First Call Winner Announcement
In response to the Joint ASRT-BA Research Grants Program First Call, 633 proposals were submitted from (17) different Countries (Egypt: 600, Cameron: 1, Ethiopia: 3, Ghana: 2, Iraq: 1, Kenya: 1, Libya: 2, Madagascar: 1, Morocco: 1, Nigeria: 7, Niger: 2, Rwanda: 1, South Africa: 3, Sudan: 4, Tanzania: 2, Tunisia: 1, Uganda: 1)
Joint ASRT-BA Research Grants Program has several phases after closing the applications that include:
• Data Check Process where only complete applications go through the reviewing process
• Blind Reviewing Process “Proposals’ Evaluation” by International/National reviewers
• Top Listed Interviews: according to the reviewer’s evaluation, the Joint ASRT-BA RGs committee selects the top listed applicants to be personally interviewed.
• Winners Announcement: at the end, the Joint ASRT-BA RGs scientific committee selects the winners who sign their contracts and receive the grant.
Joint ASRT-BA Research Grants Program First Call grants went to 22 researchers, including 20 Egyptian and 2 African researchers.
1) In the Engineering Sciences and Technologies field:
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ID
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Research Title
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Researcher Name
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Title/Affiliation
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City/Country
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Grant in EGP
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1348
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Manufacturing and characterization of new structural polymer - palm fiber composites and nanocomposites.
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Mohamed Ismail Bassyouni
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Port Said University.
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Port Said/ Egypt
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234,000
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1530
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An artificial interphase for realizing practical magnesium batteries
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Eslam Mohamed Sheha
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Professor, Faculty of Science, Benha University.
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Benha/ Egypt
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249,000
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1372
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Implementing Novel Dual-Axes Spark Plasma Sintering (DASPS) System for Development of Several Nano and Functionally Graded Ceramic Composites
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Ali Nasser Hassan
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Al Azhar University in Cairo
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Cairo/ Egypt
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250,000
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1531
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Structure and Physicochemical Studies of Novel Inorganic Electron Transporting Materials for High Performance Perovskite Solar Cells
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Hala Talaat Handal
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Researcher, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
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Cairo/ Egypt
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248,500
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2) In the Environment Sciences field:
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ID
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Research Title
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Researcher Name
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Title/Affiliation
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City/Country
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Grant in EGP
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1270
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Climate Variability over Nile Basin from CORDEX data, recent trends and future projections
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Gamil
Gamal
Abd El-Hady
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Lecturer, Institute of African Research & Studies, Cairo University
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Cairo/ Egypt
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165,000
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1469
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Decentralized Wastewater Treatment System for Household Level
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Mohamed Khaled Mostafa
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Assistant Professor, Zewail City of Science and Technology
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Giza/ Egypt
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250,000
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1436
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Designing Novel Cost-Effective and Eco-Friendly Electrospun Membranes and Carbon Fiber Electrodes Towards Extended Performance of Direct Borohydride Fuel Cell
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Marwa Hassan
Gouda
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Assistant Professor, City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications,
Alexandria, Egypt
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Alexandria/ Egypt
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250,000
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1325
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Magnetic Nanoparticle Immobilized On Functionalized Nanocellulose: A Novel And Sustainable Means For Water Purification In Africa
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Adewale Adewuyi
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Senior Lecturer, Redeemer’s University, Nigeria
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Nigeria
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249,480
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3) In the Food & Agriculture Sciences field:
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ID
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Research Title
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Researcher Name
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Title/Affiliation
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City/Country
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Grant in EGP
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1044
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Development of Certain Fruit and Vegetable Agro-industrial Waste into Useful Health Care Products
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Mohamed Abd -Allah Salem
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Lecturer, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University.
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Cairo/ Egypt
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235000
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1386
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Growing New Egyptian Wild Mushroom Species
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Hoda Mohamed El-Gharabawy
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Lecturer, Faculty of Sciences, Damietta University.
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Damietta/ Egypt
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250,000
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1110
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Genomics tools reveal hidden complexity in the epidemiology of Campylobacter Infection in Egypt
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Mohamed Elhadidy
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Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Mansoura University.
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Dakahlia/ Egypt
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249,500
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4) In the Medical Sciences field:
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ID
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Research Title
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Researcher Name
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Title/Affiliation
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City/
Country
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Grant in EGP
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1333
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Novel Triphenylethylene Analogues for Breast Cancer: Hitting Three Birds With One Stone
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Nermin Salah Mostafa
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Lecturer, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, German University in Cairo.
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Cairo/ Egypt
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212,575
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1492
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Characterization of Natural killer cells receptors in Myeloid Leukemia Egyptian Patients For future use in Immunotherapy
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Sally Mahmoud Mohamed Elfishawi
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Lecturer, National Cancer Institute, Cairo, Egypt
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Cairo/ Egypt
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250,000
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1445
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Genetic Screening to Identify Novel Players that Protect Against DNA Damage and Associated Diseases
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Menattallah Gamal Elserafy
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Assistant Professor, Zewail City of Science and Technology, Egypt
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Giza/ Egypt
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250,000
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1279
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Investigation of CRISPR-Cas9 mediated knock out of FOXO-1 in human mesenchymal stem cells as a potential novel source for diabetes cell therapy
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Mohamed Mostafa Kamal
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, The British University in Egypt.
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Cairo/ Egypt
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224,900
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1442
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Computer-Adied Design of Novel Sigma Receptor Ligands
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Mohamed Abou Elhassan Helal
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Associate Professor, University of Science and Technology Zewail City, Giza, Egypt
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Giza/ Egypt
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199,242
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1485
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Simple inexpensive quantification of DNA damage induced by commonly used pharmaceuticals
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Amira Fawzy El-Yazbi
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Lecturer, Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, Egypt
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Alexandria/ Egypt
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239,000
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1373
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Identification of proteins associated with Aggresome formation in CCHE-45 cells using SILAC
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Nouran Ahmed Al-Shehaby
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Researcher, Children’s Cancer Hospital Egypt 57357, Cairo, Egypt
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Cairo/ Egypt
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246,534
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1414
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Unraveling Natural Killer Cell LncRNAome in Patients with Hematological Malignancies
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Mona Ahmed Hassan Rady
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Assistant lecturer, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, GUC, Egypt.
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Cairo/ Egypt
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234,426
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1356
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Development and biological evaluation of novel dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARα/γ/δ) agonists as Anti-diabetic Agents
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Yasmin Mohamed Syam
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Researcher, National Research Centre, Cairo, EGYPT
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Cairo/ Egypt
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213,300
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1113
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The future of endourology: standardisation of prostatic resection operative techniques by virtual computational reconstruction
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Amr Elbanhawy
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Assistant Professor, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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Cairo/ Egypt
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160,000
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1263
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Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons Content of Food, Water and Vegetables and Cancer Risk Assessment in Southern Nigeria.
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Augusta Chinyere Nsonwu-Anyanwu
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Assistant Lecturer, College of Medical Sciences, University of Calabar, Nigeria.
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Nigeria
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240,000
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