Hi Bev,

Please forward this to all graduate students in plant science.

Thanks

Muthu


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    Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:08:18 +0200
    From: "Rossetti, Elisabetta (Bioversity)" <e.rossetti@CGIAR.ORG>
Reply-To: "Rossetti, Elisabetta (Bioversity)" <e.rossetti@CGIAR.ORG>
Subject: Announcement of Vavilov-Frankel Fellowships for 2008 - Candidate
      To: "Rossetti, Elisabetta (Bioversity)" <e.rossetti@CGIAR.ORG>



>  <<VFF 2009.zip>>
>
> Dear Scientist,
>
> Following your espression of interest in the recent past, I am glad to
> inform you that the Vavilov-Frankel Fellowships 2009 have been
> announced.
> Please find attached the English files of announcement, application
> form and guidelines for preparation of research proposals; the files
> are also downloadable from our website
> http://www.bioversityinternational.org/index.php?id=49#c285 where you
> can also find someadditional information on the fellowship scheme and
> the past awarded fellows, as well as French and Spanish version of the
> files; should you have any problem in downloading from the website,
> please do not hesitate in contacting me. 
> Should you not be interested anymore, please could you distribute
> these as widely as possible among your network, colleagues and young
> scientists, including at any meetings and training courses you attend.
> 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.
> The age limit of 35 is applied strictly on these Fellowships.
> I remain at your disposal for any further help or support.
> I wish you success in your work.
> Yours sincerely
> Elisabetta Rossetti
> Vavilov Frankel Fellowship Secretariat
> ************************************
> 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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