The Food Security Center (FSC) is a university center of excellence
in development collaboration at
the University of Hohenheim,
Stuttgart, Germany. FSC is one of five excellence centers of the pro-
gram
“exceed – Higher Education Excellence in Development Cooperation”,
which is supported by
the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
with funds of the Federal Ministry of Economic
Cooperation and
Development (BMZ) of Germany. FSC’s mission is to make effective and
innova-
tive scientific contributions in research, teaching, and
policy advice to eradicate hunger and achieve
food security in
collaboration with partner research and education organizations in
Africa, Asia, and
Latin America and national and international
development and research organizations. Thematically,
FSC’s
activities deal with issues of sustainable food availability, food
access, food use, and food
utilization.
FSC awards up to 29 scholarships for PhD students and postdoctoral
researchers for a pe-
riod of 4 to 36 months. The Center wishes to
attract outstanding PhD students and postdoctoral fel-
lows pursuing a
career in academia or development collaboration. The scholarships aim
at increasing
their previously gained scientific knowledge and
skills relevant to food security related issues. Fur-
thermore, FSC
aims at establishing an active, long-lasting collaboration with the
supported research-
ers and their home institutions through an
interactive alumni-network.
FSC offers three categories of scholarships:
1. Sandwich scholarships for PhD students (6 months),
2.
Research scholarships for visiting postdoctoral researchers (4 months),
3.
Excellence scholarships for FSC-supported PhD program “Global Food
Security” (36 months) at
the University of Hohenheim.
In category 1 and 2, FSC scholarships will support researchers
from developing countries to con-
duct their research either at the
University of Hohenheim (South – North) or at a national or interna-
tional
research institute in a developing country, for instance one of the
centers of the CGIAR (South
– South). In addition, there are few
scholarships for students and postdoctoral researchers of the Uni-
versity
of Hohenheim to visit a research institute in a developing country
(North – South).
In category 3, FSC is supporting excellent PhD students from
developing countries to participate in
the FSC-supported PhD program
“Global Food Security” at the University of Hohenheim.The PhD
program
will start in September.
The application deadline for all scholarship categories is
September 30. Selection is carried out
on a competitive basis and
the decisions (i.e. invitations) will be communicated up to December 17.
Contact detail: fsc-scholarships@uni-hohenheim.de
Moreinfo:https://fsc.uni-hohenheim.de/77676.html
