Numbers of Fellowships awarded
125 RI Fellowships have been awarded since 1993 to scientists from 30 developing and emerging countries.
Country of origin
33% of scientists came from China, which along with India, Cuba and Russia, provided 67% of the Fellows.
Other countries included Brazil, Nigeria, Ghana, Hungary, Pakistan, Turkey and Ukraine.
Sex
44% of the appointed Fellows were female.
Age
The ages of Fellows ranged between 25 and 48 years with a median of 36 years at the time of appointment
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Pest and vector management
Insecticide resistance mechanisms (China, Turkey), nematode bio-control (Cuba, Pakistan), aphid bio-control (Nigeria), volatiles involved in plant defence against insects (Brazil) and mechanisms of odour detection in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae (China)
Crop and soil nutrition
Bioremediation of contaminated soils (China, Nigeria), nitrification processes (Russia)
Crop breeding
Novel genes for crop improvement (Russia, Ukraine, China), biochemical and molecular processes during insect feeding damage (Russia)
Non-food crops
Biochemical pathways for pharmaceutical compounds (India), taxonomy of willows used as bio-fuels (Russia)
Statistical analysis
Modeling spatial environmental trends and competition effects (Brazil). |
