-----Original Message----- From: INSTRAW [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 12:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FW: Research grants and fellowship opportunities -----Original Message----- From: Sophia Huyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 6:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fwd: Research grants and fellowship opportunities 1. The Gender Unit of the International Development Research Centre announces its Annual Research Competition 2001-2002 on the theme: Gender, Globalization and Land Tenure Deadline March 29,2002. For more information http://www.idrc.ca/awards/egendinf.html 2. The Equator Initiative In support of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa from August 26 - September 4, 2002, UNDP is partnering with the UN Foundation, the International Development Research Centre, and the Government of Canada to showcase highly successful and innovative partnerships in sustainable development in tropical ecosystems through the Equator Initiative. The Equator Initiative aims to identifiy, highlight and honour these successful initiatives through the Innovative Partnership Awards for Sustainable Development in Tropical Ecosystems; Learning Exchange Programme; and Knowledge Generation and Sharing. For more information: http://www.undp.org/equatorinitiative/pdf/brochure.pdf 3. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute Abdou-Salam Ouédraogo Fellowship IPGRI is pleased to announce the launching of a fellowship scheme to honour the memory and celebrate to work of Dr Abdou-Salam Ouédraogo. Dr Ouédraogo led IPGRI's forestry programme from 1993-1999. As IPGRI Director for Sub-Saharan Africa he ably led the institute's activities in the region until his untimely death in a plane crash in January 2001. As founding Director of the Forest Tree Seed Centre in Ouagadougou and Coordinator of the FAO/CILSS regional forest genetic resources programme he made a tremendous impact nationally and regionally, taking his skills to the international level through serving on various FAO, CIRAD-Foret, IUFRO and IUCN committees. Dr Ouédraogo left an indelible mark on IPGRI and the world forestry community as a whole. At the time of his death he was exploring ways to bring young Africa scientists into the international research environment; his ideas are incorporated into the Abdou-Salam Ouédraogo Fellowship Scheme. Applications are invited from national scientists from Sub-Saharan Africa to work with IPGRI in one of the institute's locations in Africa (Nairobi, Cotonou, Douala, Kampala) for a period of up to six months. IPGRI would support the travel, subsistence and research expenses of the Fellow up to a sum of US$10,000. The fellowship can be combined with other awards. The proposed work should fall into the broad area of conservation and use of genetic resources. In the first year of the Fellowship Scheme, preference will be given to proposals with a forestry emphasis. The work should link to or complement IPGRI's research programme, details of which can be found at http://www.ipgri.cgiar.org. Proposals that link IPGRI's work to that of other research and development institutes in Africa will be particularly welcome. The application form is available at: http://www.ipgri.cgiar.org/regions/ssa/documents/ASOApplicationform2002.doc Applications should be submitted by 31 March 2002 to the address indicated and accompanied by a letter of application and a full curriculum vitae. Applications will provide the basis for a pre-selection. A short-list of pre-selected candidates will be invited to develop more detailed proposals from which the final selection will be made. The Abdou-Salam Ouédraogo Fellowship scheme is funded by donations from Dr. Ouédraogo's friends, colleagues and institutional collaborators. Donations from other sources are matched by a donation from IPGRI Contributions to the fund are welcomed (contact: Ms. J.Luzon, IPGRI, Via dei Tre Denari 472/a, 00057 Maccarese, Rome, Italy; [EMAIL PROTECTED]). =========================================================================== This is GainsNet, the mailing list of the UN-INSTRAW-GAINS Network Members. To reply to the GainsNet group, click on "reply all" To reply to an individual, click on "reply" To unsubscribe from GainsNet, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line
