BCFN YES! (Young
Earth Solutions) is an international competition for young students and
researchers from across the globe. The BCFN Foundation focuses on young talents
by supporting higher education and interdisciplinary research, to advance the
knowledge base in food and sustainability.
The project
proposals should aim at making more sustainable environmental, social, health
and/or economic aspects of the agri-food system. Potential topic areas
include sustainable and healthy diets, urban food systems and policies,
resilient agriculture, land use change and agro-ecology
, food waste reduction,
food security; communication technologies and networks, and many more.
The Barilla Center
for Food & Nutrition (hereinafter “BCFN Foundation” or “BCFN”) is a center
for analysis, study and proposals. Its objective is the in-depth study of
significant topics linked to food and nutrition on a global scale.
Applicants from
outside the home country will often need to meet specific English
language/other language requirements in order to be able to study there.
Course
Level:
The BCFN Foundation focuses on young talents by supporting higher education and
interdisciplinary research, to advance the knowledge base in food and
sustainability.
Study
Subject:
The BCFN YES! Research Grant Competition offers the opportunity to put into
action concrete proposals that will have the objective of making more
sustainable one or more themes of the agri-food system (in terms of
environmental, social, health and/or economic aspects).
List of Subjects:
Sustainable and healthy diets; Urban food systems and policies; Resilient
agriculture, land use change and agroecology; The nexus between climate change,
energy and food; Sustainable water management; Food supply chains; Ecosystems
and ecosystem services; Healthy lifestyles; Food waste reduction; Food policy
development; Food security: availability, access, utilisation, stability;
Communication technologies and networks and Youth and women’s involvement in
agriculture
Scholarship
Award:
The BCFN YES! Research Grant Competition invites young talents to submit
proposals for a research grant of 20,000 euro.
Scholarship
can be taken at:
Italy
Eligibility: -The BCFN YES! Research
Grant Competition is designed for individual or multidisciplinary and/or
cross-national research teams that consist of a maximum of three components (hereinafter
“Participants”).
-Students/applicants who are currently pursuing doctoral degrees are eligible,
as well as researchers/applicants with a PhD or a doctoral degree received
after December 2014.
-All the Participants must be under the age of 35 at the date of December 31,
2016.
Nationality: Researchers from across the
world are invited to apply.
College
Admission Requirement
Entrance
Requirement:
Students/applicants who are currently pursuing doctoral degrees are eligible,
as well as researchers/applicants with a PhD or a doctoral degree received
after December 2014 can apply.
English Language
Requirement:
Applicants from outside the home country will often need to meet specific
English language/other language requirements in order to be able to study
there.
Supporting
Material:
The application should include:
Letter of Intent: The letter, not longer than a page, should demonstrate
applicant’s enthusiasm for the BCFN YES! Research Grant Competition, based
on their research interest and academic experience.
Reference Letters: Two letters, not longer than a page, should be written by a
university or research tutor, who knows their work well and is able to comment
on their potential to undertake the research they propose for the Contest.
How to
Apply:
The mode of applying is online.
Application
Deadline:
The application deadline is July 27, 2016.
Note: Registration
and documents upload form will be available from April 22nd, 2016.