IPCC

Since 2009, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has granted scholarships to PhD candidates from underdeveloped nations, aimed at supporting research that furthers the comprehension of the scientific foundations of climate change risks, their potential ramifications, and the means to adapt or contain them.

The IPCC Scholarship Programme Awards are granted every 2 years and are made possible through the contributions of its funding partners.

The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation became a funding partner in 2011 and the Cuomo Foundation became party to the agreement between The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and the IPCC in 2013.

The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, the Cuomo Foundation and the AXA Research Fund supported the Sixth Round of Awards which were made in 2021 for 2021-2023 programme.

Over the years, the Foundation’s engagement and relationship with the

IPCC award students has developed, and a number of these accomplished PhD graduates have subsequently successfully applied directly to the Cuomo Foundation for funding to continue their fields of climate change research.

Allocated budget for 2022

€ 101,250

Total Amount Awarded since 2013

€ 642,612

In 2022 the Cuomo Foundation continued its second year of funding and support for its selected 7 of the students and their research projects.

Gildas Geraud Comlan Assogba (Benin)

The biomass challenge: a multi-scale modelling of biomass flows in semi-arid Burkina Faso

Boubou Bagre (Burkina Faso)

Development and characterization of eco-materials for sensible heat storage

Yucong Lin (China)

Changes in extreme precipitation related to ENSO events in the context of climate change

Ana Lucia Castrillon Cifuentes (Colombia)

Evaluation of reef resilience models in response to local stressors and climate change on Gorgona Island, Colombia

Tariku Olana Jawo (Ethiopia)

Potential of coffee-based agroforestry system to improve the adaptive capacity of local populations to climate change and variability: The case of Sidama National Regional State, Ethiopia

Siméon Diedhiou (Senegal)

Impact of Biochar on soil hydrodynamic properties, water saving and tomato yield in a context of climate change, in the Niayes area, Senegal

Mamadou Thiam (Senegal)

Simulation and projection of dust concentrations and study of their impact on air quality in West Africa