World Agroforestry Centre
Second round of Women’s Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
2011
Introduction
The World Agroforestry Centre is committed in developing a diverse and
strong pool of research scientists, both for strengthening its own institute
and for the increasing needs of the developing world. The first round of the
Women’s Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Programme which attracted five
female scientists in various fields of research study came to a close in the 1st
quarter of this year (2011). In an effort to further the balance of Gender
Diversity among the scientists, the World Agroforestry Centre is announcing
the second round of the
Women’s Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
Programme.
Scope of the Programme
Women postgraduates are expected to hold a Doctoral degree in a field
related to agriculture, agroforestry, biodiversity, biometrics, capacity
building, climate change, ecology, economics, environmental policy, forestry,
genetic resources, geography, hydrology, impact assessment, institutional
strengthening, land degradation, marketing, natural products, natural
resource management, or sociology.
Women Fellows under the programme may propose various arrangements to
be engaged with the World Agroforestry Centre including secondment from
their current institutes, job-sharing, regular employment contract at our
headquarters or regular contract at one of our six regional centres. The
minimum term for employment is two years. We also want to contribute to
development of national research institutes and so, willingly support “leave
without pay” arrangements, as well as topics of mutual interest between
ICRAF and the NARIs.
Women Fellows will be assigned a senior scientific supervisor, and be a
member of one or more Global Research Priority or Regional Teams at
ICRAF. Women Fellows will be expected to undertake an approved research
study which will include publishing of their results and presentation at
international fora. The request from the programme for each Fellow should
cover salary, benefits, women’s leadership courses, computing needs, office
needs, travel and research expenses.
Whilst candidates will not be excluded on the basis of age or nationality, a
preference will be given to applicants below the age of forty five years and
those from developing and/or investor countries.
Process for application
Interested applicants are encouraged to apply through one of our six
Regional Coordinators (RCs) or six Global Research Project Leaders (GRPLs)
identified in the application form. However, applications can also be made
directly to our Human Resources Unit, (icrafhru@cgiar.org) quoting “2nd
Round Women’s Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Programme” on the
subject line. The full contacts of our GRPLs and RCs, as well as general
areas of interest and locational opportunities are provided in detail at:
www.worldagroforestry.org/womenfellows
Applications will be considered until 31st July 2011.
World Agroforestry Centre – Women’s Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
Application Form
Name:
Address:
Email:
Tel:
Nationality:
Date of Birth:
Marital Status:
Names and number of Dependents:
Date and University PhD awarded:
Title of PhD Thesis:
Date, Type and University of other degree(s):
Employment History (institution, position, years)
Ideal duration of fellowship (in years)
Available starting date:
Type(s) of arrangements interested in (please indicate which ones)
1.
2.
3.
4.
Regular employment contract at ICRAF
Seconded to ICRAF from your current institution
Joint appointment with another institution and ICRAF
Other (specify)
Do you have a research topic identified? (if so, please provide title and 100 word summary)
Have you been in contact with one or more of our Global Research Project Leaders or
Regional Coordinators? (Y/N) (if so, please identify which)
GRP1 - Tree Genetic Resources (r.jamnadass@cgiar.org
GRP 2 – Tree Production Systems and Economics (a.kalinganire@cgiar.org and
f.sinclair@cgiar.org)
GRP 3 – Markets and Value Chains for Tree Products (s.franzel@cgiar.org)
GRP4 – Land Rehabilitation (k.shepherd@cgiar.org )
GRP5 – Climate Change (h.neufeldt@cgiar.org)
GRP6 – Environmental Policies and Provisioning (m.vannoordwijk@cgiar.org)
East Africa (j.mowo@cgiar.org)
Latin America (r.porro@cgiar.org)
South Asia (v.p.singh@cgiar.org)
South East Asia (u.pradhan@cgiar.org)
Southern Africa (f.akinnifesi@cgiar.org)
West and Central Africa (z.tchoundjeu@cgiar.org)
Name and contacts of PhD supervisor and one other referee
Budget (in US$)
YEAR 1
YEAR 2
Salary costs
Benefits (Not
monetized)
Travel
(expenses on
prior approval
of supervisor
and as per
ICRAF travel
policy)
Training
Equipment
Research costs
Other (specify)
TOTAL
Publications:
(please list top three to five existing publications)
YEAR 3
TOTAL