General progress
December 2023
Having just completed the second round of recruitment of a second Cohort of Scholarship recipients (to commence in January 2023), the N-POC Team at the USP forÌýN-POC PhD candidates and other USP Master’s and PhD candidates on qualitative and quantitative research data analysis.
February 2023
In January of 2023, the first Cohort of N-POC Scholarship recipients began their PhD degrees at the University of the South Pacific (USP), followed by a .
January 2022
Although Covid-19 has caused some unfortunate delays, the N-POC Scholarship Programme is nearing its first stage of implementation, which will be a Call for Applications. The call will be widely announced and distributed through the partner institutionsÌýand their wider network of organisationsÌýin the Pacific region.Ìý
UN Decade endorsement
On World Ocean Day, 8 June 2021, it was announced that as a Decade Action as part of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development! We are thrilled, and look forward to contributing to the Ocean Decade in the coming years.
Extended project period
Due to operational delays including travel restrictions caused by COVID-19,Ìýthe N-POC programme has been grantedÌýan extended project period by Norad, now stretching from 2021 to 2025 (thus adding a year to theÌýoriginal project period of 2021-2024).
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