Scholarship Programme

The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and the Cuomo Foundation supported the Seventh Round of Awards.  

Funded by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation: 

• GEBEYEHU Desta Mulu – Ethiopia
• KABISA Mulako – Zambia
• ATAKOUN Awouminassi Marcellin – Benin
• ZAGRE Inoussa – Burkina Faso
• NADJIRE Gannouka – Togo
• ARAZA Arnan – Philippines
• ZHANG Ting – China
• ALHASSAN Iddisah – Ghana
• DICKO Kagou – Mali
• KOUNGBANANE Dambré – Togo
• BASHAR Abul – Bangladesh
• DOUMBIA Adama Boua – Mali
• ISLAM Faisal – Bangladesh
• NADOYA Hamida Ngoma – Uganda
• DEY Arunabha – India
• ADUL Joy – Kenya
• JIMENEZ RESTREPO Diana Isabel – Colombia
• ONYANGO Vivian – Kenya
• OJE Emmanuel Oluwamuyima – Nigeria
• QIAN Weikang – China

Funded by the Cuomo Foundation:

• JAIN Garima – India
• AMPUERO REYES Wendy – Peru
• DO AMARAL Ricardo – Brazil
• DORJI Tashi – Bhutan

The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and partner,  the Cuomo Foundation and the AXA Research Fund supported the Sixth Round of Awards.  

Funded by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and their partner:

• LOPES VARELA Jaquelino (Cape Verde)
• OMAR Safianu (Ghana)
• RUWAIMANA Monika (Indonesia)
• MUHEBWA Aggrey (Uganda)
• SHERPA Sonam (Nepal)
• GIRIJA Gowri Krishna (India)
• NDIAYE Aissatou (Senegal)
• MANUJ Bhardwaj (India)
• DE SOUZA NOIA JUNIOR Rogerio (Brazil)
• RAHAYU Yusmiana Puspitaningsih (Indonesia)
• BAGBOHOUNA M’koumfida (Togo)
• ADU Folasade Abimbola (Nigeria)
• FENTAW Kedir Abate (Ethiopia)
• ASANTE Michael (Ghana)
• SOSSA Coffi Leonce Geoffroy (Benin)
• WELIDEHANNA Fikadu Getachew (Ehiopia)
• SANI ISSA Mahaman Sanoussi (Niger)
• BOATENG Ama Kissiwah (Ghana)
• MBAZOGO MENDENE Viala (Gabon)
• EZEH Christopher Uche (Nigeria) 

Funded by the Cuomo Foundation:

• ASSOGBA Gildas Geraud Comlan (Benin)
• BAGRE Boubou (Burkina Faso)
• CASTRILLON CIFUENTES Ana Lucia (Colombia)
• DIEDHIOU Simeon (Senegal)
• JAWO Tariku Olana (Ethiopia)
• LIN Yucong (China)
• THIAM Mamadou Lamine (Senegal)

Funded by the AXA Research Fund:

• ABUYE JELDU Ferede (Ethiopia)
• SACHAN Disha (India)
• IKUYAJOLU Olawale James (Nigeria)
• HUNDE Gonfa Kewessa (Ethiopia)
• ODOU Thierry (Benin)
• BEHANZIN Dagbegnon Idelbert (Benin)

On 9 December 2007, the IPCC was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its ‘efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change’. The award of the Nobel Peace Prize recognized the importance of addressing the implications of climate change on stability and human security.

 The IPCC Scholarship Programme was established with the funds received from the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize award to the IPCC. The first funding partner of the Programme was Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Norwegian Prime Minister and UN Special Envoy on Climate Change. Dr Brundtland made her donation from the Tallberg Leadership Award, which she received in June 2009.  

The governance and management of the IPCC Scholarship Programme is outlined in the Trust Deed. The fund is governed by the Board of Trustees, Science Board, IPCC Secretariat and WMO.

The Board of Trustees is collectively accountable to the IPCC and reports to the Panel on matters related to the Fund. The members of the Board of Trustees are not remunerated for their activities for the Fund and additional overhead expenses are kept to a minimum by carrying out any business via e-mail and holding meetings in conjunction with other IPCC meetings.

The Science Board sets the priorities in regard to the themes of research for the call for proposals and the selection criteria for candidates. It makes the final selection of students to receive the awards. The Science Board is composed of the IPCC Chairman and the three IPCC Vice-Chairs.

The IPCC Secretariat assists the Board of Trustees and the Science Board in carrying out their duties and provides the administrative management of the Programme.

The World Meteorological Organization administers the Fund according to WMO financial rules and regulations.

Members of the Board of Trustees

The following were appointed by the Panel at the 60th Session of the IPCC as members of the Board of  Trustees:

• Ms Laura Butler (Canada), Managing Director, Trottier Family Foundation
• Mr Alberto Graña (Uruguay), Former President, Central Bank of Uruguay
• Ms Isabelle Ramdoo (Mauritius), Deputy Director, Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development Secretariat
•  Mr Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (Belgium) Professor, Université Catholique de Louvain

Members of the Science Board

• Jim Skea, IPCC Chair
• Ladislaus Chang’a (United Republic of Tanzania), IPCC Vice-Chair (Delegated Chair of the Science Board)
• Ramón Pichs-Madruga (Cuba), IPCC Vice-Chair 
• Diana Ürge-Vorsatz  (Hungary), IPCC Vice-Chair

For more information, please contact:

Mxolisi SHONGWE
Programme Officer
Tel.: +41(22) 730 8438
IPCC-SP@wmo.int

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The IPCC Scholarship Programme is made possible through the generous contribution of its funding partners. The following are individuals and organizations that have supported the programme:

2009 – Gro Harlem Brundtland

The Programme received its first gift on 9 July 2009 from Gro Harlem Brundtland. In her acceptance speech of the Tallberg Leadership Award, Ms Brundtland made this donation “for supporting what the IPCC has decided to do with its Nobel Peace Prize money: to give scholarships for research on climate change in developing countries and this is obviously meant for young people.” 

2010 – The Scholarship Programme received donations from:

• Aster Finance (Geneva, Switzerland)
• Mr Cheng Fa Qing (individual contributor, China)
• Professor Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (IPCC Vice-Chair, Belgium)

2013 – The Scholarship Programme received a contribution from:

• Professor Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (IPCC Vice-Chair, Belgium)

2014 – The Scholarship Programme received a contribution from:

• Hoesung Lee (IPCC Vice-Chair, Republic of Korea) and his wife Ms Sungna Chung

2011-2023 – The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation 

“Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation grants for IPCC” has provided funding for the period 2011-2023, within the framework of the collaboration between the IPCC Scholarship Programme and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation’s Young Researchers Scholarships Initiative. www.fpa2.com

2013-2023 – The Cuomo Foundation 

The Cuomo Foundation became party to the agreement between The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and the IPCC and provided funding for the period 2013-2023. www.fondationcuomomonaco.org

2019 – The Scholarship Programme received a contribution from:

• Professor Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (Former IPCC Vice-Chair, Belgium)

2021 – AXA Research Fund

The AXA Research Fund provided funding to support the IPCC Scholarship Programme for the period 2021-2023 https://www.axa-research.org/en

2023 – The Scholarship Programme received a contribution from:

• Professor Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (Former IPCC Vice-Chair, Belgium)

The following describes the process through which scholarships are awarded, once a funding round is agreed:

• The IPCC Secretariat receives and screens all applications for eligibility, and assigns them to Expert Reviewers (i.e. previous and current IPCC Coordinating Lead Authors, Lead Authors, Review Editors and Bureau Members).
• The Expert Reviewers review the applications and proposals and make their recommendations to the IPCC Scholarship Programme Science Board, which comprises the IPCC Chair and the three Vice-Chairs. 
• The IPCC Science Board assesses the recommendations and draws up a shortlist of the candidates that is submitted to the funding partners.
• The funding partners make the final selection of students to receive the awards.

Fifth Round

Twelve PhD students from developing countries and countries with economies in transition were awarded IPCC scholarship awards for 2019-2021.

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Students supported by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation:

• Gabriela COLORADO-RUIZ, Mexico
• Afriyane DIAN, Indonesia
• Amali, HETTIARACHCHI, Sri Lanka
• Yaya IDRISSOU, Benin
• Peter KABANO, Uganda
• Daniel KORIR, Kenya
• Magatte SOW, Senegal

Students supported by the Cuomo Foundation:

• Ana Carolina AMARILLO, Argentina
• Yabin DA, China
• Pedro David, FERNANDEZ, Argentina
• Dongfeng LI, China
• Igor RIBEIRO, Brazil

Fourth Round 

Nine PhD students from developing countries and countries with economies in transition were awarded IPCC scholarship awards for 2017-2019. 

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Students supported by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation

• Fatou BOJANG (Gambia)
• Nidheesh GANGADHARAN (India)
• Zakari HASSANE (Niger)
• Marc KPANOU (Benin)
• Namkunda Johnson MBWAMBO (Republic of Tanzania)
• Christophe MUPENZI (Rwanda)

  Students supported by the Cuomo Foundation

• Aissatou FAYE (Senegal)
• Suranjith KORALEGEDARA (Sri Lanka)
• Htwe Min THANT (Myanmar)

Third Round

Ten PhD students from developing countries and countries with economies in transition were awarded scholarships for the period 2015-2017. Listed under their various thematic areas of research, the students are:

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Climate and water

• Adriana Maria Torres-Ballesteros (Colombia)
• Mulugeta Gemi Mokria (Ethiopia)
• Kholoud Kahime (Morocco)
• Peter Kabano (Uganda)

Climate and the oceans

• Thushani Suleka Madhubhashini Elepathage (Sri Lanka)

Underlying science of climate change

• Md Amirul Islam (Bangladesh)
• Christine Onyango (Kenya)
• Rasmila Kawan (Nepal)

Socio-economic modelling related to climate change

• Ada Metaliu (Albania)
• Cocou Jaures Amegnaglo (Benin)

Second Round

Fifteen students received scholarship awards for PhD studies for the period 2013-15 as follows:

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• Vandhna Devi Kumar (Fiji)
• Ossenatou Mamadou (Benin)
• Sudeep Thakuri (Nepal)

Students supported under the framework of the partnership with the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation:

• Elias Tedia Shiferaw (Ethiopia)
• Gao Yuan (China)
• Sifat Rabbi (Bangladesh)
• Tuihedur Rahman (Bangladesh);
• Zuelclady Maria Fernanda Araujo Gutierrez (Mexico)
• Khandu (Bhutan)
• Zipporah Musymi (Kenya)

Students supported under the partnership with the Cuomo Foundation:

• Rajesh Kumar Mahato (India)
• Pheakkdey Nguon (Cambodia)
• Bheki Maliba (South Africa)
• Luz Milena Nino (Columbia)
• Duong Tran Anh (Vietnam)
• Win Ei Phyu (Myanmar)

First Round

Nine students were awarded a scholarship for postgraduate studies or research for the period 2011-2013 as follows:

• Rondrotiana Barimala (Madagascar)
• Jamiat Nanteza (Uganda)

Students supported under the framework of the partnership with the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation:

• Genito Maure (Mozambique)
• Sudeep Thakuri (Nepal)
• Dibi Millogo (Burkina Faso)
• Romaric Ogouwale (Benin)
• Yakob Umer (Ethiopia)
• Rizwana Subhani (Bangladesh)
• Robert Katikiro (Tanzania)

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