Background: The
International Climate Protection Fellowships enable prospective leaders to
conduct a research-related project of their own choice during a one-year stay
in Germany. Applicants have to provide a clearly visible leadership potential
either by experience in a first leadership position or be able to provide
appropriate references. They must also have completed their first university
degree less than 12 years prior to the start of the fellowship (1 September
2013) with outstanding results. They have to also have extensive professional
experience in a leadership role or hold a further academic or professional
qualification. Furthermore, they are expected to have gained initial realistic
experience through involvement in projects related to climate protection and
resource conservation. The fellowship will enable the recipients to conduct a
research-related project of their own choice with hosts in Germany whom they
are free to choose themselves.
The program, which is being funded under
the International Climate Initiative by the Federal Ministry for the
Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, includes a preparatory
intensive language course in Germany, a several-week introductory seminar, a
several-day training course and a final meeting in Berlin. These activities
will enable you to gain additional insights into academic, social, cultural,
economic and political life in Germany.
In addition to applicants who have been
trained in the natural and engineering sciences, candidates who have been
engaged in legal, economic and societal issues relating to climate change are
encouraged to apply for this program. The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is
granting up to 15 International Climate Protection Fellowships to prospective
leaders from the countries named. The call is subject to the approval of
sufficient financial means to the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
Requirements:
1.
First
academic degree (Bachelor’s or equivalent), completed less than 12 years prior
to the start of the fellowship (1. September 2013);
2.
Extensive
professional experience in a leadership role (at least 48 months at the time of
application) in the field of climate protection and resource conservation or a
further academic or professional qualification;
3.
Initial
practical experience (at least 12 months at the time of application) through
involvement in projects related to climate protection and resource conservation;
4.
Leadership
potential demonstrated by initial experience in leadership positions and/or
appropriate references (see no. 8);
5.
A
detailed statement by a host in Germany, including a confirmation of support;
details of the proposed project must be discussed with the prospective host
prior to application;
6.
Citizenship
of a non-European threshold or developing country which is also the fellow’s habitual abode
and place of work;
7.
Very
good knowledge of English and/or German, documented by appropriate language
certificates;
8.
Two
to three expert references by individuals qualified to comment on the
candidate’s professional, personal and, if applicable, academic eligibility and
his / her leadership potential.
Selection
Procedure:
Applications must be completed online.
The completed application form including all the additional documents required
must be submitted online by the closing date (1 December 2012). Click on the
tab "Application package" to find additional information on all the
documentation required and be able to access the online application procedure.
Confirmation that your documents have been received will be sent to you as soon
as you have submitted them. It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure that
he or she has submitted all the necessary documents. Incomplete applications
may be excluded from the selection procedure. Your proposed host in Germany
should send his/her confidential statement directly to the Alexander von
Humboldt Foundation by the closing date at the latest. The applications will be
reviewed and probably until Mid-March 2013, an independent selection committee
will select the candidates who will be invited to participate in a three-day
selection meeting in Germany. This selection meeting is supposed to take place
in Mid-May 2013, and applicants will then be given the opportunity to outline
their project to the selection committee and the other applicants as well as to
attend individual interviews held by the selection committee.
Closing
date:
1 December 2012
Postal address
Alexander
von Humboldt Foundation
Jean-Paul-Str. 12
53173 Bonn
GERMANY
Jean-Paul-Str. 12
53173 Bonn
GERMANY
Phone:
(+49) 0228-833-0
Fax: (+49) 0228-833-199
Email: info@avh.de
Fax: (+49) 0228-833-199
Email: info@avh.de
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