Food Security Center offers up to 25 research scholarships in 2010
The Food Security Center (FSC) is a newly established university center of excellence in development collaboration at the University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany. FSC is one of five excellence centers of the program "exceed - Higher Education Excellence in Development Cooperation", which is supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) with funds of the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) of Germany. FSC's mission is to make effective and innovative scientific contributions in research, teaching, and policy advice to eradicate hunger and achieve food security in collaboration with partner Higher Education Institutions in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and national and international development and research organizations. Thematically, FSC's activities deal with issues of sustainable food availability, food access, food use, and food utilization. More information is available from http://www.foodsecurity.de/ < http://www.foodsecurity.de/ > .
FSC awards up to 25 scholarships for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers for a period of 4 to 36 months, starting April 15, 2010. The Center wishes to attract outstanding PhD students and postdoctoral fellows pursuing a career in academia or development collaboration. The scholarships aim at increasing their previously gained scientific knowledge and skills relevant to food security related issues. Furthermore, FSC aims at establishing an active, long-lasting collaboration with the supported researchers and their home institutions.FSC offers three categories of scholarships:
1. Sandwich scholarships for PhD students (6 months)
2. Research scholarships for visiting postdoctoral researchers (4 months)
3. Excellence scholarships for FSC-supported PhD program "Young Excellence School" (36 months)
For more details, please go to
http://www.searca.org/web/news/2009/dec/web/16.html
For further inquiries, please email:
The Graduate Scholarship Department
SEAMEO SEARCA
College, Laguna 4031
Email: gsd@agri.searca.org ; ecc@agri.searca.org ; or bps@agri.searca.org