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Wednesday, 30 July 2008 10:47 |
 New Science, Engineering Networks to Boost Research, Collaboration in Effort to Strengthen Africa’s University-based InstructionNew York NY, Princeton NJ, and Nairobi, Kenya, July 28, 2008 —A new initiative to build scientific capacity in Africa has named its first three research and training networks following a competitive selection process. The Regional Initiative in Science and Education (RISE) today announced that grants, each worth US$800,000 over 2.5 years, will be awarded to three networks of sub-Saharan universities.
RISE, which aims to strengthen higher education in the sciences and engineering by increasing the population of skilled Ph.D. and M.Sc. scientists and engineers teaching in Africa’s universities, is supported by a $3.3 million grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York to the Princeton, New Jersey-based Science Initiative Group (SIG) at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS). SIG is leading the RISE initiative in consultation with African partners including the Nairobi, Kenya-based African Academy of Sciences (AAS), the initiative’s co-administrator. |
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Wednesday, 06 August 2008 10:54 |
2008 ICSU-TWAS-UNESCO-UNU/IAS Visiting Scientist Programme Under this programme, prospective host institutions can invite internationally renowned experts in areas of science other than mathematics and physics to collaborate in research and training. TWAS, through the sponsoring organizations, will provide the Visiting Scientists with the most direct economy class travel (round-trip) and an
honorarium of US$500, while the host institution is expected to cover local expenses. The visit should have a minimum length of two weeks. |
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Friday, 08 August 2008 11:37 |
ACCFP Call for Applications!  Applications are invited for the inaugural round of the African Climate Change Fellowships. The African Climate Change Fellowship Program (ACCFP) aims to support African professionals, researchers and graduate students to undertake activities that will enhance their capacities for advancing and applying knowledge for climate change adaptation in Africa. The program is jointly administered by the global change SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training (START), the Institute of Resource Assessment (IRA) of the University of Dar es Salaam and the African Academy of Sciences (AAS), with financial support from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada.
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