Deadline: 1 March 2016
WWF’s Russell E. Train Education for Nature Program (EFN) is inviting applications from pursuing graduates (master’s and PhD) for its special grants to build local capacity in Mozambique.
WWF Mozambique strategically focuses on thematic areas such as marine, forestry, wetlands, green economy, conservation funds, good governance, and climate change.
Focus Areas
The following are eligible fields of study for the Mozambique fellowship.
- Marine and fisheries management (including MPA planning and management, terrestrial to marine connectivity, rights-based fishery management)
- Freshwater conservation (including identification of fish species and freshwater ecology, integrated watershed management, hydrology, or freshwater management, environmental flows to sustain freshwater and estuarine ecosystems)
- Species conservation (including marine turtles, elephants, rhinos)
- Rapid ecological assessments of marine and terrestrial topics
- Social science as related to sustainable economic development
- Community-based natural resource management of forests, reefs, estuaries, and other coastal or freshwater areas
- Climate change adaptation, particularly for marine and coastal habitats and communities
- Policy, law and/or economics
- Physical oceanography and hydrological modeling
Funding Information
Applicants may apply for up to two years of funding and request up to $30,000 per year.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must:
- Be a citizen and legal permanent resident of Mozambique.
- Have at least two years of conservation-related work or research experience.
- Have a demonstrated commitment to working in conservation in Mozambique.
- Be enrolled in, admitted to, or have applied to a master’s or PhD program anywhere in the world.
- Plan to begin your studies no later than January 2017.
- Commit to working for at least two years in your home country after the completion of your degree.
- Not have received a Train Fellowship or Scholarship in the past.
- Contact EFN if you are a WWF employee, consultant, or previous EFN grant recipient.
- Submit all required documents by the application deadline.
- Applicant’s research or academic program must address one of the focus areas listed.
How to Apply
Applicants must apply online via given website.
For more information, Please visit Russell E. Train Fellowships.