Federal funding from Germany has enabled the Hohenheim-based Food Security Center (FSC) to launch the latest edition of its PhD programme on “Global Food security”. FSC will award 10 scholarships for PhD students from developing countries for a period of 36 months, beginning September 01, 2012. This includes a monthly stipend of 1000 Euro (500 Euro for the time of field research), German language training, travel to Hohenheim, and help with the identification of a thesis supervisor at the University of Hohenheim. Definitively worth a try for candidates pursuing a training opportunity in neglected crops research!