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Abdou-Salam Ouédraogo Fellowship 2006

The International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) is pleased to announce the Abdou-Salam Ouédraogo Fellowship for the year 2006.

IPGRI launched the Abdou-Salam Ouédraogo Fellowship Scheme three years ago to honour the memory and celebrate the work of Dr Abdou-Salam Ouédraogo on forest genetic resources.

Dr Ouédraogo led IPGRI’s forestry programme from 1993-1999. As IPGRI’s Director for Sub-Saharan Africa he ably led the institute’s activities in the region until his untimely death in a plane crash in January 2001.  As founding Director of the Forest Tree Seed Centre in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Coordinator of the FAO/CILSS regional forest genetic resources programme, he made a tremendous impact nationally and regionally, taking his skills to the international level through serving on various FAO, CIRAD-Forêt, IUFRO and IUCN committees.

Dr Ouédraogo left an indelible mark on IPGRI and the world forestry community as a whole. At the time of his death he was exploring ways to bring young African scientists into the international research environment; his ideas are incorporated into the Abdou-Salam Ouédraogo Fellowship Scheme.

Applications are invited from national scientists from Sub-Saharan Africa to work with IPGRI in one of the institute’s locations in Africa (Nairobi, Cotonou, Douala, Kampala) for a period of up to six months.  IPGRI would support the travel, subsistence and research expenses of the Fellow up to an amount of US$10,000. The fellowship can be combined with other awards.

The proposed work should fall into the broad area of conservation and use of genetic resources. In the first years of the Fellowship Scheme, preference will be given to proposals with a forestry emphasis. The work should link to or complement IPGRI’s research programme, details of which can be found at http://www.ipgri.cgiar.org. Proposals that link IPGRI’s work to that of other research and development institutes in Africa will be particularly welcome.

The application forms and guidelines for preparation of the research proposals in English and French are available at:
http://www.ipgri.cgiar.org/regions/ssa/documents/ASOApplicationform2006.doc

Applications must be received at IPGRI by 30 September 2006 to the following address:

Ms. Doris LEWA
IPGRI, c/o ICRAF
PO Box 30677
Nairobi
Kenya

Fax: (254-20) 7224501 or 7224001
E-mail 

Applications must be accompanied by a letter of interest and full curriculum vitae and will provide the basis for a pre-selection.

Candidates will be informed of the outcome of their application by 30 October 2006. Short-listed candidates will then be invited to develop, within one month, a more detailed proposal from which the final selection will be made. The successful applicant will be informed by 28 February 2007 and is required to take up his/her fellowship before 1 July 2007.

The Abdou-Salam Ouédraogo Fellowship Scheme is funded by donations from Dr. Ouédraogo’s friends, colleagues and institutional collaborators.

Donations from other sources are matched by a donation from IPGRI. Contributions to the fund are welcome (contact: Ms. J.Luzon, IPGRI, Via dei Tre Denari 472/a, 00057 Maccarese, Rome, Italy; or by email).

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