,Federal
Environment Ministry’s (BMU) International Climate Initiative is inviting
applications for Fellowships for Developing Countries. Up to 20 International
Climate Protection Fellowships are granted annually. Fellowships are open for
young climate experts from developing countries interested in conducting a
project in Germany and developing long-term collaborations. The completed
application form including all the necessary additional documentation must be
submitted by the closing date for applications (15 March 2015).
Environment Ministry’s (BMU) International Climate Initiative is inviting
applications for Fellowships for Developing Countries. Up to 20 International
Climate Protection Fellowships are granted annually. Fellowships are open for
young climate experts from developing countries interested in conducting a
project in Germany and developing long-term collaborations. The completed
application form including all the necessary additional documentation must be
submitted by the closing date for applications (15 March 2015).
Study Subject (s): The
fellowship is awarded in climate protection and climate-related resource
conservation.
Course Level: This fellowship is for pursuing research prgramme in
Germany.
Scholarship Provider: Federal Environment Ministry’s (BMU) International
Climate Initiative.
Scholarship can be taken at: Germany
fellowship is awarded in climate protection and climate-related resource
conservation.
Course Level: This fellowship is for pursuing research prgramme in
Germany.
Scholarship Provider: Federal Environment Ministry’s (BMU) International
Climate Initiative.
Scholarship can be taken at: Germany
Eligibility:
–University degree (Bachelor’s or equivalent) completed
with outstanding results less than 12 years prior to the start of the
fellowship
-Clearly visible leadership potential demonstrated by experience in a
leadership position, or appropriate references
-Professional experience in a leadership role in the field of climate
protection (at least 48 months at the time of application), or a further
academic or professional qualification
-Very good knowledge of English and/or German
Additional requirements-Initial practical experience gained in the context of
climate protection projects
-A detailed statement by a host in Germany, including a mentoring agreement
-Citizenship of a non-European transition or developing country (see list of
countries) which is also the fellow’s habitual abode and place of work
-Two expert references by individuals qualified to comment on the candidate’s
professional, personal and, if applicable, academic eligibility and his / her
leadership potential
–University degree (Bachelor’s or equivalent) completed
with outstanding results less than 12 years prior to the start of the
fellowship
-Clearly visible leadership potential demonstrated by experience in a
leadership position, or appropriate references
-Professional experience in a leadership role in the field of climate
protection (at least 48 months at the time of application), or a further
academic or professional qualification
-Very good knowledge of English and/or German
Additional requirements-Initial practical experience gained in the context of
climate protection projects
-A detailed statement by a host in Germany, including a mentoring agreement
-Citizenship of a non-European transition or developing country (see list of
countries) which is also the fellow’s habitual abode and place of work
-Two expert references by individuals qualified to comment on the candidate’s
professional, personal and, if applicable, academic eligibility and his / her
leadership potential
Scholarship Open for International Students: Prospective leaders from the following non-European threshold and
developing countries may apply for research fellowship: Afghanistan, Ecuador,
Madagascar, Samoa, Algeria Egypt, Malawi, Sao Tomé and Príncipe, Angola, El
Salvador, Malaysia, Senegal, Antigua and Barbuda, Equatorial Guinea, Maldives,
Seychelles, Argentina, Eritrea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Marshall Islands,
Solomon Islands, Mauritania, Somalia, Bangladesh, Mauritius, South Africa,
Belize, Fiji, Mexico, South Sudan, Benin, Micronesia, Fed. States, Sri Lanka,
Bhutan, Gabon, Morocco, St. Kitts and Nevis, Bolivia, Gambia, Mongolia, St.
Lucia, Botswana, Ghana, Mozambique, St. Vincent and Brazil, Grenada, Myanmar,
the Grenadines, Burkina Faso, Guatemala, Sudan, Burundi, Guinea, Suriname
Guinea-Bissau, Namibia, Swaziland ,Guyana, Nauru, Syria, Cambodia, Nepal,
Cameroon, Nicaragua, Cape Verde, Haiti, Niger, Tajikistan, Central African
Republic, Honduras, Nigeria, Tanzania, Chad, Niue, Thailand, Chile, India,
Timor-Leste China, PR of Indonesia, Togo, Colombia, Iran, Pakistan, Tonga,
Comoros, Iraq, Palestinian territories, Tunisia, Congo, Dem. Rep. of Palau,
Turkmenistan, Congo, Rep. of the Panama, Tuvalu, Cook Islands, Jamaica, Papua
New Guinea, Costa Rica, Jordan, Paraguay, Cote d’Ivoire, Peru, Uganda, Cuba,
Kazakhstan, Philippines, Uruguay, Kenya, Uzbekistan, Kiribati, Dominica, Korea,
Dem. PR of Rwanda, Dominican Republic ,Kyrgyzstan, Vanuatu, Djibouti
,Venezuela, Laos, Vietnam Lesotho, Lebanon, Yemen, Liberia, Libya, Zambia,
Zimbabwe.
developing countries may apply for research fellowship: Afghanistan, Ecuador,
Madagascar, Samoa, Algeria Egypt, Malawi, Sao Tomé and Príncipe, Angola, El
Salvador, Malaysia, Senegal, Antigua and Barbuda, Equatorial Guinea, Maldives,
Seychelles, Argentina, Eritrea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Marshall Islands,
Solomon Islands, Mauritania, Somalia, Bangladesh, Mauritius, South Africa,
Belize, Fiji, Mexico, South Sudan, Benin, Micronesia, Fed. States, Sri Lanka,
Bhutan, Gabon, Morocco, St. Kitts and Nevis, Bolivia, Gambia, Mongolia, St.
Lucia, Botswana, Ghana, Mozambique, St. Vincent and Brazil, Grenada, Myanmar,
the Grenadines, Burkina Faso, Guatemala, Sudan, Burundi, Guinea, Suriname
Guinea-Bissau, Namibia, Swaziland ,Guyana, Nauru, Syria, Cambodia, Nepal,
Cameroon, Nicaragua, Cape Verde, Haiti, Niger, Tajikistan, Central African
Republic, Honduras, Nigeria, Tanzania, Chad, Niue, Thailand, Chile, India,
Timor-Leste China, PR of Indonesia, Togo, Colombia, Iran, Pakistan, Tonga,
Comoros, Iraq, Palestinian territories, Tunisia, Congo, Dem. Rep. of Palau,
Turkmenistan, Congo, Rep. of the Panama, Tuvalu, Cook Islands, Jamaica, Papua
New Guinea, Costa Rica, Jordan, Paraguay, Cote d’Ivoire, Peru, Uganda, Cuba,
Kazakhstan, Philippines, Uruguay, Kenya, Uzbekistan, Kiribati, Dominica, Korea,
Dem. PR of Rwanda, Dominican Republic ,Kyrgyzstan, Vanuatu, Djibouti
,Venezuela, Laos, Vietnam Lesotho, Lebanon, Yemen, Liberia, Libya, Zambia,
Zimbabwe.
Scholarship Description: For young climate experts from developing countries interested in
conducting a project in Germany and developing long-term collaborations. The
fellowship allows future leaders to spend a year in Germany working on a
research-based project of their own choice in the field of climate protection.
Fellows are free to choose their own hosts. Submit an application if you come
from a non-European transition or developing country and are active in any of
the following areas: scientific, engineering-based, legal, economic,
health-related or social aspects of climate change. During a three-week
introductory phase, you will have the opportunity to make contact with other
climate protection fellows and visit companies, research institutions and
cultural events in Germany. An intensive German-language course before you
begin the fellowship will smooth your way into everyday life in Germany whilst
a continuing education event lasting several days in the course of the
fellowship will enable you to acquire not only practical knowledge of climate
protection but also expertise in management.
conducting a project in Germany and developing long-term collaborations. The
fellowship allows future leaders to spend a year in Germany working on a
research-based project of their own choice in the field of climate protection.
Fellows are free to choose their own hosts. Submit an application if you come
from a non-European transition or developing country and are active in any of
the following areas: scientific, engineering-based, legal, economic,
health-related or social aspects of climate change. During a three-week
introductory phase, you will have the opportunity to make contact with other
climate protection fellows and visit companies, research institutions and
cultural events in Germany. An intensive German-language course before you
begin the fellowship will smooth your way into everyday life in Germany whilst
a continuing education event lasting several days in the course of the
fellowship will enable you to acquire not only practical knowledge of climate
protection but also expertise in management.
Number of award(s): Up to 20 International Climate Protection Fellowships are granted
annually.
annually.
Duration of award(s): The following timetable for the one-year stay in Germany is designed to
facilitate networking
amongst the fellows and is mandatory for everyone:
-January, February 2016: intensive language course in Germany (optional)
-March 2016: introductory seminar
-April 2016–February 2017: work on project at host institutes in Germany
-June 2016: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Annual Meeting including
reception held by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany
-Autumn 2016: several-day training course
-January/February 2017: final week including reception held by the leadership
of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear
Safety.
-Fellowships may be extended by up to three months on application.
facilitate networking
amongst the fellows and is mandatory for everyone:
-January, February 2016: intensive language course in Germany (optional)
-March 2016: introductory seminar
-April 2016–February 2017: work on project at host institutes in Germany
-June 2016: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Annual Meeting including
reception held by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany
-Autumn 2016: several-day training course
-January/February 2017: final week including reception held by the leadership
of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear
Safety.
-Fellowships may be extended by up to three months on application.
What does it cover? The fellowship amount reflects the fellow’s academic and professional
qualifications, current position and professional experience and is currently
set at 2,150
EUR, 2,450 EUR or 2,750 EUR per month. This includes a mobility lump sum and a
contribution towards health and
liability insurance.
Additional benefits: Allowance for research costs to be paid to the hosts in
Germany amounting to 800 EUR per
month(for projects in the natural and engineering sciences) and 500 EUR (for
projects in the humanities and social sciences)
-Language fellowship for a one-to two-month intensive language course in
Germany immediately prior to the start of the fellowship; when a fellowship has
been granted, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation may provide financial
support for improving fellows’ language skills while they are still in their
own countries.Fellows with little or no knowledge of German are strongly
advised to take a two-month intensive language course in Germany.
-Lump sum for the fellow’s travel expenses if the costs are not borne by a
third party;
-Europe allowance for a maximum of one to two months spent studying or
researching at an institution in another European country during the
fellowship, provided that this is necessary to carry out the project in
question.
-Family allowances for visits by family members lasting at least three months
(up to 326 EUR per month for
the marital partner and up to 234 EUR per month for each child);
-For single parents accompanied by children under the age of 18 on stays of at
least three months, an allowance
is available (400 EURper month for the first child, 100 EUR for every
additional child)
Additional extension of the fellowship by up to three months if children under
12 also accompany the fellow to Germany.
-Extensive alumni funding after successfully completing the stay in
Germany,especially support for networking with
collaborative partners in Germany during the fellow’s entire career.
qualifications, current position and professional experience and is currently
set at 2,150
EUR, 2,450 EUR or 2,750 EUR per month. This includes a mobility lump sum and a
contribution towards health and
liability insurance.
Additional benefits: Allowance for research costs to be paid to the hosts in
Germany amounting to 800 EUR per
month(for projects in the natural and engineering sciences) and 500 EUR (for
projects in the humanities and social sciences)
-Language fellowship for a one-to two-month intensive language course in
Germany immediately prior to the start of the fellowship; when a fellowship has
been granted, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation may provide financial
support for improving fellows’ language skills while they are still in their
own countries.Fellows with little or no knowledge of German are strongly
advised to take a two-month intensive language course in Germany.
-Lump sum for the fellow’s travel expenses if the costs are not borne by a
third party;
-Europe allowance for a maximum of one to two months spent studying or
researching at an institution in another European country during the
fellowship, provided that this is necessary to carry out the project in
question.
-Family allowances for visits by family members lasting at least three months
(up to 326 EUR per month for
the marital partner and up to 234 EUR per month for each child);
-For single parents accompanied by children under the age of 18 on stays of at
least three months, an allowance
is available (400 EURper month for the first child, 100 EUR for every
additional child)
Additional extension of the fellowship by up to three months if children under
12 also accompany the fellow to Germany.
-Extensive alumni funding after successfully completing the stay in
Germany,especially support for networking with
collaborative partners in Germany during the fellow’s entire career.
Notification: After reviewing
the applications, an independent selection committee will decide, probably by
the beginning of July 2015, which candidates will be invited to participate in
a selection meeting in Germany lasting several days. This selection meeting
will take place from 15 to 18 September 2015 and applicants will be given the
opportunity to outline their project to the selection committee and the other
applicants as well as to attend individual interviews held by the selection
committee. At the end of the meeting the selection results will be announced.
the applications, an independent selection committee will decide, probably by
the beginning of July 2015, which candidates will be invited to participate in
a selection meeting in Germany lasting several days. This selection meeting
will take place from 15 to 18 September 2015 and applicants will be given the
opportunity to outline their project to the selection committee and the other
applicants as well as to attend individual interviews held by the selection
committee. At the end of the meeting the selection results will be announced.
Online Application:Applications
must be submitted online.
must be submitted online.
Scholarship Application Deadline: The completed application form including all the necessary additional
documentation must be submitted by the closing date for applications (15 March
2015).
documentation must be submitted by the closing date for applications (15 March
2015).
