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Announcement of Bioversity International Vavilov-Frankel Fellowships for 2009

The Vavilov-Frankel Fellowships 2009 have been announced: please find attached a zip file containing the announcements, application forms and guidelines. Please could you distribute these as widely as possible including at any meetings and training courses you attend and on bulletin boards and relevant listservs, in Newsletters and other similar publications.
The Vavilov-Frankel Fellowships Fund aims to encourage the conservation and use of plant genetic resources in developing countries by awarding Fellowships to outstanding young researchers to carry out relevant innovative research at an advanced research institute outside their own country for a period of between three months and one year.

The Fellowships are supported by the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC), Australia and Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., United States, a DuPont Company.

The closing date for this year’s Fellowships is 9 November 2008 .

Announcements, application forms and guidelines for preparation of research proposals are also available from Bioversity's web site http://www.bioversityinternational.org/index.php?id=49#c285.

If you have any problem down-loading files or if you would like to have additional information on the Scheme, please contact Elisabetta Rossetti, contact point for the Fellowships, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Thank you in advance for bringing these Fellowships to the attention of potential candidates.

We apologize for any cross posting.

Yours sincerely

Elisabetta Rossetti
Vavilov Frankel Fellowship Secretariat

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Elisabetta Rossetti
Programme Assistant to Head
Capacity Development
Research and Support Unit
Bioversity International
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