Biodiversity International has announced the availability of two fellowships, fo up to US $20,000 each, to carry out research, from 3 to 12 months, on a wide range of biophysical, economic and social themes related to the conservation and use of plant genetic resources in developing countries.
This year’s Vavilov-Frankel Fellowships call focuses on the following themes:
- Use of agrobiodiversity as an instrument for climate change adaptation
- Research to enhance the conservation of genetic resources of a tree species important to the livelihoods of the rural poor
- Sustainable diets for improved nutrition and health
- Policy research in support of implementation of the International Treaty for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
- Gene discovery in crop wild relatives
- Facilitating better use of genebank materials
- Researching neglected and underutilized species for food and nutrition security
- Applying economics to agrobiodiversity conservation, sustainable use and policy analysis
- Management of Musa diseases through a better understanding of specific host-pathogen interactions and co-evolution
The deadline to submit applications is 11 November 2012. For more information, visit this link.
Source Link: http://www.fundsforngos.org/fellowships-2/biodiversity-internationals-2013-vavilovfrankel-fellowship-call-open/#ixzz231SASePd
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