International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO) Fellowship Programme 2026 (up to $10,000) – YOA

Deadline: July 31, 2026

Applications are invited for the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO) Fellowship Programme 2026. ITTO affords fellowships by means of the Freezailah Fellowship Fund to promote human useful resource growth and to strengthen skilled experience in member nations in tropical forestry and associated disciplines.

The aim is to promote the sustainable administration of tropical forests, the environment friendly use and processing of tropical timber, and higher financial details about the worldwide commerce in tropical timber. As of December 2021, the Programme, which started in 1989, has enabled greater than 1400 younger and mid-profession folks from over 49 nations working for presidency, universities, analysis establishment, civil society and the personal sector to pursue their skilled growth and enhance their profession prospects.

grant

• The most quantity for a fellowship is US$10,000.
• ITTO Fellowships gives tuition/coaching/convention charges, transportation charges, every day subsistence allowance, e book allowance and different allowances.
• For postgraduate research, solely a partial tuition price or a small analysis grant may be offered. Approved Fellowships are non-transferable to different programmes or establishments.

Eligibility

• Only nationals of ITTO Member nations are eligible to apply.
• Awards are to be made to people not to establishments.
• Previous ITTO Fellowship awardees aren’t eligible to apply for one more ITTO Fellowship inside two years of receiving the primary award and submitting to the Secretariat a last report on the exercise for which the award was made.

Selection Criteria

Fellowship functions will likely be assessed towards the next choice standards (in no precedence order):

• Consistency of the proposed exercise with the Programme’s goal and precedence areas;
• Qualifications of the applicant to undertake the proposed Fellowship exercise;
• The potential of the talents and information acquired or superior underneath the Fellowship exercise to lead to wider functions and advantages nationally and internationally;
• Reasonableness of prices in relation to the proposed Fellowship exercise.

Additional consideration will likely be given to:

• Geographic and gender stability;
• Balance among the many ITTO precedence areas;
• Competency within the language wherein the coaching will likely be given, the place relevant (eg programs, conferences, study excursions).

Application

The deadline for receipt of functions is on 20 July (Monday) at 17:00 (Japan Standard Time, JST). Fellowship actions ought to begin later than 1 January 2027 and the outcomes of the Selection Panel will likely be posted on ITTO web site round 25 November 2026 after the 62nd ITTC.

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For extra data, go to ITTO Fellowship.