New applicants wishing to apply for a research grant to IFS are invited to submit their research application form before the deadline.
Eligibility Criteria
An eligible candidate for an IFS Research grant is
- a citizen of a developing country
- a scientist with at least a Master's or equivalent degree/research experience
- under 40 years of age and at the beginning of research career
- attached to a university, national research institution or a research-oriented NGO in a developing country
- China: Chinese applicants must be under 30 years of age.
- Researchers from Hong Kong SAR are not eligible for support from IFS.
- Researchers from Sub-Saharan Africa are eligible for IFS support up to the age of 45, provided they have completed their highest academic degree (MSc, MA, PhD or equivalent) in the previous 5 years.
- Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Uruguay: Applications are no longer accepted from these countries.
To qualify for IFS funding, research projects must be
- related to the sustainable utilisation, conservation or management of the biological or water resource base
- conducted in a developing country
- of a high scientific standard
- feasible
- relevant for the country/region
Eligible Countries
List of countries whose citizens are eligible for IFS Research grants:
Africa
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Republic of, Congo, Democratic Republic of, Cote d'Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Asia and the Pacific
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, East Timor, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Kiribati, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam
Latin America and Caribbean
Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St Lucia, St Vincent & Grenadines, Suriname, Venezuela
Middle East and North Africa
Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, West Bank and Gaza, Yemen
Application Deadline
There will be two time-bound research grant application sessions before the new three programme strategy is adopted in 2012.
The deadline for the first session is 9th October 2011, and
the deadline for the second session is 29th January 2012.
About IFS
IFS is a NGO (non-governmental organisation) founded in 1972. Funding comes from governmental and non-governmental sources, as well as national and international organisations. The annual budget is approximately USD 5 million. IFS has 135 Affiliated Organisations in 86 countries, of which three-quarters are in developing countries and one-quarter in industrial countries. IFS has an international Board of Trustees. The IFS Secretariat is located in Stockholm, Sweden.
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