Funded British Council Researcher Links UK-Kenya Food Security Workshop

Applications are currently been accepted for the Funded British Council Researcher Links UK-Kenya Food Security Workshop, worthy of note is the eligibility criteria, hurry and apply.

 Under the Researcher Links scheme offered within the Newton Fund, the British Council,

together with Universities of Leicester and University of Nairobi, will be holding a workshop

on the above theme in Nairobi from Sunday 26th–Thursday 30th November, 2017. The

workshop is being coordinated by Prof Heiko Balzter, University of Leicester (UK)

and Dr Faith Karanja, University of Nairobi (Kenya), and will have contributions from other leading researchers. We are now inviting Early Career Researchers from the UK and Kenya

to apply to attend this workshop.

Type: workshop

Area: Food Security Workshop

Institution: British Council

Eligibility Criteria

• Applications must be submitted using the Researcher Links application form. (find the form at the end of the document)
• Application must be submitted before the deadline.
• Participants must be Early Career Researchers: Early Career Researchers are defined as holding a PhD (or having equivalent research experience and having up to 10 years post-PhD research experience. They are equivalent to the ‘Recognised Researcher’ and sometimes ‘Experienced Researcher’ categories in the EU framework for researchers’ careers.
• Participants must have a research or academic position (a permanent post, research contract, or fellowship etc) at a recognised research institution either in the UK or in Kenya.
• We will consider up to six (six) sponsored participants from industry, government of civil society sectors.
• Please note that participants are expected to attend all sessions of the workshop.

Benefits: