A. G. Leventis African Biodiversity Fellowship Programme 2025/2026 – YOA

Deadline: April 1, 2025

Applications are open for the A. G. Leventis African Biodiversity Fellowship Programme 2025/2026. This Fellowship programme, launched in September 2021, is run by Professor Milner-Gulland, Tasso Leventis Professor of Biodiversity within the Department of Biology, and her group within the Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science.

It provides NGO, authorities and enterprise staff engaged on biodiversity conservation, in addition to researchers in educational establishments, the OPPORTUNITY to have interaction with researchers primarily based on the University of Oxford, and to learn from the coaching, sources and alternatives the University has to supply. The scheme provides the prospect to spend as much as three months at Oxford, attending coaching programs, networking and creating collaborations, writing papers, and creating concepts. It additionally provides distant help, coaching and networking alternatives earlier than and after the time spent in Oxford. Successful candidates can spend their Fellowship in any Department of the University so long as their undertaking is inside the sphere of conservation.

The programme has three core goals:

• To help conservation practitioners within the native and worldwide NGO sectors, authorities officers who’re designing and implementing conservation insurance policies, and companies creating and implementing company biodiversity methods to construct their abilities, capabilities and networks and thereby improve their potential to contribute to conservation of their home nation;
• To be sure that Oxford’s analysis is knowledgeable by, and significant for, actual-world conservation points, and is carried out in collaboration with in-nation finish-customers;
• To construct lengthy-time period relationships between Oxford researchers and conservation practitioners, strengthening Oxford’s potential to make an actual-world difference.

Eligibility

• Open to African nationals who don’t already maintain a place at an establishment within the U.Okay. or Europe.
• If you’re a senior member of employees, who would profit from the alternatives supplied by taking part within the programme and stepping away out of your NGO, authorities, or enterprise setting and commitments for a brief time frame, to develop new strategic approaches, write up their concepts, or construct partnerships, then this scheme could also be best for you.
• Alternatively, in case you are at a comparatively early stage in your profession and would profit from the educational prospects supplied by the University of Oxford and the ICCS group you’re additionally significantly welcome to apply. Particularly in case you would profit from studying new abilities, analysing and writing up your datasets, and constructing a global community.

Application

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For extra data, go to A. G. Leventis African Biodiversity Fellowship.