Hi Bev,

Please forward this to all graduate students in plant science.

Thanks

Muthu

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    From: "Rossetti, Elisabetta (Bioversity)" <e.rossetti@CGIAR.ORG>
Reply-To: "Rossetti, Elisabetta (Bioversity)" <e.rossetti@CGIAR.ORG>
Subject: Gentle reminder: Announcement of Vavilov-Frankel Fellowships for 2009
      To: umbagava@cc.umanitoba.ca

<<New Application Form.doc>>  <<announcement.pdf>>
<<Guidelines research proposals.doc>> Gentle reminder
Deadline, 9 Nov 2008

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Dear Scientist,

        

The Vavilov-Frankel Fellowships 2009  have been announced:  we would be
grateful if you would circulate the announcement below to members of
your network insert it in any appropriate advertising opportunity or
post on relevant sites .

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 e.rossetti@cgiar.org.

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

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
Via dei Tre Denari 472/a
00057 MACCARESE (Fiumicino)
Rome, Italy
Email: e.rossetti@cgiar.org
Tel. (39) 06 6118207
Fax (39) 06 61979661
www.bioversityinternational.org
Bioversity International, Bioversity for short, is the operating name of
the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) and the
International Network for Improvement of Banana and Plantain (INIBAP).
With our partners, we undertake research aimed at improving people's
lives through the use and conservation of agricultural biodiversity.


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Bev Godard
Secretary 
Department of Plant Science
University of Manitoba
66 Dafoe Road
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Phone: (204) 474-8563
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