Italian Cooperation: Africans Fellowships in Natural Resources Management

Deadline: 10 July 2015

The Italian Cooperation offers scholarships for those interested in the Land and Water curriculum. In 2015 the Italian Cooperation provides funding for 16 participants to be selected from the following countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Mozambique, Burkina Faso, Niger and Senegal.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
If you have earned a Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Forest Sciences or Natural Sciences, after no less than a 3-year undergraduate course, you are eligible to apply for a scholarship to attend the MSc in Management pf Natural Resources for Tropical Rural Development.

A very good knowledge of English, the working language of all academic activities, is an essential requirement.

Women are strongly encouraged to apply. Applicants employed in public or academic institutions and non-governmental organizations are encouraged to apply.

OFFICIAL WEBSITE:  http://www.iao.florence.it/landwater/?page_id=411

BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards

Deadline: 23.00 hours GMT on June 30 2015

The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards are intended to recognize basic research and creative work of excellence, as embedded in theoretical advances, models and fundamental perspectives for an improved understanding of the natural, social and artificial or technological worlds, technological innovations and developments, and the creation of outstanding works or new artistic or interpretative styles in contemporary classical music. Awards also go to significant achievements that advance our understanding or deliver material progress with regard to two key challenges of the global society of the 21st century: climate change and development cooperation.

Categories
Awards will be granted in eight prize categories, spanning three domains. First, scientific and technological research in the areas of Basic Sciences, Biomedicine, Ecology and Conservation Biology, Information and Communication Technologies, and Economics, Finance and Management. Second, the creation, direction or performance of works of contemporary classical music. Third, scientific research and/or projects that represent significant advances in two core concerns of the 21st century: climate change and development cooperation.

•    Basic Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics)
•     Biomedicine
•     Ecology and Conservation Biology
•     Information and Communication Technologies
•     Economics, Finance and Management
•     Contemporary Music
•     Climate Change
•     Development Cooperation

 Award content

The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards will consist of €400,000, a diploma and a commemorative artwork in each prize category.

In the event that an award is shared by more than one person, its monetary amount will be divided equally among all recipients.

All awards, in whatever category, will be subject to the withholding and other taxes prescribed by the applicable legislation, which will be deducted from the total.

 Entry conditions

Candidates shall be one or more natural persons of any nationality, without limitation of number in the case of convergent contributions to a given advance, whether due to a formal collaboration (with the candidate(s) belonging to one or more groups) or parallel working.

In categories 7 and 8, entries are also open to agencies and organizations in the public or private sector (not-for-profit in the latter case) under the conditions stipulated in the preceding paragraph, providing their institutional or organizational purpose is to undertake activities relating to climate change or development cooperation.

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://www.fbbva.es/TLFU/tlfu/ing/microsites/premios/fronteras/bases/index.jsp

Third call for NAMA Support Project

Deadline: 15 July 2015 (2 pm CEST/GMT+2)

National governments of developing countries and emerging economies as well as qualified Delivery Organizations are invited to submit their NAMA Support Project Outlines to the NAMA Facility

The Third call for NAMA Support Project Outlines is made possible due to a joint contribution of additional funding of up to EUR 85 million by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB), the UK Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC), the Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Building (MCEB) and the European Commission.

The NAMA Facility provides support to the concrete implementation of highly ambitious, innovative and feasible NAMA Support Projects that fit into the context of a broader NAMA and have the potential to catalyse transformational change towards low-carbon development. The NAMA Facility has no regional or sectoral focus and is open to fund NAMAs across a range of countries and sectors.

Details of the Third call:
Duration: 20 April– 15 July 2015
Funding: up to EUR 85 million
Focus: implementation of NAMA Support Projects
Country focus: developing countries and emerging economies
Sector focus: none

Submission to: contact@nama-facility.org

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://www.nama-facility.org/start.html

SHARE Project: intra-ACP academic mobility scheme

Deadline: 31 July 2015

SHARE is a partnership of 12 African Universities in Eastern, Central, Southern and Western Africa lead by Makerere University in Uganda.

The Project has been financed under the Intra ACP Academic Mobility Scheme. The project supports staff and students exchange in various disciplines of agriculture within and outside the 12 member countries of the partnership (Benin, Burundi, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda, and Zambia).

Project objectives
The overall objective of the SHARE project is to share capacity and infrastructure among African universities for quality graduate training.
• Specifically, the project focuses on strengthening the capacities of consortium members through sharing capacities.
• Creating opportunities for African young scientists to acquire Masters and PhD training in agricultural related disciplines.
• Providing a platform for the partner universities to learn together for the purpose of improving their graduate training and scholarship.

SHARE project brochure

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://asharecap.com/

Project Inspire: Empowering Women and Girls 2015

Deadline: 1 July 2015

Project Inspire: 5 Minutes to Change the World is a joint initiative from the Singapore Committee for UN Women and MasterCard, to help young change-makers create a better world for women and girls.

To mark the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day and the 25th anniversary of MasterCard Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa, Project Inspire presents 18-35 year olds with a five-minute platform to pitch their inspired idea, for the chance to win a US$25,000 grant

Grand Prize
The grand prize winner will receive a US$25,000 grant to implement their project.

Runner-up
The runner-up will receive a US$10,000 grant each to implement their project.

People’s Choice
This year, Project Inspire will choose twenty semi-finalists to progress to a crowd-funding stage of the competition. From the semi-finalists, finalists will be chosen to attend the Grand Finals in Singapore where they will pitch their inspired idea to a panel of judges. The remaining semi-finalists stand a chance of winning a wild-card ticket to pitch their inspired idea at the Grand Finals in Singapore by securing the most number of supporters during the crowd-funding stage of the competition.

Ten finalists will each receive
• 1 return flight from the finalist’s capital city to Singapore, to participate in the grand final.
• 1 ticket to the Project Inspire Grand Final on November, 13 2015.
• 4 nights accommodation in Singapore, plus meals and transfers.
• Exclusive INSEAD and Bain & Company workshops, plus one-on-one mentoring.

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://projinspire.com/

The Conservation, Food & Health Foundation Grants

 Deadline: 1 July 2015

The Conservation, Food and Health Foundation seeks to promote the conservation of natural resources, improve the production and distribution of food, and improve health in the developing world. The foundation helps build capacity within developing countries in its three areas of interest with grants that support research or projects that solve specific problems.

The foundation supports projects that demonstrate strong local leadership, promote professional development in the conservation, agricultural, and health sciences; develop the capacity of local organizations; and address a particular problem in the field. It prefers to support projects addressing under-funded issues and geographic areas.

Geographic Focus
The foundation’s geographic focus is the developing world. It prefers to support organizations located in developing countries or to developed country organizations whose activities are of direct and immediate benefit to developing countries.  The foundation does not consider the states of the former Soviet Union or former Eastern Bloc countries as within its geographic focus.

Fields of Interest
The Conservation, Food & Health Foundation supports special projects and programs of non governmental organizations in three primary fields of interest: conservation, food, and health.

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://cfhfoundation.grantsmanagement08.com/