NEPAD SANBio Alerts 2020- December Issue 3: Season’s greetings | No retreat: African Youths confront COVID-19 | The Network’s activities for the last 6 months and | New Projects
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“In this month’s newsletter, we have put together all the work the Network has been involved in for the past 6 months. We have also included some of our new projects that we will be working on for the year 2021. We hope you will enjoy the read as much as we enjoyed putting this issue together.” – AUDA-NEPAD SANBio Network Manager, Dr Ereck Chakauya.
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AUDA-NEPAD SANBio Network Manager Dr Ereck Chakauya.
Grants and Awards
RUFORUM PreCall – Announcement – Young Scientist Awards 2021 Deadline: 31 March 2021
RUFORUM PreCall – Announcement – Young African Entrepreneurs Competition 2021 Deadline: 31 March 2021
New African Plant Nutrition Research Fund Opens Initial Call for Proposals. Deadline: 21 December 2020
British Academy – Opportunity for Research Chairs Support. Deadline: 20 January 2021
NIHR Global Health Research Centres (research and innovation). Deadline: 31 March 2021
Scholarships and courses
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AUDA-NEPAD SANBio Network Manager, Dr Ereck Chakauya with students
ARPPIS-DAAD PhD scholarships for study at ICIPE. Deadline: 22 December 2020
Google Summer of Code 2021 for student developers. Deadline: 29 March 2021
South African Ideas Festival 2021 for Young Africans. Deadline: 2 January 2021
Master Degree: Erasmus Mundus Program – Mediterranean Forestry and Natural Resources Management. Deadline: 31 January 2021
2021 Senesh Fellowship Announcement. Deadline: 15 January 2021
British Council Study UK GREAT Scholarship 2021. Deadline: varies
VLIR UOS/ICP Master of transportation sciences scholarships 2020/2021 – Road Safety in Low & Middle Income Countries Deadline: 1 February 2021
The France – South Africa Scholarship Programme 2021/22 for Young South Africans to study in France Deadline: 20 January 2021
Publications
Menard Musendekwa, Munyaradzi Tinarwo, Rumbidzayi Chakauya and Ereck Chakauya. (2020). Beyond Land Redistribution: A Case for Stewardship in Land Reform. Journal of Land & Rural Studies. DOI: 10.1177/2321024920968315
Wilson Parawira , Alexandros I. Stefanakis , Phiyani Lebea, Ereck Chakauya & Walter Chingwaru (2020): Internalisation of Salmonella spp. by Typha.latifolia and Cyperus.papyrus.in.vitro and implications for pathogen removal in Constructed Wetlands, Environmental Technology, DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2020.1811395
Restoration status of Nakayiba wetland, Masaka, Uganda (Bunyangha et al., 2018)
Events
FutureWater, HiView and Egerton University – eTraining course on Crop models and remote sensing for water management in agricultural systems. 21 January 2021
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AUDA-NEPAD SANBio Network Manager, Dr Ereck Chakauya
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AUDA-NEPAD SANBio Network Manager, Dr Ereck Chakauya.
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AUDA-NEPAD SANBio Network Manager, Dr Ereck Chakauya in Africa