Call for Fellowships for Young AfricansCPN‐Africa hereby wishes to inform all eligible “Young” African Scientists about the FP7‐Africa‐2010 Call topics that were proposed by Africans and are directed mainly towards Africa’s research needs in the areas of Health, Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology. In view of getting European partners with whom to collaborate in the writing and implementation of their projects, CPN‐Africa is offering fellowships to eligible “Young” African Scientists to sponsor a 4‐week trip to Europe to search for and find European partners with whom to write up and submit a project related to this call. In an attempt to give the YAS a better understanding of the FP7, its calls, to help in the writing of project proposals and in partner search, CPN‐Africa will be organising a series of regional Information Days and workshops within the months of October and November 2009 with the possibility of sponsorship. These will increase the chances of YAS to compete for the EU grants. Applications should include;
Applications should be forwarded to the following respective Regional Contact Points: Western and Central African Region Mr. Akindeh NJI Email: Akindeh@yahoo.com Eastern African Region Dr. Steven Kiwuwa Email: mkiwuwa@yahoo.com Southern African Region Dr. Emmanuel Kafwembe Email: ekafwembe1951@yahoo.com Application Deadline; The deadline for applications for these travel grants is October 30th, 2009. The deadline for this Call is the 14th of January, 2010.
For More Information and Application, Please See; Call for Fellowships for Young Africans Website
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