About the fellowship programme

This programme is jointly funded by the Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO) and the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) and is designed to promote training and capacity building leading towards a global observation scheme for the oceans. The Programme has been a success for 9 years, with a total of 102 fellowships awarded since 2001.

The fellowship program is open to scientists, technicians, graduate students (PhD) and post-doctoral fellows involved in oceanographic work at centres in developing countries and countries with economies in transition. Priority will be given to applicants in early stages of career development. Its main purpose is to advance sustained ocean observations and their applications.  This is not a research fellowship; it offers the opportunity to visit other oceanographic centres for a short period (1 to 3 months) for training on any aspect of oceanographic observations, analyses, and interpretation.  

The Selection Criteria involve a number of factors including:

1. Quality of the application;
2. Relevance of the application to the priority areas identified in the Fellowship Announcement (Argo Floats; Fixed-Point Time-Series Observations; Large-scale, Operational Biological Observations including Biodiversity; Emerging Technologies for Ocean Observations; Data management; Coastal observations/ Coastal Zone Management; Ocean and coastal modelling)
3. Evidence that the training will lead to capacity-building with potential lasting impact on regional observations; and,

4. The need to maximise regional distribution of the awards.

Application

Applications for 2010 closed in April and 13 fellowships were awarded for the coming year. It is anticipated that applications for 2011 will open in early 2011.

Additional information about the fellowship and application instructions, as well as Frequently Asked Questions can be downloaded at the bottom of the page.

Attachments:

File	Description	File size
eligible_countries.pdf	developing countries and countries with economies in transition	31 Kb
FAQs_2009.pdf	Fellowship FAQs	27 Kb
POGO_Visiting_Fellowship_2010.doc		41 Kb