ITTO Fellowship Program 2023
Are you looking for economic support for an international/regional conference, course, or internship? Or do you need a budget to finish your technical research? Or you may need a small grant for post-graduate studies. If you identify with one of these questions, this opportunity is for you!
ITTO, through its Freezailah Fellowship Fund, is offering a fellowship opportunity to promote human resource development and to strengthen professional expertise in member countries in tropical forestry and related disciplines. The maximum amount for a fellowship grant is US$10,000.
If you want to apply, those are the priority areas:
- Promote good governance and enabling policy frameworks for strengthening SFM and related trade, and enhancing SFM financing and investment;
- Increase the contribution of tropical forests to national and local economies, including through international trade;
- Enhance the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber-producing forests;
- Reduce tropical deforestation and forest degradation and enhance the provision of environmental services;
- Improve the quality and availability of information on tropical forests, forest product markets and trade; and
- Build and develop human resource capacity to implement SFM and increase trade in forest goods and services from sustainably managed forests.
Don’t miss this opportunity and don’t forget these dates:
The deadline for receipt of applications is 1 September 2023 at 5:00 pm (Japan Standard Time). The fellowship applications received by the deadline will be assessed by the Fellowship Selection Panel members in line with the ITTO selection procedures. The final selection will be made during the 59th ITTC Session (13-17 November 2023, Pattaya, Thailand) and the results will be posted on the ITTO website around 25 November 2023.
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