CONCEPT NOTE DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 15, 2010

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Royal Geographical Society - Grants

The Society has 18 named grantprograms across four categories (research, students, teaching, andexpeditions). Most grants are for individuals, and some are for UKresidents only.  Research grants focus on agricultural and pastoralsystems, soil and water management, climate change, ecological surveys,and others.  Grants range from £500 to £15 thousand.  The Society postsa calendar of application deadlines.

For addtional information, please visit our website on:  http://www.rgs.org/OurWork/Grants/Grants.htm.

Application Deadline: Multiple

 

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Conservation, Food, and Health Foundation - Grants

Grants are offered to NGOs in resource conservationand sustainable agriculture (in addition to health).  Grants supportresearch and solve specific problems in order to build capacity indeveloping countries.  There are no geographical restrictions.  Theaverage grant size is US$11,000, and grants are rarely over US$25,000. 

For more information, please visit our website on: http://cfhfoundation.grantsmanagement08.com/?page_id=6

Application Deadline: 01 March and 01 September.

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Borlaug LEAP (Leadership Enhancement in Agriculture Program) – Grants for Thesis Research at centers of the CGIAR

The LEAP is open to graduate students from developingcountries who show strong promise as leaders in the field ofagriculture and related disciplines.  Awards of up to US$20,000 aremade on a competitive basis to graduate students who show strongscientific and leadership potential, and who have a research proposalcoordinated between their home university, a U.S. university, and amentor in the CGIAR.  Reviews of applications are conducted twice ayear.

For more information, please visit our website on:  http://leap.ucdavis.edu/

Application Deadline: Open

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Third World Academy of Sciences (Academy of sciences for the developing world)

TWAS’s International Programme for Higher Education and Research(IPHER) provides some 250 fellowships tenable in developing countriessuch as Brazil, China and India for scientists from developingcountries. Fellowships, which run for various lengths of time, areavailable for postgraduate, postdoctoral and advanced research. Briefdetails of each programme are provided below. For additionalinformation, including eligibility criteria and application forms,please visit: http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~twas/hg/Fellowships.html.

Application Deadline: October every year 

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The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission

We are delighted to announce that the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission has awarded up to 15 full fee distance learning scholarships to the MSc in International Animal Health programme for 2008.

These scholarships are available for students from developing Commonwealth nations in sub-Saharan Africa; the eligible countries are: Botswana, Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.

Full details can be found at our web site (http://www.internationalanimalhealth.ed.ac.uk/application.htm ). If you have any queries or would like further details about this programme of study, please do not hesitate to contact us at I This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Application Deadline: Open

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The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS)

Grants for Scientific Meetings Held in Developing Countries. Since 1986, TWAS has been supporting scientists and institutions in developing countries through a wide range of programmes including supporting scientific meetings organized in developing countries. TWAS encourages the organization of high level international and regional scientific activities in developing countries by offering financial assistance to the organizers of conferences, workshops, symposia and special meetings held in these countries.  Grants are offered for meetings in the following fields of natural sciences: agricultural, biological, chemical, engineering, geological and medical sciences.

For additional information, please visit our website on: http://users.ictp.it/~twas/mtm/SM_Form.html.

Application Deadline: 01 June and 01 December