Early Career Fellowships 2012

The Future Agricultures Consortium (FAC) is a multidisciplinary and independent learning alliance of academic researchers and practitioners involved in African agriculture. The Consortium aims to encourage dialogue and the sharing of good practice by policy makers and opinion formers in Africa on the role of agriculture in broad-based growth.

FAC invites applications for its Early Career Fellowship Programme (ECFP). The programme aims to support talented young researchers working on African agricultural policy.

The ECFP is available to early career professionals working in Africa and the UK. Both full-time and part-time appointments are available and all fellowships will include mentorship support from a senior FAC researcher affiliated with a FAC partner institution. The awards will support original field-based and policy-oriented research on African agriculture.

Three types of award available:

• Africa-based, one-year full-time post-Masters or post-doc fellowship;
• Africa-based, one-year part-time post-Masters or post-doc fellowship;
• UK-based six-month full-time post-doc fellowship.

Applications should be in line with one of FAC’s eight thematic areas:

• Climate Change;
• Commercialisations;
• Growth & social protection;
• Land;
• Pastoralism;
• Policy Processes;
• Science, Technology and Innovation;
• Young People and Agriculture.

This year, special consideration will be given to applications that correspond to the following Special Topics. Applicants are however not limited to these topics so long as their application are in line with one of FAC’s eight themes.

To apply, submit a completed application form to FAC-Fellowships@future-agricultures.org.

For more about the Future Agricultures Consortium, refer to www.future-agricultures.org.

To view other opportunities, visit www.ngopulse.org/group/home-page/other-opportunities.