The Food Security
Center (FSC) is offering up to four visiting Sandwich scholarships
for PhD students to pursue research at a partner institute, research center or development
organization located in a developing country. The monthly grant is 500
Euros. In addition, FSC pays for traveling to/from the partner institute.
Health insurance and other costs must be paid for from the
stipend. Scholarships are awarded for a period of six months in
2014. The deadline of application is August 15, 2013.
Study
Subject (s): Applicants
will pursue research in food
security related issues. Successful candidates will receive a
scholarship for conducting PhD thesis related research studies and hence adding
value to the PhD thesis and contributing to the mission of FSC.
Course Level: Scholarships are available for PhD students to pursue research at a partner institute, research center or development
organization located in a developing country.
Scholarship Provider: The Food Security Center (FSC), German
Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Scholarship can be taken at: Developing country
Eligibility: The applicant must provide
proof of:
–outstanding study performance in agricultural,
nutritional, natural, social, economic or political sciences, or related
disciplines with specification on food security related issues with a minimum
MSc grade of 2.5;
–working on doctoral studies at
her/his home institute by the time of application and by the time the
scholarship program commences;
–latest academic degree
completed no more than 6 years prior to start of the scholarship
–track record of knowledge in
the proposed field of study;
–plan to return to his/her home
country/country of residence and institutes;
–excellent proficiency in oral
and written English.
Furthermore, the applicant must:
–be able to conduct innovative
research;
–have excellent interpersonal
skills and team spirit;
–be able and willing to work
well in an interdisciplinary, multicultural environment with individuals from
different scientific, societal and cultural backgrounds and with organizations
from the public, private and civil society sector;
–be available for the entire
period of the research stay of 6 months in 2014;
–be a national of a developing
country according to the OECD DAC list.
Scholarship Open
for International Students: Students of developing
countries according to OECD DAC list (Afghanistan, Kenya,
Armenia, Albania, Angola, Korea, Dem. Rep, Belize, Algeria, Bangladesh, Kyrgyz
Rep., Bolivia, Anguilla, Benin, South Sudan, Cameroon, Antigua and Barbuda,
Bhutan, Tajikistan, Cape Verde Argentina, Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, Congo, Rep.,
Azerbaijan, Burundi, Côte D’Ivoire, Belarus, Cambodia, Egypt, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Central African Rep., El Salvador, Botswana, Chad, Fiji, Brazil,
Comoros Georgia, Chile, Congo, Dem. Rep., Ghana, China, Djibouti, Guatemala,
Colombia, Equatorial Guinea, Guyana, Cook Islands, Eritrea, Honduras, Costa
Rica, Ethiopia, India, Cuba, Gambia, Indonesia, Dominica Guinea, Iraq,
Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Kosovo, Ecuador, Haiti, Marshall Islands,
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kiribati, Micronesia, Federated States,
Gabon, Laos, Moldova, Grenada, Lesotho, Mongolia, Iran, Liberia, Morocco,
Jamaica, Madagascar, Nicaragua, Jordan, Malawi Nigeria, Kazakhstan, Mali,
Pakistan, Lebanon, Mauritania, Papua New Guinea, Libya, Mozambique, Paraguay,
Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Niger,
Swaziland, Mexico, Rwanda, Syria, Montenegro, Samoa, Tokelau, Montserrat, São
Tomé and Príncipe, Tonga Namibia, Senegal, Turkmenistan, Nauru, Sierra Leone,
Ukraine, Niue, Solomon Islands, Uzbekistan, Palau, Somalia, Vietnam, Panama,
Sudan West Bank and Gaza Strip, Peru, Tanzania, Serbia, Timor-Leste,
Seychelles, Togo, South Africa, Tuvalu, St. Helena, Uganda, St. Kitts-Nevis,
Vanuatu, St. Lucia, Yemen, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Zambia, Suriname,
Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uruguay, Venezuela and Wallis and Futuna.) can apply
for these scholarships.
Scholarship
Description: The
Food Security Center (FSC) is a university center of excellence in development
collaboration at the University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany. FSC is one of
five excellence centers of the pro-gram “exceed – Higher Education Excellence
in Development Cooperation”, which is supported by the German Academic Exchange
Service (DAAD) with funds of the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and
Development (BMZ) of Germany. FSC awards up to four visiting Sandwich
scholarships to PhD students from developing countries for a period of six
months in 2014. The Center wishes to attract outstanding PhD students pursuing
a career in academia or development collaboration. The scholarship aims at
increasing their previously gained scientific knowledge and skills relevant to
food security related issues. Successful candidates will receive a scholarship
for conducting PhD thesis related research studies and hence adding value to
the PhD thesis and contributing to the mission of FSC.
Number of award (s): FSC awards up to four
visiting Sandwich scholarships.
Duration of award
(s): Scholarships
are awarded for a period of six months.
What does it
cover? The
scholarship is awarded for a stay at a partner institute, research center, or
development organization located in a developing country. The monthly grant is
500 Euros. In addition, FSC pays for traveling to/from the partner institute.
Health insurance and other costs must be paid for from the stipend.
Selection
Criteria: All
accepted applications will be selected according to the following criteria:
1. Fulfillment of announcement criteria (cf. “required skills” and “application”);
2. Quality of proposal and project feasibility;
3. Fulfillment of demands (e.g. of hosting
institutes or emerging from collaborations with development organizations).
Notification: The selected applicants
will be contacted no later than October 15, 2013.
How to
Apply: Application
is only possible by completing FSC’s application form, which can be down-loaded
from a webpage. Besides the application form, the documents indicated in the
application form are required for the application.
Scholarship
Application Deadline: The
deadline of application is August 15, 2013.