Future Agricultures Consortium

Monday, May 20th

Early Career Fellowship Programme

24098-small The Early Career Fellowship Programme is a new FAC capacity building initiative for the next generation of researchers working on issues of agriculture policy research. The programme focuses on early career professionals who have recently graduated from post-graduate studies and are starting on their careers.

Awards

There are three types of awards available under this fellowship programme.

One year full-time post-masters or post-doc appointment
One year part-time post-masters or post-doc appointment
Six months full time post-doc appointment.

Who can apply

This fellowship programme supports young researchers who have recently completed their degree in an appropriate development-related field, including agricultural or applied economics, anthropology, development studies, environmental science and policy (including climate change), gender studies, geography, political science, public administration, rural sociology, science and technology studies, etc.

The focus is on junior candidates early in their career with a strong interest in conducting research on agricultural policy issues in Sub-Saharan Africa.

2012 Early Career Fellows announced

We are pleased to announce the 2012 Fellowship recipients:

Mariam Mapila, Malawi (Youth)
Manase Chiweshe, Zimbabwe (Youth)
Loveness Msofi, Malawi (Gender)
Akwen Sah, Cameroon (Gender)
Trust Kasambala, Malawi (Science, Technology & Innovation)
Laura Silici, Italy (Commercialisation)
Jane Chege, Kenya (Commercialisation)
Denboy Kudejira, Zimbabwe (Climate)
Eunice Githae, Kenya (Climate)
Fayera Simi, Ethiopia (Growth & Social Protection)
Miguel Loureiro, Portugal (Policy Processes)
Yassin Terragi, Ethiopia (Land)
Yared Lemma, Ethiopia (Pastoralism)
Gutu Wayessa, Ethiopia (Pastoralism)

Competiton was stiff with almost 200 applications. We would like to congratulate the winners and also to wish those who were not successful good luck in their careers. Successful candidates will receive official communication shortly.

We want to thank all those who applied and look forward to announcing news about the next round of Fellowships soon.

The ECFP is available to early career professionals working in Africa and the UK. Both full-time and part-time appointments are available and all fellowships will include a senior FAC researcher affiliated with a FAC partner institution. The awards will support original field-based and policy-oriented research on African agricultural policy.

Video: Early Career Fellows - 2011-2012 in review

In this video, four Early Career Fellows - Lydia Biriwasha, Elsie Kangai, Conrad Murendo, Laura Pereira and Yasin Mahadi - talk about their experiences and achievements in working with the Future Agricultures Consortium. It was filmed at the FAC Annual Meeting in Accra, Ghana, March 2012.