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The sponsor provides this award in recognition of the best manuscript published by a veterinarian in a postdoctoral training program that is published in a refereed journal in a given year.

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The sponsor's conservation grants are intended to encourage plant conservation activities and partnerships within and between AZH members, member zoos and member zoo partners. These grants are intended as venture capital or "seed" money for projects relating to broad plant conservation issues and activities of modern zoos within the support capabilities of the association. The focus for these grants should be plant conservation activities that tie to habitat conservation, biological diversity preservation, germplasm preservation, environmental education, and/or improvements in horticulture or botanical operations.

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Support is provided for funds research on organic farming and food systems and the dissemination of these research results to the greater agricultural community.

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The sponsor provides an award to recognize outstanding work that unites farmers and other community residents in building a sustainable local food system for organizations working in an area related to agriculture.

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The award recognizes a leader in the farm community who is practicing sustainable production methods and has developed cutting edge approaches to production, processing or marketing.

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This award recognizes an individual, business or organization that is developing innovative approaches to address the critical challenges facing our food system.

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The award recognizes an individual, business or organization that is at the forefront of creating ways to use sustainable, regionally-produced food to improve the health of children, the elderly, and consumers that traditionally do not have access to fresh, healthy food.

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The sponsor is partnering with the San Francisco Foundation to make funds available for feline health studies.

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The sponsor will provide support to an eligible higher education institution for a program aimed at improving teaching, research, and outreach at the University of Ngozi in Burundi. USAID/Burundi encourages U.S. universities with expertise in applied agricultural research, extension, and agribusiness to apply for this partnership award.

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The sponsor provides grants to fund community improvement initiatives in communities with an active ADM facility. Up to four grants of $10,000 each will be awarded.

Deadline Note

Proposals are accepted between February 1 and August 1, 2008.

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The sponsor awards grants throughout the United States and Canada for projects related to conservation of fish and wildlife resources.

Deadline Note

The Board of Directors and all Grant Distribution Committees meet quarterly (usually in March, June, September and December). Deadlines are a month prior: on the first days of February, May, August and November. Requests received after any quarterly deadline will be considered at the next meeting.

Synopsis

The sponsor provides support for nonprofit, education or church organizations providing direct services to the residents of San Mateo County, California, and for international programs providing services in Mexico or Central America.

Deadline Note

The December 1, 2007 deadline refers to Sustainable Communities and Economies proposals; the March 1, 2008 deadline applies to Arts and Culture proposals; and the August 1, 2008 deadline refers to Human Rights proposals.

Synopsis

Support is provided for grants in three major program areas, Arts and Culture, Human Rights and Sustainable Communities and Economies. Priority is given to organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area in California; and in the United Kingdom, priority is given to London-based organizations. The duration of the project may be up to three years.

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Support is provided to a scholar to teach courses and collaborate in research with a Technion partner at TECHNION - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa. Fellowships are for four to nine months. Professor or associate professor rank is required.

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The sponsor provides a lecturing/research award in business administration, economics, computer or information sciences, or public administration at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, Accra; Ashesi University College, Accra; Catholic University College, Fiapre; or Methodist University College, Accra. The award is for ten months.

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The sponsor provides a lecturing/research award in any of the wide range of disciplines at the following possible host institutions: University of Antananarivo, University of Antsiranana, University of Mahajanga, University of Toamasina, University of Fianarantsoa and University of Toliara. The award is for ten months.

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The sponsor provides a lecturing/research award in any field at the University of Malawi or Mzuzu University or Domasi College of Education. The award is for five months or eleven months.

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The sponsor provides a lecturing/research award in any field at Abdou Moumouni Dioffo University, Niamey. English is sufficient for lecturing in American literature or English as a foreign language; French ability is required for daily life. Fluent French is required for lecturing in other disciplines. The award is for nine months.

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The sponsor provides lecturing/research and lecturing awards in business administration, economics, agriculture, engineering or veterinary medicine at the School of Finance and Banking; Higher Learning Institute of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry; Umutara Polytechnic; Higher Learning Institute or University of Agriculture, Technology and Education. Lecturing is in French and English. The award is for six to ten months.

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The sponsor provides lecturing/research awards in any field at an institution in Tanzania. The award is for ten months.

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The sponsor provides lecturing/research awards in agriculture and fisheries modernization at an institution in the Philippines. Applicants must be familiar with the language if it is required for the project. Grants are for six months.

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The sponsor provides research awards in any discipline at an institution in Vietnam. Grants are for three to ten months. Approximately three awards are available. All teaching is in English.

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The sponsor makes lecturing or lecturing/research awards in pure and applied sciences at an institution in Bulgaria. English is sufficient for lecturing. Grants are five months in duration.

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The sponsor provides lecturing/research awards in the pure and applied sciences at an institution in Greece. Grants are for three to four months in duration. English is sufficient for lecturing.

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The sponsor provides up to four lecturing or lecturing/research awards in any discipline at the University of Costa Rica; National Autonomous University; Costa Rica Technological Institute; National University of Distance Education; or EARTH University. Grants are four to nine months in duration. Good to fluent Spanish is required.

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The sponsor provides up to three lecturing, lecturing/research or research awards in any discipline at an institution in Paraguay. Applicants with a Ph.D. are preferred, however, professional candidates with a minimum of five years of experience will be considered. Grants are four to six months in duration. Fluent Spanish is required. Guarani is required only if necessary for research projects.

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The sponsor provides lecturing, lecturing/research or research awards in any discipline at an institution in Uruguay. Fluent Spanish is desired. Grants are for three months. Applicants with at least four years of experience beyond the terminal degree are preferred.

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The sponsor provides lecturing, lecturing/research and research awards in any field at an institution in Ukraine. Lecturing or lecturing/research awards are three to ten months in duration. Research awards are three to ten months in duration. Language skills should be commensurate with the proposed project.

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The sponsor provides research or lecturing awards in any field at an institution in India. Language proficiency should be appropriate for the research project. Research grants are four to nine months in duration. Approximately eighteen research awards are available. Approximately twenty-five lecture placements are available for four to six months in duration. Approximately two travel-only lecture awards are available. Associate or full professor rank or the professional equivalent is preferred for all awards. For full-support lecturing awards, applicants with associate or full professor with at least six years of teaching experience is preferred. Professionals are encouraged to apply for travel-only grants. For research grants, awards are open to practicing professionals.

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The sponsor provides research awards in any field at an institution in Pakistan. Up to ten awards will be made. The duration of the grant will be from two to four months.

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The sponsor provides a lecturing award in agriculture at the University of Pannonia; St. Stephanus University; or Corvinus University. Grants are four to nine months in duration.

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The sponsor provides two research awards and one lecturing award in any field at an institution in the Slovak Republic. Research grants are three to six months in duration and lecturing awards are four to eight months in duration. For research projects, the candidate's knowledge of Slovak should commensurate with the proposed project.

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The sponsor provides approximately two lecturing awards in science and technology at an institution in Turkey. Grants are four and one-half or nine months in duration. English is sufficient for lecturing; an interpreter will be provided as necessary. Basic Turkish is extremely useful.

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The sponsor provides research, lecturing or lecturing/research awards in any field at an institution in Morocco. For Lecturing and lecturing/research awards, a Ph.D. with at least six years of teaching experience is preferred. For research and serial grants, professionals and non-academics will be considered. Research grants are three to ten months in duration. Lecturing, lecturing/research and research awards are three to ten months in duration. Serial grants are three to twelve months in duration. Arabic or French proficiency may be required.

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The sponsor provides up to three lecturing or lecturing/research awards at the Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat. Grants are five to ten months in duration. Instruction is in English for sciences, medicine and some other disciplines. Fluent Arabic is required for Islamic studies and most humanities and social sciences. Applicants holding an Ph.D., M.D. or professional equivalent and having at least five years of higher education teaching experience are preferred.