The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research has held the prestigious Green Talents-International Forum for High Potentials in Sustainable Development since 2009. The award honours 25 young researchers every year. Thus, the Green Talents Competition encourages the global exchange of innovative green ideas from various fields of research. Since its inception, the award has recognised 207 young researchers and scientists from 57 nations for their outstanding achievements and contributions to making their communities, countries and societies more sustainable. The award-winners are selected by a jury of renowned German experts and are granted unique access to Germany’s research elite.

The 2018 Green Talents Award includes: An invitation to the fully funded two-week Science Forum 2018, consisting of a visit to leading German sustainable facilities, institutions and companies with exclusive insights on their pioneering research and projects individual appointments with German experts of the winner’s choice to discuss possibilities for upcoming research and cooperation networking opportunities at the award ceremony in Berlin with participating Green Talents alumni. A fully funded research stays of up to three months at an institution of the award-winner’s choice in 2019. Particular access to the exclusive Green Talents alumni network.

For more information please refer to www.greentalents.de where both the competition flyer as well as the award trailer are available.

Application deadline: May 23, 2018, 2 pm (Central European Summer Time).

The University of South Florida (USF) has extended the deadline for its prestigious Abdul Kalam Postgraduate Fellowship to April 30, 2018. This award is offered to a student who has graduated from or is about to graduate from an Indian University and is seeking to pursue a PhD degree in any of the following disciplines at USF: Applied Anthropology; Applied Physics; Business PhD programs; Cell Biology, Microbiology & Molecular Biology; Chemistry; Computer Science & Engineering; Engineering; Criminology; Integrative Biology; Marine Science; Psychology.

The USF will waive all tuition fees and contribute a stipend of $18,000 per academic year for up to four years.

For more details: http://www.usf.edu/world/resources/kalamfellowship.aspx

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