IsDB-TWAS Postdoctoral Fellowship 2021: Applications are invited from early-career female researchers from least developed member countries of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) for the IsDB-TWAS Postdoctoral Fellowship 2021.
The fellowship will support research related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, providing recipients with high-level training in areas relevant to sustainability science. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply before the deadline.
Fellowship Sponsor(s): Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
Host Institution(s): Not specified
Number of Awards: Several
Study Level: Postdoctoral
Duration: 3 to 6 months
Nationality: See eligible countries (below)
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IsDB-TWAS Postdoctoral Fellowship 2021 | ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
To be eligible for the IsDB-TWAS Postdoctoral Fellowship 2021, applicants must meet the following criteria:
- Applicants must be female-researchers in their early-career possessing a doctoral degree in an area of science relevant to the research area of the fellowship programme.
- Has preferably 5 years of experience in the field of research after the PhD.
- Host Institute must be in a developing country from the list.
- Provide an official acceptance letter from the Host Institute.
- Must be a national of and resident in an IsDB LDMC.
- Must be employed at an institution in her home country.
Eligible Countries:
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Yemen.
Eligible Research Areas:
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Education
- Education for Sustainable Development
- Climate Change
- Energy
- Sustainable cities
- Responsible growth
- Waste management
- Population growth
- Green chemistry
- Biodiversity
- Plastic pollution and Micro-plastics
- Water and Hygiene
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Benefits
- Monthly allowance to cover for accommodation, food and health insurance.
- Allowance for bench fee costs up to USD2,565
- Upto USD1,000 cost of a round-trip air ticket
Application Procedures
How-to-Apply: Interested applicants for the IsDB-TWAS Postdoctoral Fellowship 2021 are to submit an online application.
Please note that a researcher may only submit one application at a time and for only one kind of grant or fellowship.
Application Deadline: 19 July 2021