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African Union Research Grants: 2012 Open Call for Proposals

Ref:*HRST/ST/AURG/CALL2/2012/EuropeAid/132-331/M/ACT/ACP*

The African Union Commission is seeking proposals for research focusing on the following thematic priorities articulated in Africa's Science and Technology Consolidated Plan of Action (CPA) and its Lighthouse Projects: (a) Post-harvest and Agriculture, (b) Renewable and Sustainable Energy, and (c) Water and Sanitation in Africa. The programme is financed through the Financing Agreement between the European Commission and the ACP Group of States under the ACP Research for

Sustainable Development Program of the 10^th EDF Intra-ACP Envelop.

The full Guidelines for Applicants, Application form and other supporting documents are available for downloading from the following Internet Sites:

1. http://www.africahrst.org/stict/rgp

2. http://www.au.int/researchgrant

3. http://webgate.ec.europa.eu/europeaid/online-services/index.cfm?do=publi.welcome

The deadline for submission of proposals is April 20, 2012 at 1700 hours (+3 GMT) Addis Ababa time.

Email: research-info@africa-union.org

Funding Calls
Science, Technology and Innovation

FP7 2012 Work Programme International Dimension Opportunities for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)

Contain information on the calls for proposals to be published in 2011-2012 under FP7.

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New call for proposals: EDCTP Strategic Primer grants

This grant will provide funding for research groups in sub-Saharan Africa and Europe to conduct innovative, ambitious studies that will:

Generate results to inform future clinical trials
Sustain and strengthen the capacity built up under EDCTP I
Increase networking of African and European Member States' research programmes.

Funding is available to support clinical research studies of up to two years duration to address high priority research issues and barriers to progress. The purpose of the award is to provide pump-priming to allow researchers to explore novel and innovative lines of research that may lead to the development and testing of new or improved clinical interventions against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis or malaria. Applications must involve researchers based at public institutions in two or more EDCTP-EEIG Member States and researchers at institutions in one or more sub-Saharan African countries.

Deadlines and applications
The deadline for preliminary applications is 14 February 2012.

More information about this call and the application form is available at www.edctp.org.

Grants for computer science meetings in African countries

The Academy of Science for the Developing World, the African Academy of Sciences and Microsoft Research are offering grants for computer science meetings in African countries.

These grants encourage the organisation of scientific activities in the field of computer science in Africa by offering financial assistance (not exceeding 4,000 Euros) to the organisers of conferences, workshops, symposia and special meetings held in Africa.

The support is normally provided in the form of travel grants for principal speakers from abroad and/or participants from developing countries other than the country where the meeting is held. Supported speakers should be from not-for-profit research organisations.

The deadline is 1 December 2011 for meetings to be held between July and December 2012. Application forms are available online by clicking on this link. Application forms should be sent by email to M T Mahdavi at mahdavi@twas.org.

Further information on this opportunity is available by clicking on this link.

Bi-regional coordination of S&T cooperation including priority setting and definition of S&T cooperation policies - Activity INCO-NET

◦ Identifier: FP7-INCO-2012-1

◦ Publication Date: 20 July 2011
◦ Budget: € 16 000 000 (Euro)
◦ Deadline: 15 November 2011 at 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)
◦ OJ Reference: OJ C213 of 20 July 2011
◦ Specific programmes: CAPACITIES

◦ Theme(s): Activities of International Cooperation

Description

The coordination and support action funding schemes for each of the four areas are worth four million Euros. Areas include: Sub-Saharan Africa; the Mediterranean Region; Latin America and the Caribbean Region; and the South-East Asian Region. Proposals should cover only one country in the areas of the call, and must cover more than one thematic area of the cooperation programme. Consortia must include participants from third countries of the targeted regions. Consortium agreements are recommended but not mandatory.

Key documents