Thursday, January 19, 2012
FELLOWSHIP: Future Agricultures Consortium’s Early Career Fellowship Programme
The Future Agricultures Consortium announces the third call of its grant programme to support talented young researchers working on African agricultural policy: FAC’s Early Career Fellowship Programme (ECFP). The ECFP is available to early career professionals working in Africa and the UK. Both full-time and part-time appointments are available and all fellowships will include mentorship support from a senior FAC researcher affiliated with a FAC partner institution. The awards will support original field-based and policy-oriented research on African agriculture.
Three types of award available:
- Africa-based, one-year full-time post-Masters or post-doc fellowship
- Africa-based, one-year part-time post-Masters or post-doc fellowship
- UK-based six-month full-time post-doc fellowship
Applications should be in line with one of FAC’s eight thematic areas: Climate Change; Commercialisations; Growth & social protection; Land; Pastoralism; Policy Processes; Science, Technology and Innovation; and Young People and Agriculture.
Deadline: February 17, 2012
