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Micro Research Grants 2013
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Micro Research Grants 2013
Bibliotheca Alexandrina is funding innovative ideas for school students.
Today's students are tomorrow's leaders. Knowing that, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, as a center of excellence for the production and dissemination of knowledge, aims to encourage young people to interact within their communities and solve the problems they encounter.
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina is offering Micro Research Grants for Egyptian school students seeking funds to finance innovative ideas in one of the following fields:
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Engineering
- Environment
- Information Technology
- Materials Science
- Physics
Micro Research Grants 2013 application is now open for all Egyptian school students.
The deadline for submitting the 2013 Micro Research Grants applications is 31 August 2013.
For More information, visit our website http://www.bibalex.org/cssp/MicroRG/, or contact: cssp@bibalex.org.
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TWAS Fellowships: 2013 Call for Applications
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TWAS Fellowships: 2013 Call for Applications
Postgraduate, postdoctoral, visiting scholar and advanced research fellowships are now available to scientists from developing countries
The World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries (TWAS) is now accepting applications for its postgraduate, postdoctoral, visiting scholars and advanced research fellowship programmes.
The fellowships are offered to scientists from developing countries and are tenable at centres of excellence in various countries in the South, including Brazil, China, India, Iran, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan and Thailand.
Eligible fields include one or more of the following: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Medical and Health Sciences, Chemistry, Engineering, Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences, Mathematics and Physics.
Please see http://twas.ictp.it/prog/exchange/fells/fells-overview, for the latest information regarding all these programmes, including eligibility criteria, deadlines, etc, and to download the application forms and guidelines.
Women scientists are especially encouraged to apply.
For more information, please contact: fellowships@twas.org.
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2013 TWAS Regional Office for Sub-Saharan Africa Prize for Young Scientists: Call for Nominations
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2013 TWAS Regional Office for Sub-Saharan Africa Prize for Young Scientists: Call for Nominations
The TWAS Regional Office for sub-Saharan Africa (TWAS-ROSSA) is calling for nominations of suitable candidates for the 2013 TWAS Regional Office Prize for Young Scientists.
This year’s prize will be awarded for achievements in Basic Sciences.
Nominations are invited from TWAS and AAS (African Academy of Sciences) Fellows, Members of National Academies, Research Institutions, Research Councils, Centres of Excellence and Universities in the sub-Saharan region.
The nomination of women is encouraged.
For more information and to download the nomination form, please visit: http://www.aasciences.org/index.php/news-a-events/338-call-for-nominations-for-2013-twas-regional-office-prize-for-young-scientists.
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Science Supercourse
Science Supercourse is a project jointly coordinated by Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, and Ronald Laporte, Director of the WHO Collaborating Center for Disease Monitoring and Telecommunications at the University of Pittsburgh.
This effort was designed to improve information sharing among professionals and educators in four major fields of science: Public Health, Agriculture, Computer Engineering, and Environment. Lectures are shared in PowerPoint format to empower educators around the world.
Get Involved!
The SSC is based on involving the community and encouraging professors and experts to participate by adding their own lectures to the website for the benefit of students and teachers everywhere.
If you are a Professor of Agriculture, Computer Engineering, Health or Environmental Health, be part of the SSC and upload your lectures.
To view the lectures and join the team, please follow the link: http://ssc.bibalex.org.
For any suggestion, please E-mail: ssc@bibalex.org.
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