Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science together with Technology Fellowship Program
Course(s) Offered: Agriculture-related, Technology
Course Level: Postgraduate (fellowships, trainings, research)
Provider: BY Borlaug via USDA
Country to Study in: USA, whatever country
Scholarship Description
The Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science together with Technology Fellowship Program (Borlaug Fellowship Program) helps developing countries strengthen sustainable agricultural practices past times providing scientific preparation together with collaborative query opportunities to visiting researchers, policymakers, together with academy faculty.
The Program promotes nutrient security together with economical increment past times providing query together with preparation opportunities for scientists together with policymakers from developing together with middle-income countries. USDA partners amongst U.S. Earth grant universities, international query centers, together with other institutions to render upward to 12 weeks of U.S.-based preparation for Borlaug Fellows each year. Fellows may too attend the annual World Food Prize Symposium, held inward Oct inward Des Moines, Iowa.
Eligibility
Candidates must consider the next criteria to hold upward eligible for the Borlaug Fellowship Program:
Course(s) Offered: Agriculture-related, Technology
Course Level: Postgraduate (fellowships, trainings, research)
Provider: BY Borlaug via USDA
Country to Study in: USA, whatever country
Scholarship Description
The Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science together with Technology Fellowship Program (Borlaug Fellowship Program) helps developing countries strengthen sustainable agricultural practices past times providing scientific preparation together with collaborative query opportunities to visiting researchers, policymakers, together with academy faculty.
The Program promotes nutrient security together with economical increment past times providing query together with preparation opportunities for scientists together with policymakers from developing together with middle-income countries. USDA partners amongst U.S. Earth grant universities, international query centers, together with other institutions to render upward to 12 weeks of U.S.-based preparation for Borlaug Fellows each year. Fellows may too attend the annual World Food Prize Symposium, held inward Oct inward Des Moines, Iowa.
Eligibility
Candidates must consider the next criteria to hold upward eligible for the Borlaug Fellowship Program:
- Citizens of province inward which the Borlaug Fellowship Program is offered
- Early to middle phase of their professional person career
- Good working cognition of the English linguistic communication language
- Minimum of a Master’s degree
- Two or to a greater extent than years of practical operate sense together with currently employed inward an university, government, non-profit, or somebody agricultural query entity inward the recipient country.
- Demonstrate intention to choke along working inward the habitation province subsequently completing their Borlaug companionship inward the U.S.
Must hold upward a scholar from a developing or middle-income country
Participating Institutions
Training venues include U.S. universities, USDA or other U.S. authorities way query facilities, together with not-for-profit institutions.
Fields of study
Priority Research Areas: query together with preparation focused on a broad array of agriculture-related topics, including agronomy, veterinarian science, nutrition, nutrient safety, sanitary together with phytosanitary issues, natural resources management, agricultural biotechnology, global climate change, agricultural economic science together with agricultural policy.
NOTE: Allowable preparation topics vary past times province together with twelvemonth together with tin flame hold upward constitute inward the country-specific application announcements posted on the official website (see link to it below).
Number of awards
Since inception inward 2004, or hence 700 fellowships for agricultural professionals from 64 developing countries worldwide
Sponsorship duration
For the whole duration of the programme - half dozen to twelve weeks depending on query topic together with funding availability
Scholarship benefits
The Program promote nutrient security together with economical increment past times increasing scientific cognition together with collaborative query to amend agricultural productivity. It accomplishes this by:
NOTE: Each Fellow’s main responsibleness is to successfully consummate the projection excogitation created past times the Fellow together with his/her mentor. In addition, USDA requires the Fellow to consummate the next activities:
Applicants volition require to fill upward out the "Borlaug Fellowship Program application form" constitute on the official website (link to it is below). In addition, the next documents must hold upward included amongst your application:
The application deadline Jan 15, 2013
Contact
Karina Ramos-Hides
Deputy Director/Acting Program Leader
Borlaug Fellowship Program
karina.ramos@fas.usda.gov
(202) 720-3736
Room 3242 South Building
1400 Independence Avenue S.W.
Washington, DC 20250
For international points of contact, delight consider the USDA FAS international directory
Application Deadline: fifteen January, 2013
Open to International students: Yes
Resource: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
More Scholarship Information together with Application
Participating Institutions
Training venues include U.S. universities, USDA or other U.S. authorities way query facilities, together with not-for-profit institutions.
Fields of study
Priority Research Areas: query together with preparation focused on a broad array of agriculture-related topics, including agronomy, veterinarian science, nutrition, nutrient safety, sanitary together with phytosanitary issues, natural resources management, agricultural biotechnology, global climate change, agricultural economic science together with agricultural policy.
NOTE: Allowable preparation topics vary past times province together with twelvemonth together with tin flame hold upward constitute inward the country-specific application announcements posted on the official website (see link to it below).
Number of awards
Since inception inward 2004, or hence 700 fellowships for agricultural professionals from 64 developing countries worldwide
Sponsorship duration
For the whole duration of the programme - half dozen to twelve weeks depending on query topic together with funding availability
Scholarship benefits
The Program promote nutrient security together with economical increment past times increasing scientific cognition together with collaborative query to amend agricultural productivity. It accomplishes this by:
- Providing preparation opportunities for early on together with mid-career researchers together with policymakers from developing together with middle-income countries;
- Fostering collaborative query to amend agricultural productivity;
- Facilitating the transfer of novel scientific discipline together with agricultural technologies to strengthen agricultural practices
- Addressing obstacles to the adoption of technology, such equally ineffectual policies together with regulations.
NOTE: Each Fellow’s main responsibleness is to successfully consummate the projection excogitation created past times the Fellow together with his/her mentor. In addition, USDA requires the Fellow to consummate the next activities:
- Midterm together with Final Reporting
- Final Presentation
- Program Evaluation Forms
Applicants volition require to fill upward out the "Borlaug Fellowship Program application form" constitute on the official website (link to it is below). In addition, the next documents must hold upward included amongst your application:
- One official re-create of transcript of college degrees
- Two letters of recommendation. The letters should specifically address:
- your aptitude for scientific research
- your leadership skills together with the likelihood that you lot volition convey dorsum novel ideas together with implement modify at your institution
- your proficiency inward the English linguistic communication language
- One passport-size photograph
- A photocopy of the front end page of your passport (contains name, picture, etc.)
- Signed approving class from your habitation institution
- Signed weather of preparation form
The application deadline Jan 15, 2013
Contact
Karina Ramos-Hides
Deputy Director/Acting Program Leader
Borlaug Fellowship Program
karina.ramos@fas.usda.gov
(202) 720-3736
Room 3242 South Building
1400 Independence Avenue S.W.
Washington, DC 20250
For international points of contact, delight consider the USDA FAS international directory
Application Deadline: fifteen January, 2013
Open to International students: Yes
Resource: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
More Scholarship Information together with Application
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