december2016
October 31, 2016 | by JanLaarman | Energy, Climate Change
With funding provided by the U.S. Department of State, the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) is offering an Environmental Sustainability Professional Fellows Program for 50 professionals from Southeast Asia (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam). Additionally, the program will select 10 participants from the USA. The fellowships will build the […]
Tags: climate, december2016, energy, training/education, travel/mobility
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October 31, 2016 | by JanLaarman | Water Resources
Sida funds short-term training in selected development topics for participants from developing countries. The programs include one on sustainable urban water and sanitation. The invited countries are Bangladesh, Kenya, Myanmar, Tanzania, and Uganda. Candidates may be nominated by authorities, institutions, universities, NGOs, water utilities, or other private companies active in the water and sanitation sector. […]
Tags: Africa, december2016, South Asia, training/education, water
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October 31, 2016 | by JanLaarman | Cross-Cutting Subjects
Taiwan’s Cheng Kung University will host Gro Bruntland Week in March 2017 to honor Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway and Director-General of the World Health Organization. Five young female scientists, one from Taiwan and four from developing countries, will be invited to present their research related to public health and sustainable […]
Tags: agriculture, all regions, awards/prizes, december2016, pollution, research, water
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October 31, 2016 | by JanLaarman | Energy, Climate Change
The IGC invites proposals relevant to growth policies in developing countries. IGC’s programs are organized by countries and themes. The themes include one on energy. The topics include improving access to and quality of energy services for households and firms; rural electrification; energy efficiency; and the effects of energy consumption on health and the environment. […]
Tags: Africa, december2016, energy, research, South Asia
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October 31, 2016 | by JanLaarman | Biodiversity, Conservation, Wildlife
The David S. Lee Fund will make one or two small grants for bird conservation in the Caribbean region. The funds can cover travel to field sites, living expenses in the field, or costs for equipment and supplies to conduct conservation projects. Applicants should be students or early-career ornithologists, conservationists, or wildlife professionals working in […]
Tags: conservation, december2016, LAC, research, wildlife
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October 31, 2016 | by JanLaarman | Energy, Climate Change
The Governors’ Climate and Forests Fund currently requests proposals in two thematic areas: (i) enhanced landscape governance and capacity — with application deadline on 15 December 2016; and (ii) jurisdictional partnerships for forests, climate and agriculture — with application deadline on 31 January 2017. Eligibility for funding extends to accredited organizations in the GCFF member […]
Tags: Africa, agriculture, climate, december2016, forests, governments, january2017, LAC, nonprofit orgs
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October 31, 2016 | by JanLaarman | Cross-Cutting Subjects
France’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs collaborates with other French ministries to jointly support the Hubert Curien Partnerships for international exchanges in science and technology. The program periodically publishes calls for proposals. They currently include the PHC Pamoja partnerships with Kenya (application deadline is 16 December 2016); the PHC Xu Guangqi partnerships with China (deadline 15 […]
Tags: Africa, december2016, february2017, january2017, research, travel/mobility
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October 31, 2016 | by JanLaarman | Biodiversity, Conservation, Wildlife
The Internews Earth Journalism Network (EJN) offers the Biodiversity Media Grant to support journalism networks and media organizations throughout the world in increasing the capacity of media to cover critical issues of conservation and biodiversity. EJN is especially interested in projects that focus on conservation in high-biodiversity regions of the world such as the Amazon, […]
Tags: Africa, biodiversity, conservation, december2016, LAC
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October 31, 2016 | by JanLaarman | Cross-Cutting Subjects
The IAS-STS in Graz (Austria) promotes interdisciplinary research on interactions among science, technology and society. Its annual fellowship program supports international research fellows for up to nine months of research at the Institute, and visiting scholars for shorter periods. Themes include gender, technology, and environment; life sciences and biotechnology; low-carbon energy systems; eco-design and public […]
Tags: agriculture, all regions, december2016, energy, fellowships/scholarships, research
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October 20, 2016 | by JanLaarman | Cross-Cutting Subjects
Each year, the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation awards up to fifteen scholarships to Canadian and international doctoral candidates pursuing research related to one of its four founding themes, one of which is “People and their Natural Environment.” This theme includes studies of a social, economic or political nature that lead to the identification, evaluation, or […]
Tags: all regions, december2016, fellowships/scholarships
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