The Science and Technology Development Fund –Short Term Fellowships (STDF-STF) are established to advance science by helping researchers visit foreign research institutions (universities, research institutes, ...etc) to carry out basic and applied research projects jointly with foreign host professors or researchers. The aim is to help Egyptian researchers in learning, gaining international exposure, establishing international scientific links, and transferring research techniques and/or methodologies not generally available in the Home Institution. Applicants for STDF-STF fellowship should dedicate themselves to a research topic of particular importance and tangible outcomes.

Applications are open for all Egyptians working in Egyptian universities and research institutes in all fields. Other Egyptians who are integrated within the Egyptian Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) system are also eligible to apply for the STDF-STF. In some cases and in the light of national priorities and the program's funding limitations, STDF-STF may be restricted to specific disciplines and with limited number of fellowships. In this cycle, the following thematic areas are of priority: Energy - Water desalination and water treatment - Agro., Food and Fisheries...others

Deadline date for proposal submission 17/6/2015

For more information http://www.stdf.org.eg/