<div class="gmail_quote"><p style="padding-top:20px"><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/e/j0i1fo-hjski5pv-40/vaq/262201096/934207/-1/view_disc/?hs=false&tok=1evjhsbxZ5M5Q1" target="_blank"><font size="4">Call for applications: Training and travel grants to support scientific training of PhD students at CGIAR centres</font></a></p>
<div><span style="font-size:12.727272033691406px">"The Climate Food and Farming (CLIFF) Research Network (</span><a href="http://www.cliff.life.ku.dk/" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.727272033691406px">http://www.cliff.life.ku.dk/</a><span style="font-size:12.727272033691406px">) is a collaborative initiative of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and the Universities of Copenhagen and Aarhus. The Network aims to build the capacity of young scientists, generate novel climate change research on smallholder farming systems, and facilitate South-South knowledge exchange. <b>Students from developing economies, currently enrolled in PhD programs, are invited to apply for sponsored short-term (3-4 months) scientific training and research at CGIAR centres or affiliated research institutions. </b>Students will learn approaches used in the Standard Assessment of Mitigation Potential and Livelihoods in Smallholder Systems (SAMPLES) research programme to evaluate smallholder farming systems. For detailed information regarding eligibility, application requirements and other information, please click here:�</span><a href="http://ccafs.cgiar.org/sites/default/files/career/attachments/CLIFF%20PhD%20research%20grant%20call%202013_0.pdf" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.727272033691406px">http://ccafs.cgiar.org/sites/default/files/career/attachments/CLIFF%20PhD%20research%20grant%20call%202013_0.pdf</a><span style="font-size:12.727272033691406px">�Applications must be submitted on or before the 20th of August 2013. To submit your application and for any questions please contact the coordinator of the CLIFF network, Ngonidzashe Chirinda, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Email:�</span><a href="mailto:Ngonidzashe.Chirinda@agrsci.dk" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.727272033691406px">Ngonidzashe.Chirinda@agrsci.dk</a><span style="font-size:12.727272033691406px">."<br>
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