The Swire Conservation Scholarships is a program aimed at strengthening the capacity in conservations sciences and to enable long term sustainable management of our tropical rainforests.
The scholarship is funded by the Swire Educational Trust was established in collaboration by John Swire & Sons Pty Ltd, Steamships Trading Company, Smithsonian Global Earth Observatories/Centre for Tropical Forest Science (SIGEO-CTFS), and the Binatang Research Centre.
The program is based on academic merits and open to all Papua New Guinea citizens who have completed (by end of 2012) undergraduate studies in biological sciences related to conservation or forest science. Â The applicants must also show a commitment to conservation and long-term sustainable management.
Interested persons can download an application form Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (www.ctfs.si.edu/sprs) and email it along with an academic transcript of undergraduate studies, a two page maximum essay detailing experience, research interests and long-term goals and three confidential reference letters Liz Delaney Lobo (lizdelaneylobo@fas.harvard.edu)
Informal inquiries should be directed to Liz Delaney Lobo at +1 617 496 1255 or lizdelaneylobo@fas.harvard.edu
Applications close March 15 2012.