Through fellowships and residential writing workshops, a new project ‘Support to Improve Climate Change and Information Services in South Asia’ (SICRISA) is providing training and support to South Asian scientists and social scientists. We are now looking for mentors who will be able to help the participants to:

And where possible and relevant:

We are looking for experienced academics, writing specialists and media specialists to work with and provide mentoring for fellows and / or workshop participants before and after the workshops. An honorarium will be paid for each person who is mentored.

If you have relevant skills and a commitment to capacity building for young researchers in South Asia, please apply for one of the mentoring roles, by sending a brief CV and a statement of interest (no more than three pages) tos.schirmer@ids.ac.uk . You should include information about:

Please do NOT send any other documents.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, so please apply as soon as possible.

To find out more about the project, visit www.sicrisa.org . If you would like to receive more information or have specific questions about the mentoring roles, please contact s.schirmer@ids.ac.uk .