Funding: AU

The African Union (AU) honors outstanding African scientists through the Kwame Nkrumah Scientific Awards for fields that include agricultural sciences, environmental sciences, and energy innovation (among others). There are two awards: the Regional Scientific Awards for Women are restricted to women applicants in each of the AU’s five geographical regions; the application deadline is September 30, 2011 and the Continental Scientific Award recognizes the achievements of senior scientists anywhere in Africa; the application deadline is November 15, 2011. More information and detailed instructions are available at
http://www.africahrst.org/stict/sa/awards2011.aspx
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Funding: Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs’

The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ development cooperation includes Funding Leadership and Opportunities for Women – FLOW – as a new fund to make grants in support of rights and opportunities for women and girls in developing countries. Eligibility for grants is open to Dutch and international nonprofit civil society organizations that operate in multiple countries. Grants range from €1 million to €6 million for up to four years. Priorities include women’s leadership in food security, land, water, and economic rights. The closing date is July 29, 2011. More details and the application forms are available at
http://www.minbuza.nl/en/Key_Topics/Development_Cooperation/Grant_Programmes/FLOW_Funding_Leadership_and_Opportunities_for_Women
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CALL FOR CONCEPT PAPERS: USAID Gender and Food Security

The United States Government (USG) through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is seeking concept papers first and then full applications from prospective partners to implement activities that create opportunities for women’s leadership and gender equality in addressing food security needs. These activities will contribute to the body of knowledge and effective tools for comprehensive integration of gender issues throughout USAID/USG development, humanitarian and transition work.

More information.

Funding: IDRC call for proposals for Adaptation H2O research awards

The International Development Research Centre’s Climate Change and Water program is pleased to launch the call for proposals for its graduate research awards entitled “Adaptation H2O.” Adaptation H2O aims to promote important research on the water related impacts of climate change as well as to build the capacity of students working in this field.

Adaptation H2O will provide research awards to graduate students from developing countries (enrolled in a masters or PhD program) and to Canadian citizens or permanent residents (enrolled in a PhD program). For more details regarding the eligibility criteria please refer to the attached call for proposals or visit: www.idrc.ca/Adaptation-H2O.

Themes for the call are:-

• Economic analysis related to climate change adaptation
• Gender analysis of adaptation strategies
• Use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and spatial decision support systems for adaptation
• The role of clean energy in water provision
• Adapting to climate change in vulnerable coastal communities

The application deadline is Thursday, September 1, 2011.

Funding: Special Grants Fund deadline extended to 15 July

The Commonwealth Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of a Special Grants Fund for Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and Commonwealth Associations (CAs) to undertake strategic and innovative projects that will promote the Commonwealth theme for 2011, ‘Women as Agents of Change’.

http://www.commonwealthfoundation.com/NewsArticle.aspx?articleID=162

FELLOWSHIPS: ICRAF Women’s Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) is committed in developing a diverse and strong pool of research scientists, both for strengthening its own institute and for the increasing needs of the developing world.  The first round of the Women’s Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Programme which attracted five female scientists in various fields of research study came to a close in the 1st quarter of this year (2011).  In an effort to further the balance of Gender Diversity among the scientists, the World Agroforestry Centre is announcing the second round of the   Women’s Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Programme.

Women postgraduates are expected to hold a Doctoral degree in a field related to agriculture, agroforestry, biodiversity, biometrics, capacity building, climate change, ecology, economics, environmental policy, forestry, genetic resources, geography, hydrology, impact assessment, institutional strengthening, land degradation, marketing, natural products, natural resource management, or sociology.

More information.

Funding: OWSDW Postgraduate Fellowship for Women Scientists.

FELLOWSHIP: OWSDW Postgraduate Fellowship for Women Scientists. The OWSDW Fellowship supports female students from Sub-Saharan Africa and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) who wish to pursue postgraduate training leading to a PhD at centers of excellence in developing countries. Deadline: July 31, 2011

Funding: PhD Researcher Inequalities in feeding behaviour and wellbeing (HAPS) (1,0 fte) (211072)

Organisation

The PhD researcher will be based in the Department of Demography at the Faculty of Spatial Sciences. The Departments research programme, entitled Population Change and Health, Culture and Space, has a strong focus on the topic of Healthy Ageing, and in turn plays an important role in the Faculty’s overall research programme Towards Well-being, Innovation and Spatial Transformation (TWIST).

HAPS
Healthy Ageing, Population and Society (HAPS) is a collaborative program between RUG and UMCG. HAPS is an inter-faculty research program and a collaboration of (1) the Department of Demography, Faculty of Spatial Sciences; (2) Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences; (3) and the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences. The research program adopts an interdisciplinary and multi-level approach to Healthy Ageing, has a strong theoretical basis and applies both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. Both academic oriented research and research-for-society is conducted. Key in HAPS is research related to the longitudinal data set LifeLines in Northern Netherlands. More information can be found at:
http://www.rug.nl/HAPS

In 2011 six PhD students will start within HAPS. All PhD students will work closely together and are supervised by staff from the three participating departments.

Funding: ILO gender training

The Gender and Non Discrimination Programme of the ILO International Training Centre is pleased to inform you that:75 partial fellowships to attend the course: “Gender in the global development agenda: tools for gender-sensitive planning and implementation” are available for nationals of qualifying developing countries. See more information in the table below.

The deadline to apply is 4 March 2011.

CODE	TITLE	DATE	LANGUAGE	FLYER	DEADLINE	APPLY NOW
A974054	Gender in the global development agenda: tools for gender-sensitive planning and implementation	14/03/2011- 17/06/2011	English	click here	4 March 2011	click here

Application forms:
http://app-gender.itcilo.org

Funding: DFID

DfID’s Research and Evidence Division wishes to establish a new Research Programme Consortium (RPC) on Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Security in South Asia. This is part of a 6-year program in South Asia to maintain and further expand DFID’s commitment to increase agricultural productivity and promote sustainable management of natural resources for improved food security and nutritional outcomes for poor people. The goal of this RPC is to ensure the use of new and existing research on how to deliver enhanced food and nutritional outcomes through agriculture, particularly women and children, by investment programs and policy makers. The RPC will include policy focused research into agriculture, food and nutrition security and will be driven by demands from national and regional policy processes and programs. The successful RPC will need to demonstrate at bidding stage its experience in the region, in handling complex political relationships and in forging collaborations between countries and between researchers and end users. The closing date for applications is on March 14, 2011. For supporting information, contract notice, terms of reference, and pre-qualification questionnaire, click on the following link:  
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Working-with-DFID/Procurement/Current-contract-opportunities1/Development-of-a-Research-Programme-Consortium-RPC-to-address-agriculture-food-and-nutrition-security-in-South-Asia/
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