Conference Announcement
African Science Academy Development Initiative (ASADI) VI Conference
Date: 09-10 November 2010
Venue: The Lord Charles Hotel, Somerset West, South Africa
Theme: Improving Access to Energy in Sub-Saharan Africa
Conference Date, Venue, and Theme
The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) will host the sixth African Science Academy Development Initiative (ASADI) conference which will focus on Improving Access to Energy in Sub-Saharan Africa at the Lord Charles Hotel, Somerset West, Western Cape from 9 to 10 November 2010.
Address of Venue:
Cnr Faure & Stellenbosch Roads, Somerset West PO Box 5151, Helderberg, 7135, SOUTH AFRICA Telephone: +27 (0) 21 855 1040 Fax: +27 (0) 21 855 1107 www.nh-hotels.co.za
Conference Aim
This ASADI VI conference seeks to find ways of improving access to energy, especially in the sub-Saharan Africa region. Some of the topics that will be focused on are traditional versus modern forms of energy; who has access to energy; bridging the gap between rural and urban areas in terms of energy access; affordable and sustainable access to energy; and energy as a universal supply for economic development. These evidence-based solutions will be shared with policy-makers from African governments and the public. A policy-makers’ advisory booklet on improving access to energy will be launched at the conference.
Invitation to lecture: “Resurrection plants: unique Southern African plants that enable understanding of extreme water deficit (drought) tolerance”
THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA and THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE OF SOUTH AFRICA INVITE YOU TO A LECTURE BY:
Professor Jill Farrant FRSSAf
Molecular and Cell Biology Department, University of Cape Town
entitled
“Resurrection plants: unique Southern African plants that enable understanding of extreme water deficit (drought) tolerance”
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: CHRISTOPHE MERIEUX PRIZE 2011
Each year the Institut de France’s Christophe and Rodolphe Mérieux Foundation awards a Scientific “Grand Prize” known as the “Christophe Mérieux Prize” to support research into infectious diseases in developing countries.
This Prize is exclusively for researchers whose activity is permanently exercised in such countries.
The Christophe Mérieux Prize (500,000 Euros) will be allocated as follows:
- 100,000 Euros as personal reward to the Prize winner having the scientific responsibility of the team
- 400,000 Euros earmarked for the development of the team’s research.
Click here to download the full call.
Fogarty AITRP – call for applications
The CU-SA Fogarty AIDS Research Training Program is sending out a Call for Applications for traineeships in the USA in 2011. Now in its 16th year, this training programme has been pivotal in building the HIV/AIDS and TB public health and basic science base in southern Africa.
- Download full document here.
This Call for Applications covers long-term and short-term training opportunities in the USA only. There are four categories of training available in the USA as follows:
The Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation (www.humboldt-foundation.de) offers research fellowships and research awards to excellent scientists and scholars from abroad and enables more than 2,000 researchers from all over the world to spend time researching in Germany.
GM crops can help to alleviate African food shortage, says new Academy of Science of South Africa report
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Agricultural biotechnology, specifically genetic modification (GM) technology, can be one of the most vital tools for addressing the chronic food shortages in sub-Saharan Africa maintains a new report released by the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf). This report has been published as the result of a forum study in which ASSAf convened a series of expert workshops aimed at engaging African scientists in assessing the current challenges, opportunities and risks associated with the use of GMOs.
Invitation to lecture: ‘The Power of Light – remarks on the occasion of the 50th birthday of the laser’
THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA and THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE OF SOUTH AFRICA INVITE YOU TO A LECTURE BY:
Professor Heinrich Schwoerer, Laser Research Institute, Physics Department, University of Stellenbosch
entitled ‘The power of light – remarks on the occasion of the 50th birthday of the laser’
SOUTH AFRICA – KENYA JOINT SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH PROGRAMME: 2nd Call for Research Proposals – 2010
The Government of Kenya and the Republic of South Africa signed an Agreement for cooperation in science and technology in August 2004. The two countries have decided to jointly support researchers from public universities and public research institutes on an equal and mutually beneficial basis in an effort to enhance scientific and technological cooperation between the two countries. In 2009 the joint S&T Research supported 6 research projects which are still on-going. Only 5 projects will be funded in 2010.
In this year, Joint research project proposals shall be submitted to the relevant authorities in both countries for evaluation (the National Council for Science and Technology in Kenya and the National Research Foundation in South Africa). Evaluation will be done according to the following criteria: