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title: "Applications are closing soon for the 2022 ACAP Secondment Programme "
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# Applications are closing soon for the 2022 ACAP Secondment Programme 

![ACAP Website Secondments closing soon 575 400 px](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Secretariat/ACAP_Website_Secondments_closing_soon_575__400_px.png)*Image credit: Campbell Albatross off North Cape, NZ; photograph by Kirk Zufelt*

 ACAP would like to advise applications for the 2022 Secondment Programme are closing soon. 

 Progress reports from previous and ongoing secondments ([including the examples below](https://www.acap.aq/documents/advisory-committee/ac11/ac11-information-papers/3462-ac11-inf-02-projects-and-secondments-supported-by-the-ac/file)) can be found in the Advisory Committee Information Papers from previous meetings, [here](https://www.acap.aq/documents/advisory-committee). Proposals should aspire to foster cross-Party collaboration, knowledge-sharing and capacity-building within Parties. Applicants are encouraged to develop proposals that account for any ongoing practical challenges and limitations associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

 Previous successful proposals have included:

 
- ***Habitat selection of the Black-browed Albatross (*****Thalassarche melanophris*) in the South-West Atlantic: importance of marine fronts and fishing activity ***
- ***Connecting knowledge, people and countries: Advancing in outreach, understanding of threats and mitigation measures for the conservation of Pink-footed Shearwater (*****Ardenna creatopus*) throughout its cycle. ***

 Applicants are advised to focus proposals on tasks contained within the work programmes of the Advisory Committee (Annex 4, [MoP7 Report](https://www.acap.aq/documents/meeting-of-the-parties/mop7)) and Secretariat (see Annex 2, [MoP7 Report](https://www.acap.aq/documents/meeting-of-the-parties/mop7)). 

 Applications will only be accepted from ACAP Parties.  Applicants are encouraged to contact the [Working Group Convenors](https://www.acap.aq/contactse/working-groups), the [Advisory Committee Chair](https://www.acap.aq/contactse/advisory-committee-members) or [Vice-chair](https://www.acap.aq/contactse/advisory-committee-members), or the [Secretariat](mailto:secretariat@acap.aq?subject=2022%20ACAP%20Secondment%20Programme%20enquiry) to help identify ACAP priority areas for their proposal. Completed applications are to be submitted to relevant [ACAP National Contact Points](https://www.acap.aq/contactse/acap-national-contacts), who will then forward them to the ACAP Secretariat.

 Applications must be received by the ACAP Secretariat by close of business on **Monday, 26 September 2022**. Applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application by Tuesday, 8 November 2022.

 Click [here](https://www.acap.aq/news/awards-grants-and-scholarships) for more information, including application criteria, and the application form (also available in [French](https://www.acap.aq/fr/actualites/prix-subventions-et-bourses) and [Spanish](https://www.acap.aq/es/news/premios-subvenciones-y-becas)).

 *Posted 14 September 2022 *