Rapid Response Facility — Emergency Funding for Conservation

The Rapid Response Facility provides funding for conservation emergencies in UNESCO natural World Heritage sites. Applications to the RRF must meet each of our criteria in order to qualify for funding. Please carefully read all the information available below. RRF criteria: 1. The site must be located in an eligible country: RRF grants are restricted to countries that are eligible for ‘official development assistance’ according to the OECD. A list of countries that are eligible for RRF funding can be found here. Overseas territories of developed countries may occasionally be considered, please contact the Secretariat for advice. Click the Link: https://www.rapid-response.org/apply-2/

PhD scholarship

Good day! Universities in Poland offer PhD scholarships for their doctoral schools. To apply, you need to (in short): 1. Find a professor you would like to work with to guide you and support your application (optional), 2. Apply online with a research proposal and pay the application fee (~June), 3. If 2 is successful, attend an (online) interview with a short presentation (July/September) about your past and proposal, 4. If 3 is successful and you are from outside the EU, apply for a visa (not easy to get these days), and then 5. Appear at the University with original diplomas, certificates, and translations. More details can be found, for example, at: https://amu.edu.pl/doktoranci/szkola-doktorska/rekrutacja/rekrutacja-20252026

ስርዓተ ምሕቃቅ ምግቢ ኾምሳዕቲ (The ruminant digestive system)

ከም ከፍቲ ዝበሉ ኾምሳዕቲ ኣርባዕተ ቦኽራታት ወይ ክፋላት ዘለዎ ከሽዐ ኣለዎም።

እቲ ቀዳማይ ክፋል ከሽዐ ከዛኒ ዝበሃል እንትኸውን መጀመርታ ተበሊዑ ዝወሓጥ ምግቢ ዝኣትወሉ ክፋል እዩ። ኣብዚ ክፋል ምግቢ ኦክስጅን ብዘየድልዮም ባክተርያ ክቦክዕን ምሕቓቕ ሴሉሎዝ ክካየድን ይግበር። ብምቕፃል እቲ ምግቢ ናብቲ ካልኣይ መላሲ ዝበሃል ክፋል ከሽዐ ይሰግር። ኣብዚ ክፋል ከሽዐ ዝርከብ ምግቢ ንክኹምሳዕ ድሉው ዝኾነ እዩ። ብከይዲ ምኹምሳዕ ናብ ኣፍ ምስመፀ ድማ ዳግማይ ይሕየኽ። እቲ ዳግማይ ዝተሓየኸ ምግቢ ተዋሒጡ መጣጢ ናብ ዝበሃል ሳልሳይ ክፋል ከሸዐ ይኣትው። እዚ ኣብ ውሽጢ እቲ ምግቢ ዘሎ ኣብዝሓ ማይ ዝምጠጠሉ ክፋል ከሸዐ እዩ። ብምቕፃል እቲ ምግቢ መሕቐቒ ናብ ዝበሃል ናይ መወዳእታ ክፋል ከሸዐ ይሰጋገር። እዚ ክፋል ስሩዕ ፈሰስቲ ከሽዐ (ኤንዛይማት) ኣብቲ ምግቢ ንዝርከብ ፕሮቲን ዘሕቕቑሉ እዩ። ኦማሰም:- ካብ ኣርባዕቲኦም ቡኽራታት ከሽዐ ኾምሳዕቲ እቲ 3ይ ኮይኑ ሽንፍላ ተባሂሉ’ውን ዝፅዋዕ እዩ። ዝተዓፃፀፉ ክፋላት ብበዝሒ ስለዘለዉዎ ድማ ከም መፅሓፍ ይምሰል።

ምዕራፍ 5፦ እንስሳት

PhD Position in Plant Ecology

Department of Landscape Ecology and Vegetation Science, University of  
Hohenheim Stuttgart, Germany

Application Deadline: January 19, 2024

Position: The Department of Landscape Ecology and Vegetation Science  
at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany, seeks a PhD  
student in plant ecology (m/f/d). Preferred starting date is April  
1st, 2024, for a duration of three years.

 Qualifications:
 Very good MSc (or equivalent) degree in ecology or a related
discipline
Experience in experimental plant ecology (field or greenhouse) and/or
plant-insect interactions
 Statistical skills (preferably using R)
Oral and written communication skills in English (knowledge  
of German is not mandatory)
Driver's license (for field work)

Salary and Benefits: Salary and benefits are according to public  
service positions in Germany (TV-L E13; 65%; see  
https://oeffentlicher-dienst.info/tv-l/allg/). Availability of this  
position is subject to a positive funding decision by the German  
Research Foundation (DFG, decision expected in early 2024). 

Application Procedure: Applications should include: 1) a motivation  
letter, 2) a CV, 3) degree certificates, and 4) the names and contact  
information of two potential referees in a single PDF document  
(deadline: January 19, 2024).

For further information and to submit applications, please contact PD  
Dr. Christine S. Sheppard (christine.sheppard@uni-hohenheim.de).