Friday Newsletter from the Secretariat
27th February 2015

Dear Centre Leaders,
Greetings from the INDEPTH Secretariat. We hope you have had a good week.

We have the following items for your attention this week:

1. Scientific conference registration opens

Registration for the INDEPTH Scientific Conference (ISC 2015) is now open. The theme of the conference, which will be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in November 2015 is “Health and Demographic Research to Inform the Post-2015 Development Agenda”.

All are encouraged to register here:


2. Fellowship opportunities

  • Humboldt young climate & health research grants
     The Humboldt Foundation is inviting applications for International Climate Protection Fellowships to promote prospective leaders from transition and developing countries. Applications may be submitted from now until 15 March 2015. This is a highly competitive fellowship with up to 20 young climate experts from non-European transition or developing countries (who already have initial professional and leadership experience in this field) expected to be funded in the next round.

    Together with a host, they will work in Germany for a year on a research-based project of their own choice in the field of climate protection. The fellowships, which are funded under the International Climate Protection Initiative by the Federal Environment Ministry, will begin on 1 March 2016. For details check the link below:
    http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/3374908.html

    We are also pleased to announce to any interested person from INDEPTH member centre that Professor Rainer Sauerborn would be prepared to be the German host for this fellowship if we have anyone from INDEPTH wishing to apply, if suitable. Please let us know if you are applying.

  • The CIRCLE Visiting Fellowship programme
     Climate Impacts Research Capacity and Leadership Enhancement in Sub-Saharan Africa (CIRCLE) programme is an initiative of the Department for International Development (DFID) of the United Kingdom (UK) to develop the skills and research output of early career African researchers in the field of climate change and its local impacts on development. The programme which runs till 2018, is managed and implemented by the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) and the African Academy of Sciences (AAS).

    The application process for the second cohort of CVFs has started and the fellowships will commence in September/October 2015. Links to the online application form will be available through the home institutions. For more details check the link below:
    https://www.acu.ac.uk/focus-areas/early-careers/circle/visiting-fellowship-programme

Thank you.
Have a restful weekend!

Becky Kwei

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