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The Akshaya Patra Foundation is offering fellowship programme to encourage young leaders and future social entrepreneurs to participate in the organisation's initiatives. The fellowship will be an eight-month programme across locations where the foundation is implementing the mid-day meal programme.

The objective of this programme is to train aspirants and successfully implement our initiatives in the areas of education, hygiene and sanitation, soft-skill training and health and nutrition. The foundation will award fellowships to 12 selected aspirants.

Through the programme, the fellows will also get the opportunity to hone their skills in leadership, people-management, public-speaking, conflict resolution, relationship building, time management and problem solving.

For more details about the fellowship, log on to https://www.akshayapatra.org/fellowship-program or send expression of interest to gedac@akshayapatra.org

Application deadline: The last date for sending applications is July 31, 2018.

The University of Sydney Postdoctoral Research Fellowships is now available for Australian and Overseas students.

Eligibility: Applicants must have a PhD award dated no earlier than January 1, 2013 and no later than August 19, 2018. Must obtain the endorsement of a proposed supervisor before applying. Applicants with a PhD awarded by the University of Sydney may only apply if they have held a paid position with another organisation subsequent to the award of their PhD.

English language requirement: Applicants whose first language is not English are required to provide evidence of their English proficiency. In such cases, applicants should provide the results of a recognised English language proficiency test conducted within the last two years.

How to apply: Download the relevant templates from the application link — https://sydney.edu.au/research/research-funding/research-fellowships/university-of-sydney-fellowship-scheme.html. Find a University of Sydney academic supervisor. CV; Evidence of a PhD award. The two-page proposed research; signed letter of endorsement from your proposed academic supervisor; career interruption details and supporting evidence if relevant. One referee report. A nominated supervisor can’t be a referee.

Application deadline: It is August 19, 2018

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