PhD Program »Global Food Security », University of Hohenheim (Germany)
Application deadline is: 29.09.2012
The Food Security Center awards up to 20 scholarships for postdoctoral researchers and PhD students in 2013 and invites applications for the PhD Program « Global Food Security »
The Food Security Center (FSC) is a university center of excellence in development collaboration at the University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany. FSC is one of five excellence centers of the program “exceed – Higher Education Excellence in Development Cooperation”, which is supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) with funds of the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) of Germany. FSC’s mission is to make effective and innovative scientific contributions in research, teaching, and policy advice to eradicate hunger and achieve food security in collaboration with partner research and education organizations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and national and international development and research organizations. Thematically, FSC’s activities deal with issues of sustainable food availability, food access, food use, and food utilization. More information is available from www.foodsecurity.de.
In 2013, FSC awards up to 20 scholarships for postdoctoral researchers and PhD students for a period of 4 to 6 months. The Center wishes to attract outstanding PhD students and postdoctoral fellows pursuing a career in academia or development collaboration.
In addition, FSC invites applications for the PhD Program « Global Food Security » at the University of Hohenheim. The PhD program will start in September 2013 and will last for 37 months, to September 2016. The program aims at increasing the students’ previously gained scientific knowledge and skills relevant to food security related issues. The approval of application does not include a scholarship.
The application deadline for the scholarship program and for the PhD program is September 29, 2012. For further information please visit our webpage at: www.foodsecurity.de and go to: Scholarships & PhD program.
Dr. Detlef Virchow
Executive Manager
Food Security Center (FSC)
University of Hohenheim
70593 Stuttgart, Germany
Email: fsc-scholarships@uni-hohenheim.de
Website for Scholarships & PhD program: https://fsc.uni-hohenheim.de/77676.html
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De nationalité nigerienne, je suis à la recherche de financement dans le but de poursuivre des études doctorales. Je suis titulaire d’un Ingeniorat d’Etat en Nutrition et Technologies Agroalimentaires obtenu en 2010. Après l’obtention de mon diplome j’ai beaucoup travaillé avec des structures humanitaires de developpement dans le domaine de la nutrition, securité alimentaire.
Ayant trouvé le Programme de doctorat » la sécurité alimentaire mondiale » de l’ Université de Hohenheim (Allemagne) , c’est avec beaucoup d’enthousiasme que je sollicite votre appui. Sachant que vous offrez de l’aide financière aux étudiants étrangers, pourriez-vous me faire parvenir la documentation ainsi que les formulaires à cet effet.
Dans l’espoir de recevoir des nouvelles sous peu, je vous prie d’agréer, Mesdames, Messieurs, mes salutations distinguées.