Information and application forms can be obtained from the EU diplomatic representative in the candidate's own country. The application is submitted through the candidate's employer and government

Information and application forms can be obtained from the EU diplomatic representative in the candidate's own country. The application is submitted through the candidate's employer and government.

The positions begin August 2000, with an application deadline of March 1, 2000. Fellowships are funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and are for 12 months, with a possibility of renewal, and include a stipend of $32,000 per year. Application Deadline: March 1, annually

Stephen Sweet

Application materials can also be found at

The Echoing Green Fellowship Program

Echoing Green has been providing seed funding to individuals and partners for over 10 years. Our Echoing Green community includes over 350 active fellows and alumni. This community is an elite group. Throughout their public service careers our fellows have demonstrated creativity, innovativeness, intelligence and boundless determination while addressing what appear to others to be insurmountable social challenges. Their success in making a difference in the communities they serve has brought national recognition to our Fellows as leaders and their organizations as change agents.

We believe in thinking without boundaries. Therefore, we do not limit applicants to specific program areas or geographic territories. We support programs domestically and internationally in all public service areas including but not limited to the environment, arts, education, health, youth service and development, civil and human rights and community and economic development. The result is a fellows’ community that represents a diversity of perspectives and experiences.

The Echoing Green selection process is highly competitive. Of over a thousand initial applications that we received for the 2002 program, 140 were invited to submit full applications. Of the 140 Phase II applicants, 24 were selected as Finalists. Nineteen of the Finalists were awarded Echoing Green Fellowships.

When evaluating applicants’ proposals, we look for approaches that are thoughtful and original, sustainable and possibly replicable. We look for ideas that address clearly defined needs and will have a measurable impact on the communities they serve. We evaluate the leadership skills, experience and dedication of the applicants.

For more information on applying for an Echoing Green Fellowship, see 2003 Fellowship Application Timeline.

In order to improve the application process and to make additional reference materials available to you, the Echoing Green Foundation has moved our application process on line. All applications must be submitted by 5 pm EST January 6, 2003.

The on line application will allow you to save your work and return to your application at a later date. Allow yourself sufficient time to review your application once it is complete. Once you have selected “submit” for your application, you will not be able to make any additional edits. If you edit your responses and resubmit them as a new application, it will be considered a duplicate submission and you automatically will be ineligible for consideration.

Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, post-doctoral fellowships on the theme of “Education and African Modernities” are offered by the Center for African Studies and the College of Education, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. This three-year Rockefeller Foundation Humanities Institute offers fellows the opportunity to explore and interrogate, through interdisciplinary inquiries, the role of higher education, broadly defined, in and on Africa. Specifically, the institute will focus on three inter-related themes revolving around education as a site of knowledge production and dissemination, socialization, stratification, and struggle. Each year of the institute is organized around a broad theme and supports two post-doctoral fellowships (ten months in duration). The focus of the first year (2003-2004) will be on the development of African universities, where intellectuals are produced, capacities for development and constructions of modernity nurtured. African universities are undergoing a lot of complex changes in response to internal and external institutional, social, political, economic, and intellectual pressures and transformations. The changes and challenges include the decentralization, privatization, and massification of higher education, spawned or affected by various processes ranging from globalization, the emergence of new information technologies, to the brain drain and pipeline issues linking higher education to secondary education, to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, which have implications for quality maintenance, structures of governance and access, and processes of knowledge production, dissemination, and consumption. Specifically for this institute, we seek scholars exploring the implications of these changes and challenges on the humanities disciplines and modes of inquiry: how are the humanities being affected and responding, and how are debates being reframed within the humanities?

The stipend for this ten-month fellowship will be within the range of $37,500-$40,000, based on qualifications. All fellows will be based in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, and some support for relocation expenses, housing and benefits is also available.

Qualifications: Applications are welcome from the humanities, education, and social sciences fields, and applicants must have a Ph.D. or its equivalent for full consideration. Regional, comparative and interdisciplinary interests are especially welcome. In addition to their individual research and writing, the fellows will be asked to participate in academic forums, including: seminars, colloquia, symposia, and focused discussion groups. There are no regular teaching duties associated with these fellowships. Applicants need not be U.S. citizens, and international applications are welcome. For further information about the program, see the overview of the Rockefeller Humanities Fellowships at http://www.rockfound.org/ or the announcement on the Center for African Studies website given below. Deadline for receipt of application for 2003-2004: January 1, 2003. Notification by March 15, 2003.

Application Procedures: Please send the following materials (electronic applications welcome, with the exception of letters of recommendation): A copy of the applicant’s c.v. A ten-page proposal (double-space) detailing the project to be conducted while in residency at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. A writing sample (a book chapter or article) Three letters of recommendation (hard copy must be sent). Submit to: Center for African Studies, ATTN: Rockefeller Post-Doctoral Fellowships 210 International Studies Bldg., 910 S. Fifth St, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820, U.S.A.; Phone: (217) 333-6335; Fax: 217-244-2429; E-mail: swisher@uiuc.edu

Website: http://www.afrst.uiuc.edu/postdoc/.

This international program was established as a testament to Elizabeth Glaser's strength, her courage and her vision. The goal of this program is to build a network of scientists focusing on issues of pediatric HIV/AIDS and creating a generation born free of this infection.

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  Up to five outstanding scientists are funded each year.
  
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  Must have an M.D., Ph.D., D.D.S., or D.V.M. degree.
  
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  Must be at the assistant professor level or above.
  
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  Provides up to $650,000 in direct costs over a period of five years.
  

Requests for Applications Available: March. View/Download

For applications: http://www.pedaids.org/fs_grant_apps.html

The goal of this program is to provide initial funding to investigators to enable them to gather preliminary data to answer questions quickly and/or obtain sufficient results to apply to other granting agencies. Applicant must have a full-time academic and/or institutional appointment. Provides up to $80,000 (U.S.) per year in direct costs for a period of performance not to exceed two years. Determination as to the duration of support will be made by the Scientific Advisory Committee during peer review. Only one application per investigator. Renewals for one year are competitively reviewed based on progress. Two-year grants are not renewable.

Research using animal models may apply for supplemental funds directly related to the purchase and care of animals; total direct cost is $100,000/year with supplement. Indirect cost allowed is 20% of total direct.

Investigators outside the U.S. may apply. Requests for Applications Available: March. View/Download

Postdoctoral fellowship that provides for two years of salary support towards basic medical research in pediatric HIV/AIDS. Salary will be based on years of postdoctoral experience ranging from $30,000 to $46,000 depending on years of postdoctoral experience (see salary chart below). Applications from individuals with more than six years of postdoctoral experience will not be accepted. Scholars must agree to spend at least 50% of their time on research in pediatric HIV/AIDS. Researchers with M.D.s must have two years of post-doctoral experience to be eligible. This requirement is waived for Ph.D.s and D.V.M.s. Associate Professors and Full Professors (and their equivalents) should apply for the Basic Research Grant. Tenured senior investigators are not eligible. Awards are renewable for a third year. Renewal applications do not go through the Letter of Intent process and are solicited automatically. However, renewals are competitive and are not routinely awarded. Only two applications will be accepted from any one sponsor. There is no limit as to the number of applications submitted from one department.

Scholars must select an experienced sponsor with appropriate qualifications to oversee the proposed research. Indirect cost allowed for these awards is 10% of total direct costs. Scholar Awards are awarded for a period of two years beginning January 1, 2003.
Short-Term Awards

Provides $5,000 for any small project or portion of a project that can be accomplished in a short period of time. Awards are specifically intended to facilitate exchanges of information and the acquisition of specialized skills within the Foundation's areas of concern. Potential applications can be for such things as travel, training or meeting sponsorship. Open to qualified pediatric investigators at U.S. and foreign (non-profit) institutions.

Indirect costs are not allowed on Short-term Awards. Short-term Awards are given for a one-year period, beginning January 1, 2003 and the project or travel/training may be done at any time within that one-year period.

Applicants for Short-term Awards must submit a budget and budget justification. Please contact the Foundation to obtain the necessary form (basic@pedaids.org). Short-term Awards applications are considered full applications and are evaluated entirely on the basis of the information submitted in response to this RFA.

Who is eligible for the APO Programme? How to initiate the application process? First of all, there are various general minimum criteria for every candidate. Please click here to find an answer to the question: Who is a potential APO?

Special Notice to nationals from developing countries:

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  I have no blood relatives of the first degree currently employed at FAO;
  
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  I have completed advanced education in a developing country; and
  
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  I have finished a study relevant to international cooperation.
  
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  Is my country considered a developing country?
  

To answer this question, go to the web site www.oecd.org, select the Search function, type in the "Search" box "DAC list of Aid Recipients", click on "search". Please note that developing countries are designated in the first three columns of the OECD DAC list of recipient countries. The first three columns relate to the Least Developed Countries, Other Low Income Countries and Lower Middle Income Countries and Territories.