Deadline: 10 September 2019
Applications are open for Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD’s) Co-operative Research Programme: Biological Resource Management for Sustainable Agriculture Systems (CRP) to strengthen scientific knowledge and provide relevant scientific information and advice that will inform future policy decisions related to the sustainable use of natural resources in the areas of agriculture, food, fisheries and forests.
How does the CRP achieve its objectives?
- Fellowships: CRP funds short-term research projects for individual scientists in other CRP member countries. These individual travel bursary awards strengthen the exchange of ideas and increase international mobility and co-operation. Some 76% of the fellowships result in long-term co-operation between the fellow and their host institutes, a major goal of the programme.
- Conferences: The CRP sponsors international conferences and workshops to help keep policy makers, industry, and the academic world informed of innovative research, scientific developments and opportunities.
These Activities :
- Promote co-ordination among stakeholders to ensure that their objectives do not overlap or contradict each other.
- Provide objective evidence of the possible outcomes of approaches and options.
- Support the definition of measurable policy objectives (e.g. the incorporation of soil security into national law).
- Highlight the links between agriculture and diverse policy areas (e.g. the role of education in ensuring food security and sustainability).
Applications relevant to the work of the OECD Committee for Agriculture and other bodies are particularly welcome:
- Innovation or digitalisation for productive, sustainable and resilient food and agriculture systems
- The impact of food systems on social, environmental and health (animal, plant and human) outcomes
- Climate change and natural resource use
- Fisheries and aquaculture sustainability
- Degradation of ecosystems, including in aquaculture
- Plant and animal breeding to enhance productivity and resilience to climatic events
- Food safety and emerging diseases threatening major commodity crops, and the development of less harmful plant protection chemicals and improved fertilisers
Eligibility Criteria
- Fellowship applications
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- Applications are invited from research scientists working in agriculture, forestry or fisheries and who would like to conduct research projects abroad, in another member country of the Co-operative Research Programme.
- The aim of the Research Fellowships is to strengthen the international exchange of ideas and increase international mobility and co-operation among scientists working in these areas.
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- Conference applications
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- Applications are invited from research scientists working in agriculture, forestry or fisheries for funding towards a conference (or workshop, symposium, etc) to take place in a member country of the Co-operative Research Programme.
- The aim of the Conference Sponsorship scheme is to inform policy makers, industry and academia of current and future research, scientific developments and opportunities in these areas.
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How to Apply
Applicants can apply online via given website.
For more information, please visit http://www.oecd.org/agriculture/crp/