• Joint ASRT-BA Research Grants Program For Egyptian and African Young Researchers
• TWAS-AREP Workshop Climate Change: Lens on Priorities
• No One Left Behind Woskshop

Application Deadline: Extended to 30 November 2021. 

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) and the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) are pleased to announce that the Joint ASRT-BA Research Grants Program for Young Researchers “Second Call” is now open.

For post-doctoral young Egyptian and non-Egyptian African researchers under the age of 45 conducting an innovative applied research in one of the following areas:

• Food and Agricultural Sciences
• Environment
• Engineering Sciences and Technologies 
• Medical Sciences

The value of the grant is up to EGP 250,000 per grant. 

Eligibility:

• Candidates must be currently working at a public/private academic or research institution in Africa 

• The research must be conducted in Egypt. 

• Egyptian candidates must be currently engaged or can arrange to work on a joint research project with counterpart(s) outside his working institution.

• African candidates must have Egyptian counterpart(s) working in Egypt.

• The Grant maximum duration is 18 months.
  

For more information and online application, please visit: https://bibalex.org/ASRT-BA-Grants/

For any inquiry, please contact: ASRT-BA.Grant@bibalex.org

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ASRTBAGrants

 The Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP), in collaboration with The World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries' Arab Regional Partner (TWAS-AREP), organizes an online workshop on Climate Change within the framework of the Young Scientists Training Program on 7–8 December 2021 within the framework of TWAS-AREP Young Scientists Training Program. 

The workshop will give the opportunity for young researchers under the age of 40 to network with experts and researchers from developing counties.  

Eligibility Criteria: 

• Applicants must be 40 years old or less.

• Master/ PhD Students and PhD holders in any field of life or natural sciences.

• Living/ working in developing countries.

• Women scientists, refugees, and/or displaced scientists are highly encouraged to apply.

The workshop is free of charge.

To join:

• Fill out the application form through this link 

• Upload your CV (it shall not exceed 2 pages in English ) 

• Motivation statement shall not exceed more than 250 words in English 

• (Motivation should include your current research and its relation to climate change, why you wish to join the workshop, and your potential research ideas in relation to climate change). 
  

N.B: Kindly upload the CV and the motivation statement in PDF file format 

Accepted applicants will be contacted via email. 

All sessions will be conducted in English.

Application deadline: 1 December 2021 

To register, please visit: https://www.bibalex.org/cssp/Event/Event.aspx?ID=2317

For any inquiry, please contact: TWAS.AREP@bibalex.org

 

Within the framework of the annual program "Innovate Now…Live tomorrow!" launched by the BA Information for Africa (BAIFA) and the Francophone Network at the BA Library Sector, The ITU-UNESCO Regional Digital inclusion Week for Arab States, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, in cooperation with UNESCO, organizes a virtual conference entitled "No One Left Behind: Leveraging Innovation for Access to Quality Education and Information" given by a group of Academics and Information Professionals from UNESCO. 

Simultaneous interpretation into English, French and Arabic will be available

Please register through the following link:

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_q5UPcJ05R-2UX1c9mvrUgw

Note: Registration is closing on Monday, 29th of November 2021.