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The Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS) is a continental institute that seeks to address the short, medium, and long-term development challenges in Africa in a holistic and comprehensive manner.

The scholarship programme will support postgraduate students in critical fields for the continent – African Heritage; Water-Energy-Food Nexus; Smart Economy; ICT; Artificial Intelligence and Robotics; and Health. These students will directly contribute to creating a pool of young leaders committed to playing a critical role in achieving a more integrated African economy with accelerated growth generating positive outcomes that benefit all of its countries.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Applications Open: April 2023

Applications Close: 11 July 2023

Funding Outcome: 22 December 2023

WHO CAN APPLY FOR NRF-MINDS DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIP?

• Be a citizen of an African country other than SA, residing in any African country
• Be thirty two (32) tears of age and or younger on 31 December in the year of application for the doctoral scholarship and
• Be intending to pursue full-time doctoral studies with effect from the following academic year of the year of application at a SA public university.

WHICH COUNTRIES ARE ELIGIBLE?

• South African students & International

CONTACT DETAILS

NRF: Busisiwe Sibiya | BG.Sibiya@risa.nrf.ac.za | Phone: +27 12 481 4166

MINDS: Sarah Kombasa | s.kombasa@minds-africa.org

HOW TO APPLY FOR NRF-MINDS DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIP

All the postgraduate students will be expected to apply on the NRF Connect system by accessing the link: https://nrfconnect.nrf.ac.za/.

No manual applications will be accepted.

Visit their websites: www.nrf.ac.za | www.minds-africa.org

The OWSD Early Career Fellowship is a prestigious award of up to USD 50,000 offered to women who have completed their PhDs in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects and are employed at an academic or scientific research institute in one of the listed Science and Technology Lagging Countries (STLCs). The OWSD Early Career fellows are supported to establish environments at their institutions where they can maintain an international standard of research and attract scholars from all over the world to collaborate.

Deadline for Applications: 27 April 2023

The OWSD Early Career Fellowship programme is administered by OWSD with funds generously provided by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada.

The fellowship programme supports early career women scientists to lead important research projects in those countries which have been identified as especially lacking in scientific and technological resources.* The fellows will undertake their research projects in one of the eligible countries and applicants must demonstrate that they have spent significant periods of time in that country (at least 5 years in total). Applicants must also have a guarantee of employment at the institution where they intend to carry out the research.

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Merck Foundation Africa Research Summit – MARS aims to contribute to building research capacity in the African Research Community. This year, a special focus will be on “The Role of Scientific Research in Women Health and Reproductive Care”.

Merck Foundation Africa Research Summit – MARS 2023 will have scientific support from African Union Scientific-Technical and Research Commission (AU-STRC); Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Uganda; Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI); African Reproductive Care Society (ARCS), International Federation of Fertility Societies (IFFS); and Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE).

The aim of Merck Foundation African Research Summit – MARS Awards is to empower African young researchers & women researchers, advancing their research capacity and promote their contribution to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). The winners of MARS Awards are recognized under two categories; “Best Young African Researcher” and “Best African Woman Researcher”.

The Summit opens a discussion with Ministries of Health, Education, Information, Science and Technology and Gender from across Africa, to define policies with the aim to empower women and youth in STEM and to address the vital role of research in the improvement and sustainable development of healthcare system. with a specific emphasis on how to translate knowledge into action – the ‘know-do gap’ – to improve health and make an impact on society.

The summit will be a unique opportunity for the winners of a MARS Research Awards to share their research output and findings. It is also an opportunity for networking and career development.

Abstract Submission Details
Abstracts are invited from final year PhD students, young investigators involved in research and Medical Doctors in Postgraduate Medical Fellowship program related to either of the following topics:

• Women Health
• Infertility and Reproductive Care

All applicants should be primarily based at African Research Institutes and Universities, although collaboration within Africa as well as outside is also welcome.

Deadline: 30 June 2023

Apply Now OR Send your abstracts to: mars@merck-foundation.com along with your CV (including Name, Gender, Country, University/Hospital Name, Email address, Mobile Number) and the abstract document as an attachment.

MARS 2023 Awards

All abstracts will be peer reviewed.

Entries are invited under the below categories:

• Best African Women Researchers
• Best Young African Researcher

The Winners will receive a 3 months Research Training scholarship in India
One Best Abstract winner from each category will get an opportunity to present their abstract at the IFFS World Fertility Congress in Athens.

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African institutes or countries wishing to host the 2026 edition of the African School of Physics, ASP2026, are invited to submit a few-page proposal by 31 August 2023. The IOC will review the proposals; a selection will be announced by December 2023. The Local Organizing Committee of the selected host country for ASP2026 will be invited to participate in the preparation of ASP2024, to take place at Cadi Ayyad University in Marrakesh, Morocco, on 7-20 July 2024.

Guidelines for ASP School and Conference Potential Hosts

The EXAF Centre is launching the second call for proposals of the “100 PhDs for Africa Programme”, as part of the Excellence in Africa initiative, jointly launched by UM6P (the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Morocco) and by EPFL (the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne).

The 100 PhDs for Africa programme will give to science and engineering graduates the opportunity to pursue a PhD at an African higher education institution. The PhD students benefiting from this programme will be jointly supervised by a professor of an African institution and by an EPFL professor. They will conduct their doctoral studies and their thesis research at their institution in Africa, and they will spend short periods of time at EPFL and at UM6P (summer and spring schools, workshops, conferences).

The first call for proposals is now open, with a deadline for applications set for 18 April 2023 (17:00 UTC+2). Talented master graduates who have the endorsement of a professor at an African higher education institution for PhD supervision are very welcome to apply.

Please feel free to contact us with any further questions (exaf@epfl.ch).

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Find the applications guidelines here

Grand Challenges Africa, in partnership with the Grand Challenges Canada, Global Affairs Canada (GAC), the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), have an OPEN Request for Expression of Interest (RFEI) call for Sustainable Diagnostic Containment Laboratories.

This Expression of Interest (RFEI) is seeking bold ideas that will reinvent the diagnostic laboratory, making it fit-for-purpose in resource-limited contexts globally. These innovative solutions are expected to #reimagine the physical laboratory to reduce ongoing operational and maintenance costs and allow sustainable presence of safe and secure handling of high-consequence pathogenic materials, whilst maintaining and/or optimizing core functions of a diagnostic laboratory in low- and middle- income countries.

This RFEI represents Phase I of a dual-phase approach to development of a Grand Challenge for Sustainable Diagnostic Laboratories. The pool of Expressions of Interest received will be used to inform the scope of a full Grand Challenge program in Phase II, under which Grand Challenges Canada will award funding. Submission of an Expression of Interest does not constitute an application for funding; however, Expressions of Interest will receive feedback from an external review process designed to improve the quality of full proposals submitted for an open call for funding applications in Phase II. Most promising Expressions of Interest may also be shortlisted for direct invitations to submit full proposals for funding in Phase II.

Deadlines:

Applicant registration: 12 April 2023 at 11:59 p.m. EDT

Expression of Interest submission: 19 April 2023 at 2 p.m. EDT

Click to start your application on Grand Challenges Canada’s Fluxx Portal.
Grand Challenges Canada will host an applicant information session — Date TBA.

For any queries, please submit to sdl@grandchallenges.ca.

Relevant Documents

• Frequently Asked Questions (English) (pdf, 394.05 KB)
• Application Questions (English) (pdf, 76.65 KB)

The Fondation L’Oréal and UNESCO launch the 14th edition of the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Young Talents – Sub-Saharan Africa program, to support young women scientists.
In 2023, 20 endowments will be offered for the Sub-Saharan Africa region:
1. Doctorate: €10 000
2. Post-doctorate: €15 000

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:
• Having the nationality of a Sub-Saharan African country.
• Working in a research laboratory or institution in one of the region’s countries or being enrolled in a doctoral programme at a University in Sub-Saharan Africa*.
• Pursuing research in the field of life and environmental sciences, physical sciences, mathematics, computer and information sciences, engineering sciences and technology.

Online applications: www.forwomeninscience.com

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Call for applications | Appel à candidatures

This is to remind you that the deadline is approaching to submit your paper submission to MRS Advances based on the presentation that you made for the AMRS 2022 meeting. The deadline for submissions is February 24. Manuscripts should be submitted to the journal’s website: www.editorialmanager.com/mrsa.

Note: This pertains to new submissions. Papers that have already been submitted have entered the review process and cannot be resubmitted at this time.

A few things of note as you prepare to submit your paper:

• You will need to register to set up your account prior to beginning your submission. Look for the Register link under the login buttons or to the right side of the login box.
• Enter your symposium name in the control ID box in the online submission questionnaire (e.g. Materials for Energy; Biomaterials and Materials for Health; etc.). This will facilitate the assignment of the correct editor for your paper.
• Contributed articles should not exceed 2500 words; invited speaker papers may be up to 5000 words in length. There are limits to the number of figures and references, as well. Please review submission guidelines on the journal’s website.
• All original research must include the following statements in the manuscript file:

o   Data availability statement

o   Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest statement

o   (Please note: do not include keywords in the manuscript file.)

MRS Advances features rapidly published peer-reviewed snapshots of work in progress on key materials topics, often paralleling topics which are highlighted at the MRS meetings. If you are not able to meet the submission deadline given above, you are welcome to submit for a future issue in this topical area. MRS Advances is indexed in Scopus, SCImago and in the Web of Science, Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI). MRS Advances will be given its first Journal Impact Factor this summer. Articles indexed in ESCI are included in an author’s H-Index calculation. Published content for MRS Advances is available here.

The journal is free to all MRS members and by subscription to institutional libraries around the world. There is no charge for publishing in the subscription model. In addition, MRS and Springer Nature are highly supportive of open research. To accelerate the transformation towards open science, Springer Nature continues to extend an ever-increasing number of Read-and-Publish agreements with global academic and research institutions. Be sure to check with your librarian to determine whether your article could benefit from Open Access publication of your article. More information on what Transformative Journals mean for authors can be found here, and a current listing of institutions and funders open research funders may be found here.

Please let us (Susan Dittrich, dittrich@mrs.org or Ellen Kracht, kracht@mrs.org) know if you have any questions. We look forward to working with you!

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Background:
ASESMANET (Atomistic Simulations, Electronic Structure, Computational Materials Science and Applications: The African Network) is a network connected to The African School of Electronic Structure Methods and Application (ASESMA) [1], ASESMANET is opening a call for scientists working in Africa and active in research in electronic structure calculations that want to spend a period of time visiting and doing research at a research group located in an African country different from their country of  residence. The visit needs to end by 31/December 2023.
Funding for this program is provided by the External Activities Unit (EAU) of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) Trieste Italy in collaboration Centre Européen de Calcul Atomique et Moléculaire (CECAM), the National Centre for Computational Design and Discovery of Novel Materials MARVEL funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, and the Psi-k network. The funds are to promote intense scientific exchanges between researchers within Africa who are working in electronic structure methods and applications and to support Africa – Europe interactions between researchers in Europe and those in Africa. This network (ASESMANET) will fund African researchers to visit other researchers or research groups in Africa or Europe for focused research collaboration for two months or more at a time. It can also support conference participation between Europe and Africa and within Africa.

What the ASESMANET funds will cover:
* Travel/flight tickets [from home country to host/collaborating country].
* Accommodation at host country
* Living allowance at host country

Who Should Apply?
Lecturers at Institutions in African countries who carry out research in atomistic/molecular modeling. These include those who use electronic structure methods (DFT, HF, etc.) or sampling methods such as Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics in different fields: Condensed Matter Physics, Materials Science, Computational/Quantum  Chemistry, Quantum Dynamics, Computational Drug Design and other areas.
Postdoctoral fellows and advanced post-graduate students at the doctoral level working in Africa may also apply. Women are particularly encouraged to apply.

How to Apply
1) First fill the Google Form here: https://forms.gle/8z3UBCmYrCgL76zN7
2) Then, after #1 above, send an email to asesmanet@eaifr.org with the following documents:
a) a 1-2 page description of the research project that will be carried out at the host institution: motivation, state of the art, research goals, methods to be employed, research plan, relevance for scientific progress, reasons for choosing the hosting research group. Email a pdf with the name: My_Name_Proposal.pdf
b) Acceptance letter from the hosting scientist, stating that the host institution will provide the infrastructure for the visitor to conduct research, the proposed topic, and confirmation of dates of visit (this letter should be sent directly by the hosting scientist to the e-mail above). Moreover, the letter should describe the work of the hosting scientist of relevance for the proposed project. Email a pdf with the name: My_Name_Acceptance.pdf
c) CV of applicant. A pdf with the name: My_Name_CV.pdf
d) CV of the hosting scientist: A pdf with the name: My_Host_Name_Proposal.pdf
You may also put all these documents into a single pdf file and email it to us.

Deadline for Submission: March 12, 2023

Contact for additional information:
For further information contact: asesmanet@eaifr.org

An exciting opportunity exists at our Head Office for a Adhesive Chemist to work in a world-class laboratory!
Requirements

Incumbent must have at least a first degree in Chemistry and ideally be experienced in the field of Adhesives Chemistry.

Hands-on laboratory work related to the development and formulation of new adhesives and the improvement of existing adhesive products.

Fully equipped laboratory.

Applications in writing only, for attention: R+D Manager: Electrical to careers@pratley.co.za or deliver to below address.

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Together with universities in Germany, France, Spain, Sweden, Austria and Italy, we offer an international Erasmus Mundus Master in Advanced Materials Science and Engineering. The programme is called AMASE and since we are in the Erasmus Mundus Programme (https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/opportunities/individuals/students/erasmus-mundus-joint-master-degrees_en) we can offer study scholarships for students from the whole world. The Dead-line for the application is the 15th January or 15^th February 2023, depending on the selected universities (see www.amase-master.net).

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The scholarship includes tuition fees of about $9,000, an annual return ticket from your home country with a maximum contribution of $1,000 during summer vacation, and stipend allowance of $1,000 monthly for 11 months every year.

Eligibility Requirement

• Must be a national of one of the African Union Member States.
• Applicants must be less than 35 years of age at the end date of this call.
• Must have master’s degree (in science or engineering), Diploma or Engineering Diploma or any other equivalent diploma (baccalaureate + 5); and
• The candidate must demonstrate remarkable ability and devotion along with experiences in conducting research in the selected field of study.

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In providing Humboldt Research Fellowships for experienced researchers, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation enables highly-qualified scientists and scholars from abroad, who completed their doctorates less than twelve years ago1 to spend extended periods of research (6-18 months; may be divided up into a maximum of three blocks) in Germany.
Candidates are expected to have their own, clearly defined research profile. This means they should usually be working at least at the level of Assistant Professor or Junior Research Group Leader or be able to document independent research work over a number of years. Scientists and scholars from all disciplines and countries may apply.

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Read the guidelines and information here

Apply for the fellowship here

The E-JUST international affairs office are pleased to announce the start of Fall 2022 Postgraduate International admission and E-JUST TICAD7 African Scholarships for STI.

E-JUST TICAD7 African Scholarship for STI is available for all African students (Non-Egyptians) who need to obtain M.Sc. degree in Engineering/Basic and applied sciences.

There are 2 available scholarships funded by Toyota Tsusho Corporation this semester, for all African students (Non-Egyptians) who need to obtain M.Sc. degree in Accounting and Information Systems/Engineering/Basic and applied sciences.

The Online Application is available on E-JUST website till 12th of February 2022.

View the E-JUST TICAD7 Flyer for Fall 2022

View the Toyota Tsusho Corporation Scholarship Flyer

For more information about the admission requirements, available scholarships and the online application, Kindly check the following link; https://ejust.edu.eg/international-admission-adm/

A six-month training school in Machine Learning and its application to Electronic Structure and Molecular Dynamics is organized for researchers in Africa. It will take place online from October 2021 to April 2022 and will culminate in a workshop in Kigali, Rwanda in the period 16 – 20 May, 2022. The six-month training will require attendance of online classes one to three times a week on average, with a total time of 2—7 hours each week, The broad topics for the six-month training include:
• Introduction to Python programming
• Basics of Machine Learning (ML)
• Working with Materials Databases (Materials Project, NOMAD, AFLOW)
and OPTIMADE
• Combining ML with Materials Databases for Materials Discovery
• Machine Learning for Force Field development
• Machine Learning in Electronic Structure

At the end of the six-month training, the top 20 participants will be selected to attend the final workshop in Kigali, Rwanda 16-20 May, 2022, while the other participants will join online. The workshop in Kigali will also feature research talks from top scientists in the field and poster presentations.

To apply, fill out the Google form at https://forms.gle/62f387Nt62jGZSb9A
In addition, please send a copy of your CV to MLESMD@eaifr.org

First deadline for application is 14/October/2021 and the training will start on Monday/18/October/2021. Applications will be received till end of October, 2021.

Who should apply?
Lecturers in Africa who carry out research in electronic structure and/or atomistic/molecular modeling and are interested in the application of Machine Learning in their research. These include those who use electronic structure methods and/or sampling methods such as Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics in different fields: Condensed Matter Physics, Materials Science, Computational/Quantum Chemistry, Computational Drug Design and others areas. Postdoctoral fellows and advanced post-graduate students at the masters or doctoral levels working in Africa can also apply. Women are particularly encouraged to apply.

Current Sponsors: ICTP-EAIFR/UR, Psi-k Network

Nanotech Futuristic Solutions and the WIOMSA Cities and Coasts project are pleased to announce the call for applications for a workshop on Nanotechnology and Its Applications for Sustainable Cities and Coasts, that will take place in Johannesburg South Africa on 29 November- 4 December 2021.

This training workshop will equip professionals and practitioners from various fields with fundamental tools of nanoscience and will make them better prepared in implementing and utilizing nanotechnology in marine science, city planning, science policy advocacy and renewable energy systems. By offering practical sessions on the application of nanotechnology, the training provides a first-hand experience on nanotechnology and helps to close the gap in its potential uses in diverse fields.  This will enable the development of policies for better management of wastewater and building of smart green cities. The nanotechnology trainees will act as a think tank for the much-needed advancement and expertise of nanotechnology within the Western Indian Ocean region and the African continent.

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Nanotech Futuristic Solutions and the WIOMSA Cities and Coasts project are pleased to announce the call for applications for a workshop on Nanotechnology and Its Applications for Sustainable Cities and Coasts, that will take place in Johannesburg South Africa on 29 November- 4 December 2021.

This training workshop will equip professionals and practitioners from various fields with fundamental tools of nanoscience and will make them better prepared in implementing and utilizing nanotechnology in marine science, city planning, science policy advocacy and renewable energy systems. By offering practical sessions on the application of nanotechnology, the training provides a first-hand experience on nanotechnology and helps to close the gap in its potential uses in diverse fields.  This will enable the development of policies for better management of wastewater and building of smart green cities. The nanotechnology trainees will act as a think tank for the much-needed advancement and expertise of nanotechnology within the Western Indian Ocean region and the African continent.

Download the Requirements Document 

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Read more on the WIOMSA website