The Japanese government offers scholarships for young researchers in developing countries within the UNESCO/Keizo Obuchi Research Fellowships Programme for capacity-building of human and institutional resources. This is the 14th edition of the programme, offering 20 fellowships to developing countries, IPN reports.
Fellowships are awarded in four fields: environment (with a particular emphasis on water sciences), intercultural dialogue, information and communication technologies and peaceful conflict resolution. Applicants must be under 40 years of age.
Moldova can nominate 2 candidates for the fellowships. Applications must be submitted to the UNESCO National Commission until December 26. The commission will then select the two candidates to be submitted to UNESCO.
