Ecology

Join us! YPARD Netherlands meet up on Agri(re)solutions for 2018!
25 Jan 2018in Jozef eten & drinken
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U.S. National Science Foundation — International Research Experiences for U.S. University Students 2018
Open until30 Jan 2018
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Rainforest Alliance — Kleinhans Fellowship for Research in Community Forestry
Open until28 Feb 2019
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Australia and Pacific Science Foundation — Grants 2018
Open until08 Mar 2018
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International IGB fellowship programme
Open until31 May 2017
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Missouri Botanical Garden — Fellowships for Visiting Researchers 2017
Open until30 Jul 2017
PhD student in the research education subject: Biology with specialization in Ecology
Open until09 May 2017
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Weeden Foundation — Conservation in Chile and Russia
Open until13 Apr 2017
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International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology — Doctoral Scholarships 2017
Open until11 Feb 2017
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Inter-Research Science Center — Ecology Prizes 2017
Open until30 Mar 2017
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British Ecological Society — Research Grants and Outreach Grants 2017
Open until21 Mar 2017
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American Association for the Advancement of Science — Science and SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists 2017
Open until14 Jul 2017
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Postdoctoral fellow in aquatic ecology - Sweden
Open until19 Jan 2017
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Ekhaga Foundation – Ecological Agriculture and Biological Medicine 2017
Open until19 May 2017
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Rainforest Alliance — Kleinhans Fellowship for Research in Community Forestry
Open until27 Feb 2017
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Orangutan Foundation — Research Grants
Open until30 May 2017
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Natural History Book Store — Gratis Books in Ecology and Conservation
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Leakey Foundation — Research on Primates
Open until14 Jul 2017
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Inter-Research Science Center — Prizes and Fellowships 2017
Open until29 Apr 2017
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International Plant Nutrition Institute — Scholar Awards for Agricultural Graduate Students 2017
Open until27 Apr 2017
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Conservation Agriculture Network in South-East Asia — Grants for Conservation Agriculture
Open until21 Oct 2016
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Conservation Agriculture Network in South-East Asia — Grants for Conservation Agriculture
Open until21 Oct 2016
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Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund -- Grants for Marine Conservation in Indonesia
Open until29 Sep 2016
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Southeast Asian Regional Centre for Tropical Biology -- Research Proposals 2017
Open until27 Sep 2016
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Schlumberger Foundation -- Funding for Women in PhD and Post-Doctoral Studies
Open until17 Nov 2016
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German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) -- Postgraduate Studies in Germany 2017-2018
Open until30 Oct 2016
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Agropolis Foundation -- Call for Proposals "Open Science" 2017
Open until15 Jan 2017
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American Philosophical Society -- Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research
Open until31 Jan 2017
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British Ecological Society -- Grants for Ecologists in Africa
Open until15 Sep 2016
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Government of Czech Republic -- Scholarships for University Applicants from Developing Countries
Open until29 Sep 2016

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Youth success stories

5 years of YPARD: a life-changing journey

"Being a YPARD representative gave me so many empowering opportunities, but also a chance to empower others" Testimonial by Ivana Radic Jean highlighting her experience and journey in working with youth in agriculture within the YPARD Serbia community since February 2013.

YPARDian bags home the 2017 SFIAR Master Thesis award!

In 2017, YPARD member, Sebastian Mengel, was the recipient of the Master Thesis award for his collaborative research with YPARD, HAFL and CGIAR CRP drylands program on agricultural livelihoods of rural youth in the drylands of Midelt, Morocco.

Good-bye from YPARD Nepal: Creating a space for young leaders

This testimonial by Dinesh Panday highlights his experience in working with youth in agriculture within the YPARD Nepal community since 2012. He is currently a doctoral graduate research assistant (2016-2019) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the former YPARD Nepal country representative.

A season of innovation

The climate-smart irrigation system was designed with the aim of addressing these challenges; by collecting rainwater, transferring it below the soil surface and using it during the time of low rainfall thus making water available and accessible for perennial plants all year round.

Climate resilient agriculture and producer-consumer justice through ICT

Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13 was created to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts to ensure climate resilient agriculture and ICT based business promotional interventions from producer to consumer level. Youth, therefore, can play a supporting role to increase awareness and promote the agenda of SDG for agricultural sustainability to make sure others are aware of it.

From nowhere to somewhere; YPARD made a way

Marc Ghislain tells about all the changing scenes in his life as a young professional in agriculture: the anxiety in choosing a profession in agriculture and how his engagement with YPARD helped him find his feet in the agricultural sector.

A non-traditional career path

I strongly support and believe in an inclusive and equitable quality education together with lifelong learning opportunities for all. It is very important that we start to facilitate more flexible career paths in science if we want to encourage diversity and creativity. Being a lifelong learner is a value of sustainable self-development. It opens the door to life-changing, rewarding, fulfilling and continuous growth.

Easier said than done: Gender equality and women empowerment

The role of young people in helping shift gender perceptions is paramount. We can no longer employ tradition and culture as excuses for allowing basic inequalities between genders to occur and to keep perpetuating themselves. We need to acknowledge and cherish culture, but also acknowledge that culture is not a static entity and that it can, and must, evolve towards a more equal society.

Believe in sustainability, food security, fight for the hungry: My Credo

In an era where population, technologies and modernization are fast growing, meeting up with the basic food needs of the population worldwide is one of the greatest challenges nations and international institutions are witnessing. Marc Ghislain shares his views on how the young people can be part of the solution and more importantly in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal number two.

La lutte contre la pauvreté : motivation, passion, profession et engagement!

Aimé Kazika describes his engagement with other young people to raise awareness so that they become more involved in the agricultural sector within the African and Congolese context.