Theme 1 - Underlying science of climate change

Ms Rondrotiana Barimala (Madagascar)
Mr Genito Maure (Mozambique) *
 

Theme 2 - Impacts of climate change on aquatic ecosystems, water availability, health and agriculture

Mr Sudeep Thakuri (Nepal)*
Mr Dibi Millogo (Burkina Faso)*
Mr Romaric Ogouwale (Benin)*
 

Theme 3 - Climate-related disaster management - institutional and organizational issues

Ms Jamiat Nanteza (Uganda)
 

Theme 4 - Climate Modelling and assessment of the impacts of climate change

Mr Yakob Umer (Ethiopia)*
 

Theme 5 - Adaptation and mitigation options for different sectors and assessment of socio-economic implications

Ms Rizwana Subhani (Bangladesh)*
Mr Robert Katikiro (Tanzania)*
 

IPCC Scholars receiving the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation grants for IPCC, Monaco, 7 October 2011
©Palais Princier

On 9 December 2007, the IPCC was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its 'efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change'.

The award of the Nobel Peace Prize recognized the importance of addressing the implications of climate change on stability and human security.

The IPCC Scholarship Programme was established with the funds received from the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize award to the IPCC. The first funding partner of the Programme was Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, Former Norwegian Prime Minister and UN Special Envoy on Climate Change. Dr Brundtland made her donation from the Tallberg Leadership Award, which she received in June 2009.

The goal of the programme is to provide new opportunities to young people in developing countries to study and contribute to the field of climate change.

The Scholarship Programme is currently closed for applications.
 
New calls for applications will be issued in due course.

Objective

The IPCC Scholarship Programme aims to address identified gaps in knowledge in climate science and impacts of climate change. It focuses on developing capacity in Least Developed Countries and Small Island and Developing States.
 
Application from students from LDCs and SIDs addressing issues relevant to these areas are given priority.

Primary goals are

• To create opportunities for young people from the most vulnerable regions to develop their knowledge, skills and capacity in order to address climate change impacts and sustainable development
• To fill gaps in knowledge in priority regions such as Sub-Saharan Africa, Small Island Developing States, and Asian mega-deltas
• To build capacity for adaptation and mitigation
• To help facilitate their ability to plan for situation-specific solutions in key focus areas:
  • Agriculture and food security
  • Transport and human settlements
  • Energy and water resources
  • Extreme events and natural disasters
  • Health and human well-being
• Proposals should focus on the following fields of study:
  • Underlying science of climate change
  • Impacts of climate change on aquatic ecosystems, water availability, health and agriculture
  • Climate-related disaster management: institutional and organizational issues (this is of crucial importance in some of the most vulnerable societies)
  • Climate modelling and assessment of impacts of climate change
  • Adaptation and Mitigation options for different sectors and assessment of socio-economic implications

Academic Partners

The IPCC welcomes interest from academic institutions around the world to host students who have been awarded an IPCC Scholarship.

Funding Partners

• 2009 - Gro Harlem Brundtland
  The Programme received its first gift on 9 July 2009 from Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland. In her acceptance speech of the Tallberg Leadership Award, Dr Brundtland made this donation for "for supporting what the IPCC has decided to do with its Nobel Peace Prize money: to give scholarships for research on climate change in developing countries and this is obviously meant for young people." - Watch webcast
   
  
• 2010 - The Scholarship Programme received generous donations from:
  • Aster Finance (Geneva, Switzerland)
  • Mr Cheng Fa Qing (individual contributor, China)
  • Professor Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (IPCC Vice-Chair, Belgium)
  
   
  
• 
  2011 - The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation - The IPCC has the pleasure to announce the creation of "Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation grants for IPCC" for the period 2011-2013, within the framework of the collaboration between the IPCC Scholarship Programme and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation's Young Researchers Scholarships Initiative.
   
  The IPCC Scholarship Programme benefits from the support of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation www.fpa2.com

Selection Process

• IPCC Secretariat (Scholarship Programme) receives and screens all applications for eligibility and assigns them to appropriate experts according to the fields of study
• IPCC Scientific Experts review the applications and proposals and make their recommendations
• IPCC Science Board assesses the applications and the proposals and makes the final selection of the candidates to receive the awards.

To obtain more information, please email or call:
 
Amy SMITH
Programme Coordinator
Tel.: +41(22) 730 8208
IPCC-SP@wmo.int