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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#E36C0A">FINAL REMINDER <br>
African Women in Agricultural Research and Development Fellowships <br>
2010 Call for Applications</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black">African Women in Agricultural Research and Development</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black"> (AWARD), a project of the CGIAR Gender & Diversity
Program, announces the final call for applications for its 2010
fellowships. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black">AWARD offers tailored, two-year fellowships designed to fast-track
the careers of African women scientists and professionals delivering pro-poor
agricultural research and development that benefits rural communities,
especially women. Our goal is to help </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">them increase their contributions in the
fight against hunger and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. Sixty fellowships will
be offered during this third round of the program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#E36C0A">The AWARD Fellowships include a series of career development
resources designed to</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">strengthen
science/professional skills;</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">augment
leadership abilities;</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
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mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">enhance
visibility and networking; and </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#E36C0A;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">increase opportunities to share
newly acquired skills, inspiring the next generation of African women
agricultural researchers and professionals.<b> </b></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#E36C0A">Eligibility Criteria</span></strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#E36C0A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black">be a national of Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique,
Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda or Zambia;</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#E36C0A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#E36C0A"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black">hold a bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree in
selected disciplines (See attachment);</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#E36C0A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#E36C0A"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black">be working in or studying agricultural research and
development focused on pro-poor innovations; and</span><span style="font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#E36C0A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#E36C0A"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black">be available in Africa throughout the fellowship period.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#E36C0A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black">The deadline for all applications is <u>March 22, 2010.</u><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black">Details and application forms can be downloaded here, plus answers
to frequently asked questions: </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> <br>
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.genderdiversity.cgiar.org/resource/award.asp"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:purple">http://www.genderdiversity.cgiar.org/resource/award.asp</span></a></span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue"> <o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="http://fellowsupdate.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">http://fellowsupdate.wordpress.com</span></a>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black">Application forms can also be obtained by writing to </span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:AWARDFellows@cgiar.org"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">AWARDFellows@cgiar.org</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black">All queries should be sent to </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="mailto:AWARDFellows@cgiar.org" title="mailto:AWARDFellows@cgiar.org"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">AWARDFellows@cgiar.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Vicki Wilde, Director<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">CGIAR
Gender & Diversity Program and AWARD<br>
<span style="color:black">Consultative Group on International Agricultural
Research (CGIAR)<br>
Hosted by World Agroforestry Centre <br>
Nairobi, Kenya</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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