From:    cseipt at agu.org
Subject: CLARIFICATION: Eligibility for participation in the African Climate Change Fellowship Program
Date: August 22, 2008

“Dear Colleagues and Friends,

Participation in the African Climate Change Fellowship Program is open to citizens of all African nations.

It is important to note that the citizenship requirement is one of four general requirements that all applicants must meet to be eligible for a Fellowship award. In addition to being a citizen of an African nation, all applicants must also meet the following general eligibility criteria:

Applicant must be age 40 years or less as of 31 September 2008;
The proposed Fellowship project and activities must be clearly related to and likely to advance climate change adaptation in Africa; and
Applications must be complete and received on or before 17 September 2008.
Applicants are also required to meet a number of eligibility criteria that are specific to the type of Fellowship for which they apply (i.e., Policy, Doctoral Research, Post-Doctoral, or Teaching Fellowship). For more information about Fellowship-specific criteria, please refer to the ACCFP 2008 Call for Applications. The Call for Applications and other important application materials can be accessed on the Pan-African START Secretariat’s website at: http://accfp.pass-africa.org.

The ACCFP aims to support African professionals, researchers and graduate students to undertake activities that will enhance their capacities for advancing and applying knowledge for climate change adaptation in Africa. The Program is jointly administered by the global change SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training (START), the Institute of Resource Assessment (IRA) of the University of Dar es Salaam and the African Academy of Sciences (AAS), with financial support from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada and the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID). If you have questions about the Program, please contact the Pan-African START Secretariat at  pass at ira.udsm.ac.tz.

We thank you for your continued interest in the ACCFP and for your understanding in this matter. Again, we apologize for this oversight and any confusion that it has caused. Please help us to spread the word about this exciting opportunity to other colleagues and friends. Forward this email to qualified individuals that might be interested to apply!

We look forward to receiving your applications!

Best,

Clark Seipt
On behalf of START, IRA-UDSM, and AAS”