<<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
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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.