
Graduate Fellowship Opportunities
Graduate Fellowship Opportunities
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The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) works to improve food security and reduce poverty in developing countries through research for better and more sustainable use of livestock. ILRI as a member of the CGIAR Consortium which works for a food-secure future.
DAAD is a publicly funded self-governing organisation of the institutions of higher education in Germany which promotes international academic exchange as well as educational co-operation with developing countries through a variety of funding and scholarship programmes.
ILRI is collaborating with DAAD by offering up to 7 in- country, in-region PhD scholarships in 2018 through a co-funding arrangement. ILRI through its graduate fellowship program will provide an opportunity for successful candidates from Sub-Saharan African countries (SSA) to undertake quality research-for-development (R4D); access ILRI’s cutting edge research facilities and receive mentorship from ILRI scientists within the following broad ILRI Program areas;
| · Animal and Human Health · Biosciences eastern and central Africa (BecA) ILRI Hub · Feed and Forage Development · Impact at Scale · Livestock Genetics · Policies, Institutions and Livelihoods · Sustainable Livestock Systems |
Successful candidates will be expected to commence their PhD programs earliest 1st September 2018.
For more information on the scholarships and how to apply see the links below.
- ILRI – DAAD PhD Graduate fellowship: Climate Smart Interventions to improve fodder quality and quantity (closing date: 11 February 2018)
- ILRI – DAAD PhD Graduate fellowship: Development of nation-wide interactive decision-making tools around feed supply- demand in Ethiopia and Burkina Faso(closing date: 11 February 2018)
- ILRI – DAAD PhD Graduate fellowship: – Social networks, risk management and uptake of improved dairy technologies (closing date: 11 February 2018)
- ILRI – DAAD PhD Graduate fellowship: Leveraging Digital Technology for Crowdsourcing and Dissemination of Information to Improve Market Linkages in Drylands of Kenya (closing date: 11 February 2018)
- ILRI – DAAD PhD Graduate fellowship: – Designing integrated strategies for the control of Taenia solium infections in Uganda using a theory of change approach (closing date: 11 February 2018)
- ILRI – DAAD PhD Graduate fellowship: Opportunities and limitations of mobile handheld Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) for analysis of feed, forage and fodder quality (closing date: 11 February 2018)
- ILRI – DAAD PhD Graduate fellowship: – Economic analysis of milk quality certification in Rwanda (closing date: 11 February 2018)
For more information please contact Leah Symekher – Capacity Development Manager (ILRI) +254 20 4223417 or email CapDev.recruitment@cgiar.org(link sends e-mail)
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Leah Symekher at l.symekher@cgiar.org or Wellington Ekaya w.ekaya@cgiar.org .