A total of nine young students and researchers have been awarded the
scholarship for pursuing research. Seven of them were awarded a "
Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation grant for IPCC," within the
framework of the collaboration between the IPCC Scholarship Programme
and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Young Researchers
Scholarships Initiative.
The award follows an open call by IPCC, which received nearly 5000
applications, out of which 1027 were shortlisted. Students and young
researchers are required to submit their proposal under five different
themes. Rizwana is one of the two recipients under the theme of
“Adaptation and mitigation options for different sectors and assessment
of socio-economic implications.”
Rizwana completed her Bachelor’s degree from National University,
Bangladesh, and Master’s from East University University, Bangladesh.
She is currently pursuing her doctoral studies at AIT’s School of
Environment, Resources and Development (SERD), and had submitted her
research proposal on the topic “Impact of Climate Change on migrated
women in coastal areas of Bangladesh.
News about the award was also published in the Bengali daily, Prothom
Alo. It can be read at this link:
http://www.prothom-alo.com/print/news/252810
