The Co-operative Research Programme’s call for funding research fellowship grants in 2025 is CLOSED.
Thank you to everyone who has applied. All applicants will be informed of the outcome of their applications at the end of December 2024 or early January 2025.
The next call for funding in 2026 will open in April 2025.
General information
> Applicants must be residents in one of the countries participating in our Programme. Please consult the files for general information on the country's research institutes and universities.
> Applications relevant to the work of the OECD Committee for Agriculture and other bodies are particularly welcome:
• Sustainable and resilient productivity growth and food security and nutrition
• Climate change mitigation, reducing emissions from agriculture and food systems, carbon sequestration in agriculture, forestry and land use
• Halting and reversing forest loss and land degradation
• Reducing the negative environmental impacts of livestock production and practices harmful to animal health and welfare, investigating the positive contribution livestock can make to soil quality and management, biodiversity and livelihoods
• Biodiversity, enhancing ecosystem services
• Improving soil health and water and air quality, including through agro-ecological and other innovative, context specific approaches
• Innovations in the transfer and development of agricultural knowledge, including Indigenous and traditional knowledge
• Fisheries and aquaculture productivity, sustainability and resilience
> Previous research fellowships are available for review. Testimonials from past fellows and their hosts can also be reviewed on the CRP home page (scroll down to the dedicated section).
To apply for a research fellowship award
1. please consult the following documents:
- Guidelines and Conditions for CRP Research Fellowship Awards
- Selection Criteria for CRP Fellowship Awards
- Research Themes of the Co-operative Research Programme
- Sample fellowship applications: Theme 1; Theme 2; Theme 3
- Sample CV
- Sample invitation letter
- PDF Fellowship Application form
2. complete the following document:
- Online application form for CRP Research Fellowships (not available)