CSRP Fellowships inward African Climate Science
Course(s) Offered: African climate science
Course Level: Graduate (fellowships)
Provider: DFID, Met Office Hadley Centre
Country to Study in: Africa
Scholarship Description
African climate researchers together with applied scientists are invited to apply for fellowships inward African climate science. The fellowships are offered every bit component of the Climate Science Research Partnership (CSRP) betwixt the Met Office Hadley Centre (MOHC) together with the Department for International Development (DFID) of the Great Britain government. The CSRP aims are to amend the agreement together with prediction of African climate on monthly, seasonal together with decadal timescales together with to strengthen climate scientific discipline capacity inward Africa.
This Call for Applications is extended to climate researchers together with applied climate scientists/practitioners working inward the plain of African climate variability together with change. Three types of companionship are available: Postgraduate Research Fellowships; Postdoctoral Research Fellowships; AND Applications Project Fellowships.
The grants are intended to increase the professional person evolution of fellows together with to advance the projection aims of the CSRP. It is expected that the fellowships volition correspond the full-time trouble of the successful applicants – if this is non the illustration total details together with appropriate adjustment of the budget must hold upward provided inward the Fellowship Proposal.
Eligibility
Applicants must hold upward resident nationals of an African country. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 strong preference volition hold upward given to candidates proposing a study/project that is closely aligned alongside 1 or to a greater extent than of the vii CSRP themes.
Essential qualifications together with skills:
Postgraduate Research Fellows-
Citizens resident inward an African country
Participating Institutions
Successful candidates may comport the enquiry or projection piece of work at the African flora where they are currently registered or appointed (the ‘Home Institute’) or inward whole or inward component every bit a ‘Visiting Fellow’ at to a greater extent than or less other African flora (the ‘Host Institute’)
Fields of study
The enquiry or applications projection volition hold upward of the fellow’s ain design, but must hold upward tied to 1 or to a greater extent than of vii CSRP themes. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 strong preference volition hold upward given to candidates who suggest a report or projection that fits well
alongside 1 or to a greater extent than of the vii themes listed below, each alongside an exclusive focus on Africa or an African region.
Candidates must nominate 1 theme which best describes the top dog focus of the proposed enquiry or project. Candidates for Postgraduate or Postdoctoral Research Fellowships may pick out from whatever of the vii themes. Candidates for Applications Project Fellowships should pick out from themes four to 7.
Postgraduate together with Postdoctoral Research Fellowships only:
Approximately three fellowships of each type volition hold upward awarded.
Sponsorship duration
The firstly together with terminate timing of the fellowships is flexible inside the next constraints: no companionship may stimulate down earlier 1 May 2011, together with all fellowships must terminate no afterward than 31 Dec 2012.
Maximum grant honour amounts are £9000 for Postgraduate Research Fellowships, £13000 for Postdoctoral Research Fellowships together with £6500 for Applications Project Fellowships.
Fellowship awards must hold upward used to encompass the costs of implementing together with carrying out the research/project activeness including: locomote to the Host Institute if required (round-trip, economic scheme score airfare), accommodation together with living expenses, the Host Institute’s costs (e.g. registration fees). However awards may non hold upward used to buy equipment. Applicants are required to provide an itemised breakdown of all costs inward the budget department of their Fellowship Proposal.
The CSRP volition fund travel, accommodation together with a living allowance for an induction catch (up to four weeks duration) to the MOHC for all successful applicants. These costs should non hold upward included inward the applicant’s budget.
Method of Application
The next documents must hold upward submitted to the CSRP Fellowship Coordinator on or earlier the four Feb 2011.
DEADLINES:
The deadline for applications is four Feb 2011.. Applications volition hold upward assessed yesteryear a panel comprising representatives of MOHC together with DFID. We anticipate that successful candidates volition hold upward notified yesteryear 28 Feb 2011
Please note:
It is the responsibleness of the applicant to coordinate all submissions together with to ensure all required documents are completed together with submitted yesteryear the application deadline. All completed documents should hold upward submitted yesteryear electronic mail together with attachment to the CSRP Fellowship Coordinator at the electronic mail address below.
Contact
For to a greater extent than information on the companionship themes (see 'Fields of study' above) or on this Call for Applications, delight contact the CSRP Fellowship Coordinator at csrp-fellowship-coord@metoffice.gov.uk.
For farther information on the CSRP programme inward full general delight catch the CSRP website or contact the CSRP Project Manager, Dr. Richard Graham at richard.graham@metoffice.gov.uk.
Application Deadline: four Feb 2011
Open to International students: No (ONLY Africans)
More Scholarship Information together with Application
Course(s) Offered: African climate science
Course Level: Graduate (fellowships)
Provider: DFID, Met Office Hadley Centre
Country to Study in: Africa
Scholarship Description
African climate researchers together with applied scientists are invited to apply for fellowships inward African climate science. The fellowships are offered every bit component of the Climate Science Research Partnership (CSRP) betwixt the Met Office Hadley Centre (MOHC) together with the Department for International Development (DFID) of the Great Britain government. The CSRP aims are to amend the agreement together with prediction of African climate on monthly, seasonal together with decadal timescales together with to strengthen climate scientific discipline capacity inward Africa.
This Call for Applications is extended to climate researchers together with applied climate scientists/practitioners working inward the plain of African climate variability together with change. Three types of companionship are available: Postgraduate Research Fellowships; Postdoctoral Research Fellowships; AND Applications Project Fellowships.
The grants are intended to increase the professional person evolution of fellows together with to advance the projection aims of the CSRP. It is expected that the fellowships volition correspond the full-time trouble of the successful applicants – if this is non the illustration total details together with appropriate adjustment of the budget must hold upward provided inward the Fellowship Proposal.
Eligibility
Applicants must hold upward resident nationals of an African country. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 strong preference volition hold upward given to candidates proposing a study/project that is closely aligned alongside 1 or to a greater extent than of the vii CSRP themes.
Essential qualifications together with skills:
Postgraduate Research Fellows-
- At to the lowest degree a Bachelors (BSc) score inward physics, mathematics, meteorology or atmospheric sciences (or expected to graduate earlier the firstly of the proposed fellowship).
- A skilful full general agreement of climate science.
- Sufficient sense alongside estimator software packages to hold upward able to effectively manipulate together with analyse data.
- A skilful working cognition of spoken together with written English.
- A PhD score inward the plain of climate scientific discipline (or facial expression to hold upward awarded a PhD earlier the firstly of the proposed fellowship).
- A strong agreement of the CSRP theme selected for study, or closely related subject.
- Proven effectiveness inward estimator programming together with job of software packages for manipulation together with analysis of climate model output and/or observational datasets.
- A skilful working cognition of spoken together with written English.
- At to the lowest degree a Bachelors score inward physics, mathematics, meteorology, atmospheric sciences, or a related scientific discipline or dependent associated alongside the application of climate information.
- Good sense of developing together with supplying climate predictions, and/or monitoring products and/or applications products (e.g. through piece of work at or inward affiliation alongside a National Meteorological Service, regional centre, Regional Climate Outlook Forum, or other organisation/activity).
- Good sense alongside software packages for manipulation together with analysis of climate model output and/or observational datasets together with for generating graphical products.
- A skilful working cognition of spoken together with written English.
Citizens resident inward an African country
Participating Institutions
Successful candidates may comport the enquiry or projection piece of work at the African flora where they are currently registered or appointed (the ‘Home Institute’) or inward whole or inward component every bit a ‘Visiting Fellow’ at to a greater extent than or less other African flora (the ‘Host Institute’)
Fields of study
The enquiry or applications projection volition hold upward of the fellow’s ain design, but must hold upward tied to 1 or to a greater extent than of vii CSRP themes. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 strong preference volition hold upward given to candidates who suggest a report or projection that fits well
alongside 1 or to a greater extent than of the vii themes listed below, each alongside an exclusive focus on Africa or an African region.
Candidates must nominate 1 theme which best describes the top dog focus of the proposed enquiry or project. Candidates for Postgraduate or Postdoctoral Research Fellowships may pick out from whatever of the vii themes. Candidates for Applications Project Fellowships should pick out from themes four to 7.
Postgraduate together with Postdoctoral Research Fellowships only:
- Evaluation of HadGEM3 representation together with predictability of climate variability
- Investigation of the mechanisms underlying climate variability
- Attribution: the operate of anthropogenic factors inward observed climate extremes
- Seasonal forecast evaluation together with use
- Decadal forecast evaluation together with demonstration of potential uses
- Construction of regional historical observation datasets
- Downscaling investigations together with applications
Approximately three fellowships of each type volition hold upward awarded.
Sponsorship duration
The firstly together with terminate timing of the fellowships is flexible inside the next constraints: no companionship may stimulate down earlier 1 May 2011, together with all fellowships must terminate no afterward than 31 Dec 2012.
- Postgraduate Research Fellowships (maximum 12 months duration);
- Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (maximum 12 months duration);
- Applications Project Fellowships (maximum vi months duration).
Maximum grant honour amounts are £9000 for Postgraduate Research Fellowships, £13000 for Postdoctoral Research Fellowships together with £6500 for Applications Project Fellowships.
Fellowship awards must hold upward used to encompass the costs of implementing together with carrying out the research/project activeness including: locomote to the Host Institute if required (round-trip, economic scheme score airfare), accommodation together with living expenses, the Host Institute’s costs (e.g. registration fees). However awards may non hold upward used to buy equipment. Applicants are required to provide an itemised breakdown of all costs inward the budget department of their Fellowship Proposal.
The CSRP volition fund travel, accommodation together with a living allowance for an induction catch (up to four weeks duration) to the MOHC for all successful applicants. These costs should non hold upward included inward the applicant’s budget.
Method of Application
The next documents must hold upward submitted to the CSRP Fellowship Coordinator on or earlier the four Feb 2011.
- Fellowship Proposal (to hold upward submitted yesteryear the candidate)
- Copy of BSc or PhD certificate every bit appropriate, if already awarded (to hold upward submitted yesteryear the candidate)
- Host Institute Endorsement Form (to hold upward submitted yesteryear the Host Institute)
- Home Institute Endorsement Form (to hold upward submitted yesteryear the Home Institute)
- User Organisation Endorsement Form (to hold upward submitted yesteryear the User Organisation – required for all Applications Project Fellowships; solely required for Postgraduate or Postdoctoral Fellowships if CSRP themes four or five are selected)
- Two (2) professional person reference forms (to hold upward submitted yesteryear the referees)
DEADLINES:
The deadline for applications is four Feb 2011.. Applications volition hold upward assessed yesteryear a panel comprising representatives of MOHC together with DFID. We anticipate that successful candidates volition hold upward notified yesteryear 28 Feb 2011
Please note:
It is the responsibleness of the applicant to coordinate all submissions together with to ensure all required documents are completed together with submitted yesteryear the application deadline. All completed documents should hold upward submitted yesteryear electronic mail together with attachment to the CSRP Fellowship Coordinator at the electronic mail address below.
Contact
For to a greater extent than information on the companionship themes (see 'Fields of study' above) or on this Call for Applications, delight contact the CSRP Fellowship Coordinator at csrp-fellowship-coord@metoffice.gov.uk.
For farther information on the CSRP programme inward full general delight catch the CSRP website or contact the CSRP Project Manager, Dr. Richard Graham at richard.graham@metoffice.gov.uk.
Application Deadline: four Feb 2011
Open to International students: No (ONLY Africans)
More Scholarship Information together with Application
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