Under the Borlaug Higher Education for Agricultural Research and Development (BHEARD) Program
The application deadline is 15 October 2015.
Under its Feed the Future initiative, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched the Borlaug Higher Education for Agricultural Research and Development (BHEARD) Program. Implemented by Michigan State University (MSU), the BHEARD program honors the legacy of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Norman Borlaug. The program will support long-term training of agricultural and food security researchers and policy advisors at the master’s and doctoral levels. This is a major new effort to increase the number of agricultural scientists and policy advisors and strengthen scientific institutions in developing countries.
Kenya has been selected as one of nine countries for the fourth cohort of BHEARD Fellows. The scholarships will support study in the United States or other selected countries, beginning in August 2016. Training programs will cover up to two years of courses for master’s students and up to three years of courses for doctoral students. Course work will be undertaken at a U.S. or regional university, and the student’s research project will be conducted in Kenya.
Eligibility is limited to current staff members from the following institutions who wish to study in these subject areas:
OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://bheard.anr.msu.edu/applying_to_bheard/kenya_scholarship_opportunities
The application deadline is 15 October 2015.
Under its Feed the Future initiative, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched the Borlaug Higher Education for Agricultural Research and Development (BHEARD) Program. Implemented by Michigan State University (MSU), the BHEARD program honors the legacy of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Norman Borlaug. The program will support long-term training of agricultural and food security researchers and policy advisors at the master’s and doctoral levels. This is a major new effort to increase the number of agricultural scientists and policy advisors and strengthen scientific institutions in developing countries.
Kenya has been selected as one of nine countries for the fourth cohort of BHEARD Fellows. The scholarships will support study in the United States or other selected countries, beginning in August 2016. Training programs will cover up to two years of courses for master’s students and up to three years of courses for doctoral students. Course work will be undertaken at a U.S. or regional university, and the student’s research project will be conducted in Kenya.
Eligibility is limited to current staff members from the following institutions who wish to study in these subject areas:
- Tegemeo Institute: Advanced survey data analysis, agribusiness, seed technology
- Egerton University: Issues related to climate change; agribusiness
- Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO): Instrument science; post-harvest management; productivity enhancement/varietal breeding/crop physiology; seed technology
- University of Nairobi: Biotechnology; soil and crop management; issues related to climate change; sanitary/phytosanitary/food safety
OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://bheard.anr.msu.edu/applying_to_bheard/kenya_scholarship_opportunities