Call For Applications: African Union Commission And the United States Department of Agriculture Scientific Exchanges Program 51 views

Fellowship opportunity for applicants from all over the world. Free entry. Deadline 10 Oct 2021.

Call For Applications: African Union Commission And the United States Department of Agriculture Scientific Exchanges Program

About Call For Applications: African Union Commission And the United States Department of Agriculture Scientific Exchanges Program

The Scientific Exchanges Program (SEP) supports USDA’s agricultural research goals of promoting collaborative programs among agricultural professionals of eligible countries, agricultural professionals of the United States, the international agricultural research system, and U.S. entities conducting research. SEP is implemented by USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service, Global Programs, Fellowship Programs.

The SEP Fellowships in general was created to operationalize the joint effort of the AU and USDA to promote food security and economic growth in eligible countries by educating a new generation of agricultural scientists, increasing scientific knowledge and collaborative research to improve agricultural productivity, and extending that knowledge to users and intermediaries in the marketplace.

The collaborative nature of the SEP training and research programs benefits the fellow, his or her home institution, and partner country; the U.S. host institution, its professors, researchers, and students; and the global agricultural sector by improving agricultural productivity, systems, and processes in partnering nations through the transfer of new science and agricultural technologies.

Who can participate

Candidates will be evaluated, interviewed, and selected based on the following criteria:

• Citizen of a country in the AU.

• Good reading, writing, and speaking skills in the English language.

• Master’s degree or higher with at least two years of practical experience (minimum).

• Currently employed by a university, research institution, or other scientific institution in a country in the AU.

• Intention to continue working in a country of the AU for a minimum of two years following the return from the United States.

• Researcher with a clear connection to SPS regulatory regimes, who can adapt lessons learned from the U.S. SPS regulatory model at both national and state levels.

• Proposal directly related to the research topic.

Awards/Prizes/Benefits

The collaborative nature of the SEP training and research programs benefits the fellow, his or her home institution, and partner country.

Deadline

Application deadline is 10 Oct 2021.

Entry fee

There is no entry fee.

Some useful information

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