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UNESCO announces competition of young scientists

Society Materials 20 October 2010 17:04 (UTC +04:00)
A competition for the next research fellowships was announced under the UNESCO/Keizo Obuchi Research Fellowships Program. The project is being implemented by UNESCO and the Japanese government, the Azerbaijani National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) reported.
UNESCO announces competition of young scientists

Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 20 / Trend T.Hajiyev /

A competition for the next research fellowships was announced under the UNESCO/Keizo Obuchi Research Fellowships Program. The project is being implemented by UNESCO and the Japanese government, the Azerbaijani National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) reported.

The project funded under a Japanese Funds-in-Trust for the capacity-building of Human Resources will aim, in particular, to impact on capacity-building and research activities in the following areas:  Environment (with particular attention to Water Sciences); Intercultural Dialogue; Information and Communication Technologies; and Peaceful conflict resolution.

The duration of the proposed research should not exceed 3-9 months, and the amount of scholarship is about $10,000.

Candidates must be no older than 40 years (priority will be given to women) and have a master's degree.

For more information, please contact the ANAS Foreign Relations Department.

The contest is held in memory of Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi.

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