Are you a PhD or Early Career Researcher working on cutting-edge research that addresses the challenges faced by developing countries?
The GCRF Kent Global Challenges Doctoral Centre (GCDC) and the GCRF COMPASS project have launched a’ call for applications’ for the first GCRF GCDC Early Career Researcher Training School, to be held on 2-6 July 2019 at the University of Kent. Its main objective is to offer an opportunity for further skills development and exchange of ideas for PhD and Postdoctoral Researchers working on capacity-building and political, economic, societal and environmental developments in ODA countries.
External participation, especially from ODA recipient countries, is strongly encouraged. Researchers from overseas institutions can apply for a bursary of a maximum of £1000 for travel and visa costs, and the application deadline has been extended to 25 March.
GCDC Summer Training School 2019 at a glance:
When: 2-6 July 2019
Where: The University of Kent, Canterbury
Theme: ‘Governance, resilience and order: Eurasia and beyond, under the pressure of global and regional change’
Application and travel bursary deadline: Monday, 25 March
Visit the GCDC webpage for more information and to apply: https://www.kent.ac.uk/graduateschool/gcdc.html
Contact us: kentgcdc@kent.ac.uk
The Training School is organised in tandem with a large GCRF Kent Conference ‘Building Resilience’ (1-2 July), which successful candidates are welcome to attend. An early draft programme of the ‘Building Resilience’ conference will be available soon here: https://research.kent.ac.uk/researchservices/gcrf2019/