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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>From:</b> Nina Wambiji <nwambiji@gmail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 15 November 2017 12:53<br>
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From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Cornelius Okello</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cbokello@gmail.com">cbokello@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Date: 15 November 2017 at 09:42<br>
Subject: Fwd: Commonwealth Rutherford Fellowship scheme<br>
To: Nina Wambiji <<a href="mailto:nwambiji@gmail.com">nwambiji@gmail.com</a>><br>
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From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Kathleen G. Beegle</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kbeegle@worldbank.org" target="_blank">kbeegle@worldbank.org</a>></span><br>
Date: Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 7:01 PM<br>
Subject: Commonwealth Rutherford Fellowship scheme<br>
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<p class="m_-3835419242263929573m_-8664927136059407372MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-GB">The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission has just launched the Commonwealth Rutherford Fellowship scheme aimed at postdoctoral researchers from other Commonwealth countries
wishing to spend one or two years at a UK university. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="m_-3835419242263929573m_-8664927136059407372MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-GB">The purpose of the scheme is to support world-class research and innovation, and to contribute to the UKs research base by attracting high-calibre international candidates
and encouraging links and collaboration. The intended beneficiaries are highly motivated PhD graduates whose proposed research topic is innovative, timely, and likely to lead to wider impact beyond the academic community and build research collaboration between
the UK and other Commonwealth countries. Up to 50 fellowships are available and fellows must be in post before 31 March 2018.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="m_-3835419242263929573m_-8664927136059407372MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-GB">To be eligible to apply, applicants must:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-GB">be a citizen of or have been granted refugee status by a Commonwealth country other than the UK, or be a British Protected Person;<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-GB">be permanently resident in a Commonwealth country other than the UK, and
<u>not based in the UK at the time of application;</u><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><u><span lang="EN-GB">be available to start the fellowship in the UK before 31 March 2018;</span></u><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-GB">have been awarded their PhD no more than ten years prior to 1 November 2017;<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-GB">not have previously held a Commonwealth Scholarship or Fellowship awarded by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission;<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-GB">identify one UK institution to host their fellowship and provide a supporting statement from their proposed supervisor.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="m_-3835419242263929573m_-8664927136059407372MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-GB">The deadline for applications is 12:30 on 11 December 2017 and further information is available at
</span><a href="http://cscuk.dfid.gov.uk/apply/rutherford-fellowships/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-GB">http://cscuk.dfid.gov.uk/apply<wbr>/rutherford-fellowships/</span></a><span lang="EN-GB">.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="m_-3835419242263929573m_-8664927136059407372MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-GB">Please share this funding opportunity with any colleagues who may be interested in applying.</span></p>
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<div>Kind regards<br>
Cornelius Okello, Ph.D. <br>
Associate<br>
Institute of Climate Change and Adaptation<br>
University of Nairobi<br>
P.O. Box 29053<br>
Nairobi, Kenya<br>
Cell: +254733703940<br>
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The world is a comedy to those that think; a tragedy to those that feel - <br>
Horace Walpole<br>
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