The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) has mandated the Swiss Centre for International Agriculture (ZIL) of ETH Zurich to manage the Research Fellow Partnership Programme for Agriculture, Forestry and Environment (RFPP).

The overall goal of RFPP is to enhance development-relevant research capacity in the fields of agriculture, forestry and environment. Science and technology provide important capacity for analyzing, problem-solving and innovation in particular of the problems and opportunities of developing and transition countries.

This enhancement of research capacity is achieved by conducting research partnerships oriented at individual as well as institutional aspects of capacity building. Therefore, RFPP supports PhD or Post-Doc research projects embedded in research partnerships. These partnerships require a strong collaboration between Swiss research institutions and centres of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) or equivalent international institutions. The programme is generally open to Swiss citizens (or well established Swiss residents) up to the age of 35 as well as to candidates from developing countries or countries in transition up to the age of 40.

Project proposals can be submitted twice a year, at the end of March and end of September. Thus, the next dates for submission are 31 March 2007 and 30 September 2007. Applications have to fulfil the requirements of partnership, nationality and age limits as specified. For further information on requirements and procedures of the submission please contact the address below.

For individual questions you may contact the coordinator of RFPP:

Marc Zoss
Coordinator RFPP
Swiss Centre for International Agriculture (ZIL)
ETH-Zentrum, SEC C3
Scheuchzerstrasse 7
CH-8092 Zürich
Switzerland
Tel +41 (0)44 632 73 60
Fax +41 (0)44 632 15 89
Email: marc.zoss@agrl.ethz.ch
W ebsite: http://www.zil.ethz.ch ; http://www.rfpp.ethz.ch/

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