AIRD - CIRAD: "Doctorants du Sud" call for applications

"Doctorants du Sud" is a new programme to support the building and strengthening of research capacity in developing countries. It is run by the Agence inter-établissements de recherche pour le développement (AIRD) on behalf of CIRAD.

Its target audience is students from developing countries in the an intertropical region or the Mediterranean who already have a Masters (or equivalent), who are preparing for a PhD within a partnership between a CIRAD research unit and a partner or partners in the South.

15 PhD students from the South will be funded as of 1 November 2011 for a maximum of three years , to work on one of the topics defined by CIRAD. To this end, 18 thesis topics are on offer.

The call for applications and application form are available on the AIRD website.

* Closing date for applications: 18 July 2011 *

For further information or if you are having trouble filling in the forms, please contact aird.doctorants-sud@ird.fr.