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Sponsorship opportunity to participate in the 2020 Global Forum of Women in Scientific Research (GoFoWiSeR)

We are excited to share with you that GoFoWiSeR 2020 is coming up! Building on two highly successful convenings held in 2018 and 2019 in Nairobi and Dakar respectively, GoFoWiSeR 2020 will be held on the margins of the Next Einstein Forum (NEF)’s Global Gathering 2020 in Nairobi on March 10-13, 2020. Are you aged…

A Grand Challenges Africa Funding Opportunity: Using Data to  Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health

Using Data to improve Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health: A Grand Challenges Africa Funding Opportunity 13 March 2019 | Nairobi, Kenya Globally, there is an ongoing burden of 5.4 million deaths annually, that includes neonatal deaths (2.5 million), stillbirths (2.6 million), and maternal deaths (0.3 million). Africa, with only 17% of the world’s population, carries…

Malaria GRC–funding for scientists from endemic areas

Several sponsors of the Malaria GRC stipulated that their contributions support scientists from malaria endemic countries. Please help us infuse this meeting with exciting, unpublished data from students, post-docs, and scientists from endemic areas by sharing this email with your colleagues and encouraging them to submit their abstracts! Follow this link for meeting details and…

Research Internships in Oxford

The Africa Oxford Initiative has partnered with the Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine to offer 8-week summer internships to undergraduate and Masters students from Africa. This is a fully-paid opportunity for students to work in a laboratory environment with an Oxford University Principal Investigator (PI) and their team in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine….

Newton International Fellowships Open for Applications

The Newton International Fellowships are funded by the UK Government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to ensure that the UK engages with the world’s most promising early career academics. Newton International Fellowships are awarded jointly by three of the UK’s national research academies – the Royal Society, the British Academy and the Academy…

Call for Applications: CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars Program

We are pleased to announce the 2019 call for applications to the CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars program: an opportunity for early career researchers. CIFAR, a Canadian-based global organization, brings together nearly 400 researchers from over 16 countries who together are pursuing answers to some of the most complex challenges facing the world today. The CIFAR…

Apply for the DELTAS Africa Community and Public Engagement Seed Fund

30 January 2019 | Nairobi, Kenya – The African Academy of Sciences has set up the DELTAS Africa Community and Public Engagement (CPE) Seed Fund, a 2-year scheme to support doctoral and postdoctoral trainees to undertake innovative engagement projects aligned to their research projects. Health research and innovation has long relied on traditional, linear models…

Visit of the new Rector of the University of Sciences, Technique and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB)

On August 5, 2019, DELGEME proudly welcomed the new Rector of the University of Sciences, Technique and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), Prof. Ouateini Diallo in the presence of the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Odontostomatology, Pr. Seydou Doumbia, DELGEME Director, Pr. Abdoulaye Djimdé, USTTB External Relations Officer, Pr. Mahamadou Diakité, The Chair of…