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

The closing date for applications is 31 March 2009.

UNU-IAS is a multi-thematic, interdisciplinary, research and training centre located in Yokohama, Japan. The Institute’s fellowship programmes provide young scientists, policy makers, and developing country scholars with the opportunity to expand their intellectual vision beyond a single scientific field.

UNU-IAS PhD and Postdoctoral Fellowships are offered for a period of 10 months beginning in September 2009. JSPS-UNU Postdoctoral Fellowships are offered for 12-24 months beginning in September 2009.

Postdoctoral candidates must have completed a PhD degree, and PhD candidates must be at the advanced stage of their doctoral dissertation.

The closing date for applications is 31 March 2009.

For more information, see website below:

http://www.ias.unu.edu/fellowships