Food Security Center Scholarships, University of Hohenheim, Germany

Food Security Center Scholarships

FSC invites outstanding Post-Docs, PhD and Master students from both developing and developed countries pursuing a career in academia or development collaboration to apply for one of its offered scholarships.

Applicants should be interested in an interdisciplinary and international (post-) graduate education in food security relevant issues. The scholarships aim at increasing their previously gained scientific knowledge and skills relevant to food security-related issues. Finally, FSC aims at establishing an active, long-lasting collaboration with the supported researchers and their home institutions through an interactive alumni-network.

All scholars will be selected on a competitive basis and invitations will be sent after the selection process.

Women are explicitly encouraged to apply for a scholarship.

Long-term scholarship

Target group

The long-term scholarship offered by FSC is called "Excellence Scholarship". Applicants from developing countries of the OECD DAC List who are planning to obtain their PhD degree at the University of Hohenheim, Germany, may apply for the "Excellence Scholarship".

Scholarship duration

37 months

Deadline for applying

April 30, 2016

Further info and application

Excellence Scholarship

Short-term scholarships

Target groups

FSC offers the three types of short-term scholarships mentioned below supporting Post-Docs, PhD and Master students from developing countries or developed countries to conduct their research and career at different institutions.

Type of scholarship	Eligibility	To conduct research where?
South-North (S-N)	Post-Docs/PhD students/Master students from developing countries according to the OECD DAC List	At the University of Hohenheim
South-South (S-S)	Post-Docs/PhD students/Master students from developing countries according to the OECD DAC List	At a national or international research institute in a developing country, for instance, one of the centers of the CGIAR
North-South (N-S)	Post-Docs/PhD students/Master students from the University of Hohenheim	At a national or international research institute in a developing country

Food Security Center Scholarships, University of Hohenheim, Germany