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5th Call for Africa-UniNet Research Cooperation Projects

Proposals for cooperative research projects can be submitted until 28 February 2025.

1 min read · 10. December 2024
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5th KoEF Call for funding

The 5th KoEF Call for funding is open until 28 February 2025.

2 min read · 10. December 2024
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External Calls and Activities Stipendium Entwicklungsforschung

Supporting African Science and Tertiary Education (SASTE) Grant - 3. Call open until November 2024

The SASTE grant supports post-docs from Sub Sahara Africa working in the field of Agriculture, Forestry, Water Management, Renewable Energies, Nutritional Science, Human and Veterinary Medicine for a research stay in Austria. In case of strong involvement of Technical Sciences and IT in research projects of the mentioned fields, these areas of research are also eligible for application.

2 min read · 27. November 2024
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External Calls and Activities

DANIDA FELLOWSHIP CENTRE: Call for Development Research Applications 2025

The MFA invites applications for research collaboration projects between Danish research institutions and South-based research institutions in eligible countries. The deadline for submission of Phase 1 applications is 29 January 2025.

1 min read · 26. November 2024
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Entwicklungsforschung

New Publication: Knowledge and Development V

The book presentes the best texts from the Young Talent Austrian Development Research Award 2023, as well as contributions of the winners of the main prize.

3 min read · 24. November 2024
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23 new Africa-UniNet projects to start in 2024

In the framework of the 4th Africa-UniNet call 23 cooperative research projects between universities and research institutions in Austria and in African countries were accepted for funding.

5 min read · 06. June 2024
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Video about Sonnia Nzilani Musyoka's career and environmental work in Kenya

Former APPEAR scholar Sonnia talks about her motivation to establish an environmental NGO to combat climate change in Kenya and her professional career as Makueni County Minister.

2 min read · 13. May 2024
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Tropentag 2024 at BOKU

Tropentag, the annual interdisciplinary conference on research in tropical and subtropical agriculture, natural resource management and rural development will be taking place at BOKU on 11-13 September 2024.

1 min read · 02. May 2024
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Invitation to University of Saïda (Algeria) "International Staff Mobility Week 2024"

This year, for the second time University of Saïda (Algeria) organises the "International Staff Mobility Week" from May 5 to 9, 2024.

1 min read · 14. March 2024
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Alumni Entwicklungsforschung

Invitation to Alumni Talk with Kahsa Tadel Gebre, Ethiopia

Join us at the event on 25 April 2024 at 18:00 at the OeAD. Kahsa Tadel Gebre will share her personal and professional experiences during and after her stay in Austria.

2 min read · 14. March 2024
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Kabale University Hosts GIS Training for Sustainable Water Management in Western Uganda

The GIS training as part of the Africa-UniNet supported project P082 was successfully completed at Kabale University from 30 January to 2 February 2024.

2 min read · 21. February 2024
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Call for application: Kofi Annan Award for Innovation in Africa (KAAIA)

The award supports promising social entrepreneurs with digital or technology-powered solutions for people in Africa to help them build the foundations to scale

1 min read · 19. January 2024