This is a gentle reminder about the application deadline for the ProSPER.Net Young Researchers’ School to be held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from 6 to 15 March 2016. We will accept the applications until 11:59pm, 16 January 2017 (JST).
We look forward to receiving applications from prospective participants.
Sincerely.
ProSPER.Net Secretariat
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Warm greetings from UNU-IAS ProSPER.Net Secretariat!
On behalf of International University – Viet Nam National University Ho Chi Minh City (HCM-IU) and the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), ProSPER.Net Secretariat, we are pleased to invite you to participate in the 2017 ProSPER.Net Young Researchers’ School (YRS), to be held at International University – Viet Nam National University Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam from 6 to 15 March 2017.
The goal of the YRS is to provide graduate students with an opportunity to better understand the spectrum of challenges that underpin sustainable development. By assembling young researchers from ProSPER.Net institutions for an intensive 10-day programme, the school also fosters the growth of a network of sustainability scholars and professionals in the Asia-Pacific region.
The theme of the 2017 school will be ‘Water Security for Sustainable Development in a Changing Climate’. A preliminary programme outlines the ways in which students will be exposed to issues related to water security in the context of climate change. Students will then be asked to develop research responses to several challenges related to water security in the region. The goal of these responses is to provide integrative solutions that can be applied in communities facing water security issues.
We ask ProSPER.Net members to invite PhD students who are working with sustainability-related research to apply for the school. A limited number of scholarships are available which will cover the costs of Young Researchers’ School tuition, round-trip economy class ticket to and from Ho Chi Minh, accommodation, visa processing fee (if applicable) and most meals, except for travel insurance, which shall be the participant’s responsibility. We kindly ask each member to consider internal sources of funds available to support the participation of additional students.
Please find the following documents:
Please send applications and advice on your level of support for nominated participants by 11:59pm, 16 January 2017 (JST) to: yrs@unu.edu.
We look forward to receiving applications from prospective participants!