Fellowships/Scholarships/Research Funding
Call for Applications: Fully funded DAAD EPOS scholarship to study M.Sc. in Tropical Forestry (academic intake 2025-27) in Dresden, Germany // 30 October 2024
You are invited to apply for studying Master of Science in Tropical Forestry (academic intake 2025-27) with classes starting in October 2025. The course is taught in English language at the Technische Universität Dresden, one of the 11 German Universities of Excellence.
Since its inception in 1995, this unique 2-year master's degree program has garnered international recognition through its focus on social, ecological and economic aspects of tropical forest management. This is an excellent opportunity to study in an international, intercultural, and dynamic working environment offered at the reputed ‘Chair of Tropical and International Forestry’ that offers integrated specialization in tropical ecology, forest and development policy and resource management. In this programme, you will learn from and work alongside a competent academic and research team, who will supervise your field research in international tropical or sub-tropical contexts. Drawing on a century-long expertise in forest sciences, our programme puts emphasis on the ecological, technical as well as social science dimensions in forestry. Special attention is given to the socio-economic as well as socio-political aspects during the education. At the end of the study program, interested graduates with outstanding merit will have a chance to enter our PhD program and join our team of researchers. You will also benefit from our competent alumni network of over 400 forestry professionals employed by some of the major national, international, intergovernmental, and private organizations around the world.
Applications for DAAD EPOS scholarship applications will be accepted from 01 September 2024 to 30 October 2024 through online portal of MSc Tropical Forestry programme.
Date of MSc course: Begins in October every year, duration 24 months
Institution: Chair of Tropical Forestry, Technische Universität Dresden
Duty station: Dresden, Germany
Closing date: 30 October 2024 (for the intake October 2025)
Details:
Click here for MSc Tropical Forestry’s official website.
Click here for DAAD website with overview, application requirements and procedure.
Click here for TU Dresden’s application procedure.
WCRP 2024 Global South Fellowship: Call for proposals
The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) announces a research fellowship with a focus on Africa. The fellowship is available through WCRP's new Global South Fellowship program.
The objective of the Global South Fellowship program is to give early to mid-career researchers* from the Global South the benefit to develop their own WCRP related research activity, thereby boosting climate research activities in their own region. Fellowship topics can address a wide range of scientific questions outlined in the WCRP Science and Implementation Plan as formulated through priorities of WCRP activities (Core Projects and Lighthouse Activities).
For this 2024 call, WCRP is soliciting research proposals from early to mid-career candidates from the African continent. Such proposals must be supported by a host institution guaranteeing that a successful candidate will undertake the fellowship project full-time during the agreed period of the fellowship at the institution. Successful projects should address aspects of critical gaps in WCRP related African climate research, enhance climate action for and in Africa, help build a community of practice, and create the potential for leaving a strong legacy to build upon in the longer-term. As an example, proposals could catalyze development of community of practice for the climate-policy interface. Another example would be thematic idea of climate literacy, or the non-congruence of climate information for policy makers and different stakeholders. Successful projects should propose research that has the clear potential to be transformative and a develop a foundation for African researchers to lead a WCRP (legacy) project. The proposal should include links to relevant WCRP core activities, where appropriate.
Deadline for submission of applications: 30 September 2024
Details: https://www.wcrp-climate.org/about-wcrp/fellowship-global-south
Harvard University Bullard Fellowship Opportunity
Harvard University awards a limited number of Bullard Fellowships annually to individuals representing a variety of disciplines and approaches to the study of forested ecosystems. These full-time residential fellowships allow individuals to foster their scientific and professional growth and to contribute to research on forests at Harvard. A major goal of the Bullard Fellowship program is to enhance research activities at Harvard Forest and build long-term collaborations that connect Harvard Forest with other parts of the University. Bullard Fellowships are not intended for post-doctoral fellows; instead they are targeted at individuals with a record of independent scholarship and professional accomplishment. There are two fellowships, short-term (2-3 months) and long-term (6–12 months), and offer a stipend of $6250 per month. Awards are not intended for graduate students or recent postdoctoral candidates. Fellows are expected to be in residence throughout their fellowship.
Institution: Harvard Forest, Harvard University
Closing date: 1 October 2024
Details: https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/bullardfellowships
New funding call for Climate-Smart Forestry projects opening soon
FORWARDS will launch around five grant calls with a total value of EUR 6 million to fund 50 projects to set up the ForestWard Observatory. In the first round of grant calls to be launched in July, five projects will be funded for establishing new Climate-Smart forestry and forest restoration trials. Each project will be granted with up to EUR 150,000. Successful applications will result in projects that are expected to commence around the beginning of 2024, with a duration of maximum 18 months. Subsequently during the year and until the project end, FORWARDS will launch many more calls to fund projects across different themes.
In case if you are an organisation working in Climate-Smart Forestry, watch out for the launch at the end of July. The call will be published on EFI’s grants webpage.
FORWARDS is an EU-funded project that will prototype the ForestWard Observatory, a pan-European monitoring and evaluation tool that will help in demonstrating the impact of climate change on forests, guiding decision-making for practical forests management. FORWARDS has received funding from the EU Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No 101084481. The project started on 1 November 2022 and ends on 30 November 2027.
Details on the FORWARDS project: https://forwards-project.eu/
Details on upcoming call: https://efi.int/news/new-funding-call-climate-smart-forestry-projects-opening-soon-2023-06-20