Alexander von Humboldt Foundation International Climate Protection Fellowship 2025 (Funded) – YOA

Deadline: February 1, 2025

Are you working academically or virtually in local weather safety or local weather-related useful resource conservation in your nation of origin – a non-European creating or transition nation? Then apply for an International Climate Protection Fellowship 2025 from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. The Humboldt Foundation goals to realize steadiness between genders and a excessive stage of range amongst its fellows in all areas. They, subsequently, expressly invite feminine potential leaders and members of underrepresented teams to apply.

If you’re a potential chief you’ll do a one-yr analysis challenge in Germany as part of your fellowship; in case you are a postdoc, lengthy-time period tutorial analysis (12-24 months). It ought to concentrate on combating local weather change, adaptation methods, preserving ecosystems and biodiversity, or on the sustainable use of the seas and oceans. Sustainability matters referring to pure sources, useful resource-environment friendly consumption or city improvement are additionally welcome.

They award as much as 15 International Climate Protection Fellowships to potential leaders working virtually and as much as 5 to postdocs annually. The fellowships are funded by the International Climate Initiative. The Initiative (IKI) grew to become the accountability of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) in 2022. The IKI programme cooperates with its founding ministry, the Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV), in addition to the Federal Foreign Office.

Benefits

The fellowship facilitates the mutual trade of information, strategies and methods with hosts in Germany; this additionally extends to questions of sensible applicability in your nation of origin. They give you:

• As a potential chief working virtually a month-to-month fellowship quantity of €2,200, €2,500 or €2,700 plus ancillary advantages – relying in your coaching and profession stage; as a postdoc, a month-to-month fellowship quantity of €2,700 plus ancillary advantages.
• Individual help throughout your keep in Germany.
• Additional monetary help for instance for accompanying companions and youngsters, for journey bills, for full personal medical insurance or for a German language course.
• A 3-week introductory occasion the place you’ll be able to join with different local weather safety fellows, go to companies and analysis establishments, and attend cultural occasions in Germany.
• Extensive alumni sponsorship, particularly to help lengthy-time period connections along with your cooperation companions in Germany over the length of your complete skilled profession.

Hosts obtain a month-to-month allowance for analysis prices of €800 for initiatives within the pure and engineering sciences or €500 for initiatives within the humanities and social sciences.

Eligibility

They invite you to apply for an International Climate Protection Fellowship in the event you:

• Engage with local weather change points;
• Are a citizen of a non-European creating or transition nation (see list of countries, PDF) and have been predominantly residing and dealing there;
• Have preliminary expertise in a management function and corresponding management expertise;
• Have superb data of English and/or German.

In addition, you meet the next standards as a potential chief or postdoc:

Prospective leaders working virtually

• Did you full your first tutorial diploma (Bachelor’s or comparable diploma) over the last twelve years (reduce-off date is the application deadline on February 1)?
• Do you have got intensive skilled expertise, not less than 24 months on the application deadline – or alternatively a Master’s diploma in any discipline (or comparable diploma) plus not less than twelve months of related skilled expertise associated to local weather points after the primary college diploma? If so, apply for an International Climate Protection Fellowship.

Postdocs

• Did you full your first tutorial diploma (Bachelor or comparable diploma) over the last twelve years (reduce-off date is the application deadline on February 1)?
• Additionally, did you full your doctorate not more than 4 years in the past by the application deadline (1 February) or will you full it till August 31 of the respective choice yr?
• Have you revealed in tutorial journals and publishing homes which can be reviewed in accordance with worldwide requirements? If so, apply for an International Climate Protection Fellowship for postdocs.

Application

The following application paperwork are to be included:

• application kind with private info, letter of motivation and analysis challenge together with communication technique
• intensive assertion together with mentoring settlement out of your host in Germany
• two letters of advice (no more than twelve months outdated) from people who can present info in your skilled, private and/or tutorial background

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For extra info, go to Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.