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Opportunities for Students

Students currently enrolled in degree programs in one of the CPWF benchmark basins, or who are from one of the benchmark basin countries, and are currently enrolled in a degree program outside of their basin may be eligible for the following training opportunities:

Borlaug Leadership Enhancement in Agriculture Program (LEAP)

The Borlaug LEAP is a fellowship program, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), provides research support to enhance the quality of thesis research of graduate students from developing countries who show strong promise as leaders in the field of agriculture and related disciplines. Visit the Borlaug LEAP program website.

The Borlaug LEAP fellowship program provides the opportunity for joint supervision between faculty from the student’s university and a researcher within the CGIAR system.

Application Deadline:
Applications are received year round, administrative deadline for 2007 is: March 15th, 2007.

Eligibility Requirements:

an MS or PhD student at a U.S. or developing country university
fluent in reading, writing and speaking English (with a TOEFL score 500 or above)
In addition, eligible candidates will have
completed at least one year of course work at the graduate level with a GPA of 3.0 or higher
a thesis-topic related to agricultural development and related fields

Graduate students from Benchmark Basins who are interested in CPWF research themes and projects going on within their basin, who would like to apply for a Borlaug Fellowship, should contact: Marcia Macomber m.macomber@cgiar.org, providing the answers to the questionnaire