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Federal Environment Ministry’s
(BMU) International Climate Initiative is pleasing applications for Fellowships
for Developing Countries. Up to 20 International Climate Protection Fellowships
are approved annually. Fellowships are release for young climate experts from
developing countries interested in conducting a project in Germany and
developing long-term collaborations. The accomplished application form with all
the needed additional documents must be submitted by the closing date for
applications (15 March 2015).
Study Subject (s):
The fellowship is awarded in
climate protection and climate-related resource conservation.
Course Level:
This fellowship is for pursuing
research programmers in Germany.
Scholarship Provider:
Federal Environment Ministry’s
(BMU) International Climate Initiative.
Scholarship can be taken at:
Germany.
Eligibility:
-University degree (Bachelor’s or
equivalent) finished with outstanding results less than 12 years previous to
the start of the fellowship.
-Clearly visible leadership probable
confirmed by experience in a leadership position, or suitable references.
-Professional experience in a
leadership role in the field of climate safety (at least 48 months at the time
of application), or a further academic or professional qualification.
-Very good knowledge of English
and/or German.
Additional requirements-Initial
practical experience gained in the context of climate protection projects.
-A complete declaration by a host
in Germany, including a mentoring agreement
-Citizenship of a non-European
transition or developing country (see list of countries) which is also the
fellow’s customary abode and place of work.
-Two expert references by
individuals qualified to comment on the candidate’s professional, personal and,
if applicable, academic eligibility and his / her leadership potential.
Scholarship Description:
For young climate experts from
developing countries attracted in conducting a project in Germany and
developing long-term collaborations. The fellowship allows future leaders to
spend a year in Germany working on a research-based project of their own choice
in the field of climate protection. Fellows are free to choose their own hosts.
Submit an application if you come from a non-European transition or developing
country and are active in any of the following areas: scientific,
engineering-based, legal, economic, health-related or social aspects of climate
change. During a three-week preliminary phase, you will have the opportunity to
make contact with other climate protection fellows and visit companies,
research institutions and cultural events in Germany. An intensive German-language
course before you begin the fellowship will smooth your way into everyday life
in Germany whilst a continuing education event lasting several days in the
course of the fellowship will enable you to acquire not only realistic
knowledge of climate protection but also expertise in administration.
Number of award(s):
Up to 20 International Climate
Protection Fellowships are granted annually.
Duration of award(s):
The following timetable for the
one-year stay in Germany is planned to facilitate networking amongst the
fellows and is mandatory for everyone:
-January, February 2016:
intensive language course in Germany (optional)
-March 2016: introductory seminar
-April 2016–February 2017: work
on project at host institutes in Germany
-June 2016: Alexander von
Humboldt Foundation Annual Meeting including reception held by the President of
the Federal Republic of Germany
-Autumn 2016: several-day
training course
-January/February 2017: final
week including reception held by the leadership of the Federal Ministry for the
Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.
-Fellowships may be extended by
up to three months on application.
What does it cover?
The fellowship amount reflects
the fellow’s academic and professional qualifications, current position and
professional experience and is currently set at 2,150 EUR, 2,450 EUR or 2,750
EUR per month. This includes a mobility lump sum and a contribution towards
health and liability insurance.
Additional benefits:
Allowance for research costs to
be rewarded to the hosts in Germany amounting to 800 EUR per month (for
projects in the natural and engineering sciences) and 500 EUR (for projects in
the humanities and social sciences)
-Language fellowship for a one-to
two-month intensive language course in Germany immediately prior to the start
of the fellowship; when a fellowship has been granted, the Alexander von
Humboldt Foundation may provide financial support for improving fellows’
language skills while they are still in their own countries.Fellows with little
or no knowledge of German are strongly advised to take a two-month intensive
language course in Germany.
-Lump sum for the fellow’s travel
expenses if the costs are not borne by a third party;
-Europe allowance for a maximum
of one to two months spent studying or researching at an institution in another
European country during the fellowship, provided that this is necessary to
carry out the project in question.
-Family allowances for visits by
family members lasting at least three months (up to 326 EUR per month for the
marital partner and up to 234 EUR per month for each child);
-For single parents accompanied
by children under the age of 18 on stays of at least three months, an allowance
is available (400 EURper month for the first child, 100 EUR for every
additional child).Additional extension of the fellowship by up to three months
if children under 12 also accompany the fellow to Germany.
-Extensive alumni funding after
successfully completing the stay in Germany,especially support for networking
withcollaborative partners in Germany during the fellow’s entire career.
Selection criteria: Not
Known
Notification: After
reviewing the applications, an independent selection board will decide,
probably by the beginning of July 2015, which candidates will be invited to
participate in a selection meeting in Germany lasting several days. This
selection meeting will take place from 15 to 18 September 2015 and applicants
will be given the opportunity to outline their project to the selection
committee and the other applicants as well as to attend individual interviews
held by the selection committee. At the end of the meeting the selection
results will be announced.
Online Application: Applications
must be submitted online.
Scholarship Application
Deadline: The completed application form including all the necessary
additional documentation must be submitted by the closing date for applications
(15 March 2015).
Scholarship Open for
International Students:
Prospective leaders from the following
non-European threshold and developing countries may apply for research
fellowship: Afghanistan, Ecuador, Madagascar, Samoa, Algeria Egypt, Malawi, Sao
Tomé and Príncipe, Angola, El Salvador, Malaysia, Senegal, Antigua and Barbuda,
Equatorial Guinea, Maldives, Seychelles, Argentina, Eritrea, Mali, Sierra
Leone, Ethiopia, Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Mauritania, Somalia,
Bangladesh, Mauritius, South Africa, Belize, Fiji, Mexico, South Sudan, Benin,
Micronesia, Fed. States, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Gabon, Morocco, St. Kitts and
Nevis, Bolivia, Gambia, Mongolia, St. Lucia, Botswana, Ghana, Mozambique, St.
Vincent and Brazil, Grenada, Myanmar, the Grenadines, Burkina Faso, Guatemala,
Sudan, Burundi, Guinea, Suriname Guinea-Bissau, Namibia, Swaziland ,Guyana,
Nauru, Syria, Cambodia, Nepal, Cameroon, Nicaragua, Cape Verde, Haiti, Niger,
Tajikistan, Central African Republic, Honduras, Nigeria, Tanzania, Chad, Niue,
Thailand, Chile, India, Timor-Leste China, PR of Indonesia, Togo, Colombia,
Iran, Pakistan, Tonga, Comoros, Iraq, Palestinian territories, Tunisia, Congo,
Dem. Rep. of Palau, Turkmenistan, Congo, Rep. of the Panama, Tuvalu, Cook
Islands, Jamaica, Papua New Guinea, Costa Rica, Jordan, Paraguay, Cote
d’Ivoire, Peru, Uganda, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Philippines, Uruguay, Kenya,
Uzbekistan, Kiribati, Dominica, Korea, Dem. PR of Rwanda, Dominican Republic
,Kyrgyzstan, Vanuatu, Djibouti ,Venezuela, Laos, Vietnam Lesotho, Lebanon,
Yemen, Liberia, Libya, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
