The UK Medical Research Council and the UK Department for International Development announce a further call for proposals for the prestigious African Research Leader awards. The MRC/ DFID jointly funded scheme aims to strengthen research leadership across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) by attracting and retaining exceptionally talented individuals who will lead high quality programmes of research on key global health issues pertinent to SSA. The African Research Leader (ARL) should be supported by an enthusiastic local research environment and by a strong linkage with a UK partner.
Jobs and Announcements
MRC/DFID African Research Leader scheme
Applications Close 27 November 2014, 16:00 GMT
MRC/DFID African Research Leader scheme
Closing date for applications: 10 June 2010
Up to three awards are available for outstanding health researchers from sub-Saharan Africa to strengthen their research skills and build partnerships with a United Kingdom (UK) research institution through a new pilot scheme jointly funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and Department for International Development (DFID). The African Research Leader scheme is a highly prestigious award which aims to strengthen research leadership and capacity across sub-Saharan Africa by attracting and retaining researchers of high ability. The pilot scheme is open to all research areas within MRC’s remit that specifically address the priority health problems of people in developing countries and which cannot easily be achieved in the UK. The scope of the scheme includes biomedical and health research, including social sciences and public health research, and translational research relevant to African national and regional health needs and priorities. Awards of up to £500K will be offered to two or three research leaders.
MRC/DFID African Research Leader Scheme
Closing date for applications: 10 June 2010
Up to three awards are available for outstanding health researchers from sub-Saharan Africa to strengthen their research skills and build partnerships with a United Kingdom (UK) research institution through a new pilot scheme jointly funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and Department for International Development (DFID). The African Research Leader scheme is a highly prestigious award which aims to strengthen research leadership and capacity across sub-Saharan Africa by attracting and retaining researchers of high ability. The pilot scheme is open to all research areas within MRC’s remit that specifically address the priority health problems of people in developing countries and which cannot easily be achieved in the UK. The scope of the scheme includes biomedical and health research, including social sciences and public health research, and translational research relevant to African national and regional health needs and priorities. Awards of up to £500K will be offered to two or three research leaders.
MRI, Senior Research Grants 2018
Deadline for applications: 15 April 2018
In 2017 CODESRIA introduced the Meaning-making Research Initiative (MRI) as a tool for supporting research that contributes to agendas for imagining, planning and creating African futures. MRI aggressively pushes scholars to build on the close observation of African social realities. Projects funded under this initiative should propose research on important aspects of African social realities that fall under CODESRIA’s priority themes as outlined in the CODESRIA Strategic Plan and be guided by clear questions that explore puzzling aspects of the social realities of Africa and its position in the world. Projects should be theoretically ambitious with a clear goal of providing new and innovative ways of understanding and making sense of African social realities and explore multiple spatial, temporal and sectoral settings where this contributes to the process of meaning-making. Interested applicants should submit a proposal, budget, annotated plan of deliverables, cover letter, CV of the scholar and an identification sheet.
MSF launches: Revising TRIPS for public health: an ideas contest
Deadline: 19 September 2011
On the occasion of the ten-year anniversary of the Doha Declaration, Medicins sans Frontieres (MSF) is launching an ‘ideas contest’ on how to revise TRIPS so that it genuinely meets global public health needs. Contestants are asked to respond to the following question: Can TRIPS be reformed to meet public health needs? If your answer is YES, describe your idea for how the treaty should be changed. If NO, explain why not, and propose an alternative. Anyone is eligible to submit an entry, either as an individual, a team, and/or on behalf of an institution. The contest seeks to attract ideas from around the world from creative thinkers who may be academics, students, activists, analysts, government officials, journalists, or from the private sector. Submissions from low- and middle-income countries are particularly encouraged. There are two submission options: Option 1: A written essay of 500-1000 words (excluding footnotes and references). Option 2: An audio visual entry: video, audio, slideshow or photofilm of no more than five minutes. Submissions should succinctly describe a proposal to change the TRIPS Agreement so that it is conducive to global public health.
MSF launches: Revising TRIPS for public health: An ideas contest
Deadline: 19 September 2011
On the occasion of the ten-year anniversary of the Doha Declaration, Medicins sans Frontieres (MSF) is launching an ‘ideas contest’ on how to revise TRIPS so that it genuinely meets global public health needs. Contestants are asked to respond to the following question: Can TRIPS be reformed to meet public health needs? If your answer is YES, describe your idea for how the treaty should be changed. If NO, explain why not, and propose an alternative. Anyone is eligible to submit an entry, either as an individual, a team, and/or on behalf of an institution. The contest seeks to attract ideas from around the world from creative thinkers who may be academics, students, activists, analysts, government officials, journalists, or from the private sector. Submissions from low- and middle-income countries are particularly encouraged. There are two submission options: Option 1: A written essay of 500-1000 words (excluding footnotes and references). Option 2: An audio visual entry: video, audio, slideshow or photofilm of no more than five minutes. Submissions should succinctly describe a proposal to change the TRIPS Agreement so that it is conducive to global public health.
MSF Southern Africa: Learning Unit Administration and Resources Officer
Closing date: Tuesday, 10 January, 2017
Doctors without Borders (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation committed to two objectives: providing medical assistance to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, healthcare exclusion, natural and man-made disasters; and speaking out about the plight of the populations assisted. MSF offers assistance to people based only on need and irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation. The learning activities of MSF's Southern African Medical Unit (SAMU) have substantially increased in the past 3 years as the demand for learning opportunities as increased in the many projects that SAMU supports. These activities in turn support the requirements of staff that they contribute to achieving operational objectives of MSF mission/projects. The MSF SAMU learning unit’s purpose is to ensure that MSF field projects, HQs and all MSF partners have access to quality learning opportunities in HIV/TB, both programmatically and clinically. Although learning opportunities are often seen as the provision of trainings, they also include managing and making available a range of medical resources such as guidelines, reports, toolkits and journal articles. One of the most important media for this is the SAMU website. The post requires a candidate with a tertiary qualification, a Diploma in Public Relations, Office Management or similar, 5 Years work experience with two years in similar post and experience in organisation and/or coordination of meetings and trainings.
Multinational Working Groups 2015 Competition
Deadline: February 28, 2015
The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) invites proposals from African and Diaspora researchers for its 2015 Multinational Working Groups Competition. The Council’s Multinational Working Groups Competition is for researchers to explore themes covering multiple countries. Researchers should apply as individuals with clearly-thought out projects. CODESRIA’s evaluators will identify the best applications and the Council will constitute groups of 12 to 15 researchers around dominant themes. Each group constituted will be led by a CODESRIA-appointed coordinator who will oversee group activities, follow up on progress by members, facilitate the exchange of ideas among group members and help ensure quality. The Multinational Working Groups Competition provides grants of USD 5000 to each researcher over a 15-month period to facilitate the completion of already-started work. Researchers are supposed to produce an article or book chapter at the end of the grant period.
Museum of Namibian Music Call for Submissions
Museums Association of Namibia
The Museums Association of Namibia is inviting musicians and members of the public to assist by identifying musical instruments, recordings, photographs or stories that might be included in the museum. They are calling on submissions to the development of the museum by Namibian artists and the general public alike, to contribute ideas about what the museum should contain. The museum will be a museum of Namibian music that will endeavour to showcase all forms of Namibian music across all genres, cultures, instruments, uses and time.
Nairobi, Kenya to host 10th WTO Ministerial Conference
World Trade Organisation (WTO), 10 December 2014
The General Council, on 10 December 2014, agreed that the 10th Ministerial Conference be held in Nairobi, Kenya from 15 to 18 December 2015.