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Funding Training Visits:

Generation Challenge Programme - Has a number of fellowships available: http://www.generationcp.org

The Cornell University Institute for Genomic Diversity Fellowships for African scientists - for training visits to IGD: http://www.igd.cornell.edu

Kirkhouse Trust -
funds travel grants to conferences, and postdoc research in US and UK that are part of collaborative projects. http://www.Kirkhousetrust.org/.

National Science Foundation - "Developing country collaborations" supports scientists to work in a US laboratory on a current Plant Genome Research Project, http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04563/nsf04563.htm. Note that these must be submitted as a supplement to a current NSF PGRP project.

Bioversity International Fellowships, including the Vavilov-Frankel Fellowship Fund
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/Quick_Guides/Trainers_Trainees/index.asp

Cornell University Frosty Hill Fellowships (for members of CGIAR centers):
http://ip.cals.cornell.edu/programs/researchexchanges/frostyhill.cfm

TWOWS Postgraduate Training Fellowships for Women Scientists in Sub-Saharan Africa and Least Developed Countries (LDC) at Centres of Excellence in the South
http://www.twows.org

Fulbright Scholar Program (Council for International Exchange of Scholars):
http://www.cies.org/cies.htm

International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) -
Postdocs, graduate work, and other. http://www.icgeb.trieste.it/

USDA Foreign Agricultural Service
http://www.fas.usda.gov/techasst.html
Borlaug International Agricultural Science & Technology Fellows Program: funds training visits. http://www.fas.usda.gov/icd/borlaug/program.htm

Cornell-Einaudi Center Institute for African Development http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/africa/default.

SciDevNet has news, views, funding opportunities, and other info about science, technology and the developing world http://www.scidev.net

UNESCO : United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization has fellowships and other programs

Disclaimer:
Obtaining funding is generally a long and competitive process, and success cannot be guaranteed. This list is simply given as possible opportunities. No funding is given by the IRC; you must contact the original source
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