Tanzania Hosts Annual Africa Science Granting Councils Meetings
The Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology Director General is pleased to inform the general public that Tanzania will be hosting the Annual Africa Science Granting Councils (SGC) meetings from 11 to 15 November in Dar es salaam, Tanzania. For more information please click here
International Training Program
Swedish Patent and Registration office is announcing an International Training Program ITP: 313e on "International Property and Gnetic Resources in Support of Innovation".
Deadline for application is 29th November, 2019.
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The African Union Kwame Nkrumah Awards for Scientific Excellence(AUKNASE)
The frican Union Commission is committed to ensure that science, technology and innovation contribute to our sustainable development efforts .The Constitutive Act, establishing the African Union, recognizes the need toadvance the development of Africa by promoting research in all fields, and in science and technology inparticular.
The deadline for submission of the Nomination Form with supporting documentsis 10thof November 2019at 17:00 hours Addis Ababa time. For More Information, Please click here
Call for Proposals: Intersectionality in Research
The Science Granting Councils Initiative in Sub-Saharan Africa (SGCI), the Organization of Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) South African National Chapter, and the German Research Foundation (DFG) are partnering to contribute to greater understanding of intersectionality in the context of research funding.
Through this partnership, we would like to commission a research paper contextualising this topic of intersectionality to research funding with a focus on:
· Deepening its understanding;
· Documenting examples of intersectional research being undertaken in SGCI participating countries and beyond;
· Sharing practices by public funding agencies on considering intersectionality in executing their mandate of funding research; and
· Providing recommendations as guidelines to public funding agencies.
The call for Proposal is looking for those with the expertise to write a high quality paper on the subject.
Details about this assignment are available in the attached author terms of reference.
The deadline for submission of proposals is on or before Monday 28 October 2019 at 23:59 South African Standard Time (SAST). All submissions should be made directly via email to: penelope.chauke@nrf.ac.za, who can be contacted for any further information.
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Shortlisted Applicants in Second Round of Business Plan Innovation Challenge
Tanzania Digital Innovation Youth Empowerment Programme (TADIYE) is an innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem development initiative, designed to inspire and promote technology-based young start up entrepreneurs in Tanzania. The project is funded by the Royal Danish Embassy in Tanzania and implemented through Dar Teknohama Business Incubator (DTBi) in collaboration with two other key partners; Magilatech Company Limited and Institute for Management and Entrepreneurship Development (IMED)
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6th Annual STI Conference
COSTECH is organising the 6th Annual STI Conference which will be held by end of June 2018. Paper submissions in line with this year’s theme are now accepted
Research Calls
The review of concept notes has been completed. Visit online submission system for feedback.
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Call for Innovation Proposal
Learn MoreVacancies at Buni Hub
COSTECH is looking for competent personnel to fill in vacancies in its innovation space, Buni Hub. These vacancies include Hub Manager (1 Post ), Partnership Lead (1 Post ), Technical and Operations Lead (1 Post) and Community and Communication Lead (1 Post ). For more information click here
