The International Development Research Centre of Canada is inviting applications for the Bentley Fellowship which provides funding for on-farm research. This fellowship provides assistance to Canadian or developing country students or researchers with a University degree in Agriculture, Forestry or Biology, who wish to undertake post-graduate, applied, on-farm research in a developing country with cooperating farmers. Projects should evaluate and/or promote the use of fertility enhancing plants such as leguminous forages, cover crops and grain legumes in subsistence tropical agriculture. The intent is to find innovative ways to enhance food security, improve farmers' livelihoods, and restore or maintain high levels of soil fertility. Projects planned and executed in cooperation with an International Agricultural Research Centre or with a developing country institution involved in agricultural research and training and which has an applied, on-farm, orientation, will receive preferential consideration. The candidate's host research institution will be expected to certify that the research protocol has been reviewed by a qualified statistician and that it meets an internationally high standard in terms of experimental and survey designs used. The proposal must demonstrate that the research results have the potential to improve the lives of farming households and to preserve or enhance the capacity of their lands to sustain agriculture. The value of the award is $30,000 Canadian per year. Award tenure corresponds to the period of field research. in general, this will be between eighteen months and twenty-four months. The award may be renewed upon re-application. The deadline for the reciept of applications is October 1. For further information go to the Centre’s website at web.idrc.ca.