Peace Child International seeks youth led sustainable entrepreneurship projects

August 29th, 2012

Peace Child International is currently seeking youth led sustainable entrepreneurship projects for a publication to be launched in New York in November 2012.

The best contribution will include an innovative business idea, it will showcase best practice of green entrepreneurship, how skills are being taught, and will provide examples on how youth are involved in job creation and the move towards the Green Economy. The winner will win a trip to New York City and will be part of GEEBIZ’s Global Entrepreneurship Week’s events.

If you are between 18-30 yrs of age, have started a Green Business in the last two years, or have developed an innovative Green Business Plan that you feel ready to promote to an international audience.

Deadline: Friday, September 7th, 2012

For further information, visit the link.

Source Link: http://www.fundsforngos.org/awards-and-prizes/peace-child-international-seeks-youth-led-sustainable-entrepreneurship-projects/#ixzz250sbPRzf

Residential Fellowships at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

August 30th, 2012

The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars at the Johns Hopkins University is accepting applications for the 9-month residential fellowships. Scholars, practitioners, journalists and public intellectuals are invited to take part in this flagship international Fellowship program.

Fellows conduct research and write in their areas of interest, while interacting with policymakers in Washington and Wilson Center staff and other scholars in residence. The Center accepts policy-relevant, non-advocacy fellowship proposals that address key challenges confronting the United States and the world.

Eligibility includes, but not limited to:

• Men and women with outstanding capabilities and experience from a wide variety of backgrounds (including government, business, academia, and other professions)
• Academic candidates holding a Ph.D.
• Academic candidates demonstrating scholarly achievement by publications beyond their doctoral dissertations

The proposed fellowship should focus on one of the Center’s program areas. Some of the programs include:

• China Environment Forum
• Comparative Urban Studies Project
• Environmental Change and Security
• Global Health Initiative
• Science and Technology Innovation Program

Fellows in residence will be affiliated with one or more of the Center’s programs/projects/offices. Program, project and/or office directors often collaborate with scholars in designing seminars, conferences, and/or meetings related to scholars’ research.

Fellows are expected to be in residence for the entire U.S. academic year (early September through May). Occasionally, fellowships are awarded for shorter periods, with a minimum of four months.

Application deadline: October 1, 2012

For more information, visit this link.

Source Link: http://www.fundsforngos.org/fellowships-2/residential-fellowships-woodrow-wilson-international-center-scholars/#ixzz250ppOFgP

Women Journalists Sought for International Health Reporting Network

The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) in Washington, D.C., is inviting senior-level women journalists from developing countries to apply to its Women’s Edition program.

Up to 15 women journalists from the print, electronic, and broadcast media will be selected to become part of this international network of leading editors, reporters, and producers interested in women’s health and development.

Through seminars and study tours, the project provides the journalists with the latest information on reproductive health and development issues, including family planning and safe motherhood, so they can better cover these topics.

Participants will attend seminars and study tours around the world. PRB covers travel and other seminar-related expenses. Journalists may write or broadcast in any language, but they must be able to communicate comfortably and effectively in English.

The deadline for applications is September 5, 2012. Participants are selected on a competitive basis.

For more information about the program, requirements for applying, and the application form, click here.


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Kellogg Institute’s Fellowships in Democracy and Human Development

August 28th, 2012

The Kellogg Institute for International Studies is offering visiting fellowships to promote interdisciplinary international research in a supportive community of scholars.

This widely respected residential program offers you time to pursue scholarly inquiry where it takes you, advance your personal research, and collaborate with other scholars and practitioners from across the US and around the globe.

Applications are invited from scholars and practitioners who conduct international research on our themes of democracy and/or human development.  Applicants may come from any country and typically fall into three groups:

• Promising junior and midcareer scholars (typically postdocs and assistant or associate professors)
• Distinguished senior scholars with an established record of scholarly excellence
• Accomplished policy makers, journalists, and other practioners whose knowledge and experience can link policy and scholarship

While at the Kellogg Institute, you interact with leading scholars one-on-one and through the Institute’s seminars and lectures, international conferences, roundtable discussions on world affairs, and cultural events.

The facilities at the Hesburgh Center are ideal for scholarly research.  Visiting fellows have spacious offices, on-site information technology support, personal library services through a branch of the University’s library, and use of a variety of campus facilities.

Visiting Fellowships include:

• Stipend
• Travel expenses
• Medical insurance benefits
• Partial housing subsidy for the Hesburgh Center Residences or other on-campus housing

Up to $1,500 of conference travel support for recipients of one and two-year fellowships

Complete applications must be received by Thursday, November 1, 2012.

For more information, visit this link.

Source Link: http://www.fundsforngos.org/democracy-2/kellogg-institutes-fellowships-democracy-human-development/#ixzz24pDSQYsF

The Aftermath Project 2013 Grants now open for applications

August 28th, 2012

The Aftermath Project is a nonprofit organization committed to telling the other half of the story of conflict — the story of what it takes for individuals to learn to live again, to rebuild destroyed lives and homes, to restore civil societies, to address the lingering wounds of war while struggling to create new avenues forpeace. The organization is now accepting applications for its 2013 grant program.

The Aftermath Project seeks to support stories which are no longer being covered by the mainstream media, or which have been ignored by the media. In general, conflict should be over for a situation to be deemed an “aftermath.” There are specific cases, however, where conflict may have continued for so long, or be the result of an aftermath situation, that they will be considered to be within the scope of The Aftermath Project.

If you have doubts about whether your proposal meets these guidelines, please contact the email address below.

Proposals should include an explanation of the specific aftermath issues related to the project being proposed, as well as an overview of the applicant’s plans for covering the story during the course of the grant year — i.e, the proposed timing of trips, etc. You MUST inform The Aftermath Project if you have any commercial commitments or contracts related to the project you are proposing, including book deals and exhibitions. Failure to do so on the part of a grant winner will automatically terminate the grant, and the winner will forfeit any funds he/she has not yet received from The Aftermath Project.

ELIGIBILITY:

1. The Aftermath Project is open to working photographers world-wide who are interested in creating work that helps illuminate aftermath issues, and encourages greater public understanding and discussion of these issues.
2. Employees and directors of The Aftermath Project, and their immediate families are NOT eligible to apply for funding. Advisory board members and their immediate families are NOT eligible to apply for funding. Grant application judges, and their immediate families, are NOT eligible to apply for funding in the year that judges help choose grantees.
3. Only those submissions including all required materials will be considered for entry

The deadline to submit applications is 5 November 2012. For more information, visit this link.

Source Link: http://www.fundsforngos.org/latest-funds-for-ngos/aftermath-project-2013-grants-open-applications/#ixzz24pCZEmrI

International Human Rights Scholarship (HRS)

August 22nd, 2012

Deadline-31 October 2012

Countries/Region-All Countries

University of Melbourne invites application for the Human Rights Scholarship which is awarded to local or international applicants for graduate level studies and who are able to demonstrate their commitment to the peaceful advancement of respect for human rights.

Each year the University of Melbourne offers 2 HRSs to applicants wishing to undertake a graduate research degree at the University of Melbourne.

Human Rights Scholarship benefits include-

• living allowance of $28,000 per annum (2012 rate).
• Relocation Grant of $2,000 awarded to students who are moving from interstate in order to study at the University of Melbourne or $3,000 awarded to those who are moving from overseas.
• Thesis Allowance of up to $420 (2012 rate) for masters by research and up to $840 (2011 rate) for PhD and other doctorate by research candidates.
• Paid sick, maternity and parenting leave

How to Apply?

Local applicants-

Local applicants should visit ‘How to Apply (local)’ for application information.

International applicants-

• If applicants are an international applicant visit ‘How to apply (international)’ for application information. International students wishing to apply for the HRS must apply for admission (if not already currently enrolled in the course for which they seek an HRS).
• In addition all applicants (local and international) must complete and submit a HRS document coversheet, with the documents listed in website.

Eligibility-

• Applicants for the HRS must be able to demonstrate that their commitment to the peaceful advancement of respect for human rights extends beyond their academic studies (such as voluntary work and/or work experience).
• A high H2A (ie. 78-79% and above) is the minimum grade average usually required to be competitive for an HRS.
• Applicants must have applied for, or be currently enrolled in, a graduate research degree in the human rights field at the University of Melbourne.
• International students must have an unconditional course offer at the University of Melbourne for the course for which they seek the support of a HRS.
• Applicants seeking a HRS to undertake a graduate research degree must normally meet the academic requirements that apply to the Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) or Melbourne Research Scholarship (MRS).

HRSs are not awarded to applicants who:

• cannot provide evidence that their demonstrated commitment to human rights extends beyond their academic studies have already completed a course deemed to be at the same, or higher, level for which they are seeking scholarship support as a result of previous candidature and/or prior scholarship, have a maximum tenure of less than 12 months
• have previously received an MRS, Fay Marles Scholarship (FMS) or Postgraduate Equity Scholarship (PES), or
• have already been awarded or later receive another equivalent award, scholarship or salary for the studies for which they seek a HRS. An “equivalent” award is regarded as one greater than 75% of the base HRS rate (75% of the base 2011 HRS rate = $19,500).

For more information, visit this link

Source Link: http://www.fundsforngos.org/cambodia/international-human-rights-scholarship-hrs/#ixzz24LlyBrrQ

Asian Development Bank Institute’s DAJA Competition

August 23rd, 2012

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Institute has made a call for submissions for the 2012 Developing Asia Journalism Awards (DAJA) competition.  DAJA 2012 will focus on a critical question facing Asia and the Pacific: “Green Growth – or Growth versus Green?” Journalists from the developing countries of the Asia and the Pacific can submit articles.

DAJA 2012 will highlight the opportunities, challenges, and solutions being uncovered as Asia and the Pacific seek a path to sustainable growth. Journalists are invited to submit published articles that explore the interaction between populations and the environment across the region.

• Can economies maintain rapid growth without damaging the environment?
• How are the development decisions and actions of communities, cities, and countries affecting the environment?
• What are individuals, community leaders, business people, politicians, the judiciary, governments and others doing to improve the balance between man and nature?
• How will the promotion of Green Growth impact efforts to alleviate poverty?

Possible topic areas include issues such as climate change (droughts, flooding, sea-level rise, etc.); energy use/efficiency; renewable energy; water, waste, and forest management; sustainable transport; pollution; urban development; and others.

The deadline for submission of articles to DAJA 2012 is 31 August 2012. For more information, visit this link.

Source Link: http://www.fundsforngos.org/awards-and-prizes/asian-development-bank-institutes-daja-competition/#ixzz24LlUjADK

Nominations for the Trust Women Award of the Trust Women Conference

August 17th, 2012

The Trust Women Award is part of the Trust Women Conference, a joint venture between Thomson Reuters Foundation and the International Herald Tribune, dedicated to forging real solutions to challenges faced by women worldwide.

Administered by the Thomson Reuters Foundation and judged by distinguished members of the Trust Women Advisory Board, the award seeks to celebrate an innovator whose bold thinking and high-impact work has helped women defend and advance their rights. Nominees will be judged on the groundbreaking nature of their work, its impact and scalability.

The winner will be acknowledged through Reuters and IHT channels, including a profile in the IHT, and will receive a cash prize of $5,000 to help further their work.

The closing date for entries is Monday, 8 October, 2012. Shortlisted nominees will be notified in late October. The winner will be announced at an awards ceremony on Tuesday, 4 December 2012 in London.

For more information, visit this link.

Source Link: http://www.fundsforngos.org/awards-and-prizes/nominations-trust-women-award-trust-women-conference/#ixzz23mZ7dGak

Global Campaign for Climate Action’s ‘Adopt a Negotiator’ Fellowships

August 17th, 2012

‘Adopt a Negotiator’ (AaN), a project of the Global Campaign for Climate Action is offering a number of fellowships available for talented young people (ages 18 – 30) who are willing to actively contribute to Adopt a Negotiator between now and the end of the 2012, including attending the Doha Climate Change Conference this November.

The Global Campaign for Climate Action, an alliance of more than 350 non-profit organizations working to ensure a safe climate future for people and nature, to promote the low-carbon transition of our economies, and to accelerate the adaptation efforts in communities already affected by climate change by mobilizingcivil society and galvanizing public.

The Adopt a Negotiator project is awarding fellowships to exceptional young people that possess the ability to effectively push their country toward unlocking climate solutions nationally and internationally. The Fellows will have an opportunity to help shape their government’s role in solving climate change.

Applicants must be 18 to 30 years of age; be able to attend the Doha Climate Change Conference from November 23rd to December 9th; and able to actively contribute to the Adopt a Negotiator project as an activist and blogger from August to December of this year.

Applications received by the 22nd August will be privileged. For more information, visit this link.

Source Link: http://www.fundsforngos.org/fellowships-2/global-campaign-climate-actions-adopt-negotiator-fellowships/#ixzz23mYq5sxI

2013 René Cassin Fellows Programme in international human rights

August 17th, 2012

The René Cassin Fellows Programme (RCFP) for the year 2013 is now open to accepting applications. RCFP provides young professionals with the knowledge, skills and contacts needed for a career in international human rights or related fields.

Beginning in January 2013, the year-long Fellowship Programme consists of monthly seminars with leading human rights lawyers, academics, politicians and religious leaders (10 in total) and culminates in an international delegation to the international human rights institutions in Strasbourg or Geneva.

Fellows are expected to participate in the majority of these meetings, and to produce a paper, presentation or project on a human rights topic of their choosing which may be selected for publication.

The RCFP is perfect for young professionals interested in increasing their knowledge of human rights and making important contacts in the international institutions that are responsible for protecting them, and who can also demonstrate academic and professional success.

The deadline to apply is 30 September 2012. For more information, visit this link.

Source Link: http://www.fundsforngos.org/fellowships-2/2013-ren-cassin-fellows-programme-international-human-rights/#ixzz23mYN8jOZ