Climate, Food and Farming, Global Research Alliance Development Scholarships (CLIFF-GRADS) Programme 2026 – YOA

Deadline: January 11, 2026

Applications are open for the Climate, Food and Farming, Global Research Alliance Development Scholarships (CLIFF-GRADS) Programme 2026. The CLIFF-GRADS Programme is a joint initiative of the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA), the Global Methane Hub, and CGIAR Climate Action Program. CLIFF-GRADS builds functionality in early-profession scientists from creating international locations to conduct utilized analysis in agriculture greenhouse fuel emissions quantification and mitigation.

Successful candidates to the CLIFF-GRADS programme will go on brief time period (4-6 month) analysis stays at a number establishment and will:

• Gain expertise within the measurement, modelling and mitigation of greenhouse fuel emissions, or carbon storage in agricultural techniques related to creating international locations;
• Build networks and expertise different cultures; and
• Gain entry to tools and methodologies utilized by different establishments.

Benefits

• Grants of $14,000 USD will likely be awarded to PhD college students from creating international locations for analysis stays that will likely be began earlier than the top of 2026.

Eligibility

They invite PhD college students who meet the next standards to apply:

• From creating international locations;
• Undertaking their PhD in a University in a creating nation; and
• Who haven’t beforehand been awarded a CLIFF-GRADS grant.

Application

Applicants should full the CLIFF-GRADS Round 7 on-line application kind and submit the next mandatory documentation merged right into a single PDF file. Applications should be in English and functions which might be in another language is not going to be accepted.

• 1 web page motivation letter (described under)
• 1-web page educational curriculum vitae (CV / Resume) that features your contact particulars
• Letter of assist out of your PhD supervisor at your present college

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to CLIFF-GRADS.