UNESCO/Japan Young Researchers’ Fellowships Programme

2011 Cycle – Reinforcing its belief in “people building the next era”, the Government of Japan offers 20 fellowships per year, for the eleventh
consecutive year, to be awarded to deserving candidates from developing countries, especially the least developed countries (LDCs), who are eager to undertake research on one or more of the topics listed below. The aim of the fellowships is to support innovative and imaginative post-graduate research in four areas of development of particular interest to UNESCO.

(Deadline for the submission of applications: 7 January 2011. Please see the announcement letter of the programme which is available in:English, French, Spanish and Arabic)

Fellowship application form

A. INTRODUCTION

UNESCO designed the project “UNESCO/Keizo Obuchi Research Fellowships

Programme” (UNESCO/Japan Young Researchers’ Fellowship Programme) in the framework of the Japanese Funds-in-Trust for the Capacity-Building of Human Resources which was established in November 2000 by the Government of Japan to enable UNESCO to give impetus to research in four areas under UNESCO’s Priority Programme Areas.

B. OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

The UNESCO/Keizo Obuchi Research Fellowships Programme (UNESCO/Japan Young Researchers’ Fellowship Programme) funded under a Japanese Funds-in-Trust for the capacity-building of Human Resources will aim, in particular, to impact on capacity-building and research activities in the following areas:

Environment (with particular attention to Water Sciences);

Intercultural Dialogue;

Information and Communication Technologies; and

Peaceful conflict resolution. No other research topics will be considered.

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