AFRICA – INDIA CAPACITY BUILDING SCHOLARSHIPS

The Nyerere Programme of the African Union has received support under the Plan of Action for the Implementation of the Framework for Cooperation of the Africa-India Partnership, for special scholarships for Africans in the field of Agriculture, in the following areas:

• (i) Doctoral Degree in Agriculture

• (ii) Masters’ Degree in Agriculture

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Every year UNU-IAS (United Nations University – Institute of Advanced Studies) offers PhD and Postdoctoral fellowships to provide young scholars and policy-makers, especially from the developing world, with a multi-disciplinarily context within which to pursue advanced research and training that is of professional interest to the successful applicant and of direct relevance to the research agenda of their selected UNU-IAS or UNU-ISP programme.

The United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) is now open. About 8-10 fellowships will be awarded in total in 2009 for three types of fellowships:

• UNU-IAS PhD Fellowships
• UNU-IAS Postdoctoral Fellowships
• JSPS-UNU Postdoctoral Fellowships

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Funded by the government, Academia Sinica (http://www.sinica.edu.tw/main_e.shtml) is the most prominent research institution in Taiwan. In 2002, in collaboration with a consortium of prominent local research universities, Academia Sinica established the Taiwan International Graduate Program (TIGP) that offers the following 9 highly specialized interdisciplinary PhD programs and a generous funding, a grant of NT$32,000 (US$1050) per month, to each student for up to 3 years.

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