn.de
URL: http://www.zef.de

• Graduate Scholarship Program (GSP)

Application: The competition for scholarships is open throughout the year. Selection is made annually in March.

Deadline: 31 December of the year preceding the year of award.

Note: Open to students from Sub-Saharan African countries.

Head, Information Services and Training
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
PMB 5320
Ibadan
Oyo State, Nigeria
Tel: (234 2) 241 2626
Fax: (234 2) 241 2221
Email: iita@cgiar.org

or

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
c/o L.W. Lambourn & Co.Carolyn House
26 Dingwall Road
CROYDON CR9 3EE
UK
Tel: 44 20 8686 9031
Fax: 44 20 8681 8583

• GRF Complementary Courses

Communication skills workshop
Date to be determined
Ibadan, Nigeria

Writing grant-winning proposal
Date to be determined
Ibadan, Nigeria

Agricultural research management
Date to be determined
Ibadan, Nigeria

• Network-based Courses/Workshops

GLP-LIMS, international
Date to be determined
Zimbabwe/South Africa

Rodger Obubo
Coordinator, Training
IITAPMB 5320
Ibadan, Nigeria
Tel: 234 2 241 2626
Email: R.Obubo@cgiar.org

• M.A. in Sustainable Development

Dr. Pong-In Rakariyatham
RCSD Director
Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences

or

Dean
Graduate School
Chiang Mai University
Chiang Mai 50200
Thailand
Fax: 6653 892231; 6653 222763
Email: rcsd@soc.cmu.ac.th

Natural Resources Short Courses

• An Introduction to Agroforestry
October to December annually
• An Introduction to Agroforestry and Forest Ecology
October to December annually
• Animal Nutrition/Production Research Methodology
November to December annually
• Animal Traction/Range Management and Forage Production
January to February annually
• Commercial Tropical Forestry
mid November to mid February annually
• Forest Management
January to March annually
• Forest Resource Economics
January to February annually
• Information Management in Agricultural Research
July or August annually
• Integrated Resource Management
January to March annually
• Issues in Integrated Agricultural Management
October to December annually
• Principles of Water Management
October to December annually
• Remote Sensing, GIS & EIA
January to mid-February annually
• Rural Development
October to December annually
• Rural Resource Management
September to December or
November to February annually
• Semi Arid Zone Development
October to March annually
• Social Issues in Natural Resource Management
October to December annually
• Water Resources Management
January to March annually
• Water Resources: Utilisation and Evaluation
January to March annually

Dr. W. Ian Robinson
Director, CAZS
Mrs. Sandra Hughes
Short Course Secretary, CAZS
University of Wales, Bangor
Gwynedd, LL57 2UW.
Tel. +44 0 1248 38 23 46
Fax. +44 0 1248 36 47 17
Email: cazs@bangor.ac.uk; s.a.Hughes@bangor.ac.uk
URL: http://www.cazs.bangor.ac.uk

• International Postgraduate Studies
Vele, Netherlands

MSc in International Agriculture
European MBA in Food and Agribusiness
Tropical Forestry and Natural Resources Management
(Professional Master)

Mrs. Irma Cats
Master's Programmes
Secretarial
Tel: + 31 26 369 5779
Fax: + 31 26 361 5287
Email: masters@larenstein.nl
URL: http://www.larenstein.nl

• PhD Fellowships

Deadline of Application: 30 June of each calendar year.

Education Officer
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
PO Box 30709
Nairobi, Kenya
Fax: +254 2 631499
Email: ILRI-Kenya@cgnet.com

or

WOTROPO Box 93138
2509 AC Den Haag
Fax: 31 70 3850971
Email: WOTRO@now.nl

• International Interuniversity Post-Graduate Programme

Programme Secretariat Physical Land Resources
University of Ghent
Geological Institute
Krijgslaan 281
B-9000 Gent, Belgium
Tel: ++ 32 9 264 46 18
Fax: ++32 9 264 49 91
Email: PLRprog.adm@rug.ac.be
URL: http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~amtanghe/PLRprog.html

• Special Three Year Doctoral Program for Foreign Students in Tropical and SubTropical Agriculture and Related Sciences

Dean's Office
The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences
Ehime University
3-5-7 Tarumi, Matsuyama 790-8566
Japan
Fax: (81) 89 943 5242
Email: rendai@stu.chime-u.ac.jp

• Harry J. Larsen/Hydro Memorial Scholarship for Meritorious GS in Practical Soil Fertility & Crop Production
• J. Fielding Reed Scholarship
• Hank Beachell Future Leader Scholarship

Mail nominations to:

American Society of Agronomy
677 S. Segoe Road, Madison WI 53711