Natural Products Research Network for Eastern and Central Africa (NAPRECA)  ANNOUNCING 2011/2012 DAAD-NAPRECA FELLOWSHIPS FOR POSTGRADUATE TRAINING (M.Sc. AND Ph.D.) The German Academic Exchange Services (DAAD) and NAPRECA have been implementing a postgraduate scholarship scheme since the 1988/89. The programme aims at providing support to staff development efforts of universities and research institutions in the sub-region. DAAD provides scholarship funds annually to five new candidates through NAPRECA. Nominees for the scholarship will pursue postgraduate studies leading to M.Sc. or Ph.D. degrees in Biology, Chemistry, and related fields. Applicants are selected from among young research or teaching assistants/demonstrators in universities or research institutes of NAPRECA member countries (Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe, DR Congo and Cameroon) or affiliate countries. Successful candidates shall pursue postgraduate studies in Universities in NAPRECA member countries other than their home country. Eligible Candidates
Candidates should submit applications to The NAPRECA Coordinating Office, Department of Chemistry, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197-00100, Nairobi, Kenya, Fax No. 254 2 4446138, e-mail: napreca@uonbi.ac.ke, ayenesew@uonbi.ac.ke or jmidiwo@uonbi.ac.ke as soon as possible, specifying the kind of training they require and a University within the region where they wish to pursue studies. Applications should be accompanied with the following documents:
DEADLINE FOR RECEIVING ADMISSION LETTERS IS 30TH JUNE, 2011 Scholarship Duration and Funding The fellowship is offered for a two-year period in the case of a M.Sc. and three years for a Ph.D. study. The scholarship fund covers University fees, book and living allowances, personal accident and medical insurance as well as a round trip air ticket where applicable. It is the policy of DAAD to issue an extension of the scholarship on a yearly basis based on good study progress. Source : http://www.napreca.net/daad2011.pdf For the first time in 2009 the For Women in Science Programme is launching of the L’Oréal-UNESCO Regional fellowships “For Women in Science” in Sub-Sahara Africa to assist women scientists in Sub-Saharan to realize important scientific research in all fields of science, engineering and technology. This fellowship is open to all women citizens and permanent residents from Sub-Saharan African countries. Fellowships will be awarded to women scientists in Sub-Saharan African to realize important scientific research in all fields of science, engineering and technology. * Fellowships will be awarded for PhD research projects that will result in a Doctorate degree * The research is to be conducted in any country in Sub-Saharan Africa. * Fellowships up to the maximum value of US$20,000 will be awarded. * The age limits for the candidate is 40 years * The selected beneficiaries will be awarded their fellowships at a public ceremony. Fellowship Application Deadline: 31 December 2010 Source: http://www.uonbi.ac.ke/news-and-events/announcements.php Clinical fellowship in Paediatric Anaesthesia in Kenya to train anaesthesiologists in Kenya and other Eastern African countries. Job Description: This is a 12 month programme that will offer fellows clinical experiences in general paediatric and subspecialty paediatric anaesthesia, pain management, critical care and a variety of educational electives including pharmacology-related clinical research, medical education and clinical teaching and patient simulation. Initially teachers will come from Europe, America, Australia, New-Zealand and Canada and other places as approved by the world federation of societies of anaesthetists. We shall have a trainer of trainers approach so we can have enough faculties not to import in a period of about 3 years. We shall have 4 students per year, 3 from Kenya and 1 from one of the neighbouring countries. Project Goal: To improve peri-operative care of children undergoing anaesthesia and subsequently clinical outcomes in Kenya and the larger East and Central Africa through a paediatric anaesthesia fellowship program. Project Objectives • To train anaesthesiologists in Kenya and other Eastern African countries in relevant knowledge and skills for delivery of safe perianaesthesia care for children in Africa • To train Paediatric anaesthesiologists per excellence who will in turn be able to train other anaesthesia practitioners on the delivery of safe perianaesthesia care for children in Africa • To set up comprehensive paediatric anaesthesia excellence centres in five countries in Africa, including Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi. The first of these will be in Kenya • To develop mechanisms for professional mentorship for trained paediatric anaesthesiologists • To train fellows in routine clinical and surveillance data collection and its application to improve service delivery. • To develop mechanisms that will ascertain sustainability of the training program and provision of services beyond the life of this project. • To disperse the training to all cadres of anaesthetists offering care of patients in the whole country, region. Specific Objectives for Participating Fellows: - To develop competence in providing peri-operative anaesthetic care for neonates, infants, children and adolescents. - To develop leadership, teaching and research roles in anaesthesia, peri-operative care and pain management in children - To develop an in-depth understanding of paediatric day-of-admission and day surgery practices. - To develop an understanding of the principles of experimental design, clinical research and statistical analysis. Application Closing Date: by the end of November 2010 More info at: www.anaesthesiakenya.co.ke/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=121&Itemid=121 UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI GANDHI SMARAK NIDHI FUND - POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP: 2010/2011 ACADEMIC YEAR ************************************************************************************* The Gandhi Smarak Nidhi fund will offer a limited number of partial scholarships tenable at the University of Nairobi, for Masters and Postgraduate Diploma studies during the 2010/2011 academic year. Interested candidates are invited to apply for the scholarship by filling in a formal application/re-application form available in Room A112 Administration Block, Main Campus after presenting a receipt of a non-refundable application fees of Kenya Shillings Five Hundred Only (KShs. 500.00). This amount should be deposited into the University of Nairobi Account No.03-094-8245531, Barclays Bank of Kenya - Queensway House Branch at any Barclays Bank of Kenya branch. The bank deposit slip should then be taken to the Student Finance Office (Room G4), for receipting. Applicants must attach to the completed form a letter of offer (Notice of eligibility) to study at the University of Nairobi for a Masters/Postgraduate Diploma (not PhD) course and must have attained at least an Upper Second Class Honours or its equivalent at Bachelors Level. Completed application forms may be send to the Secretary, Gandhi Smarak Nidhi Fund, University of Nairobi, P. O. Box 30197 – 00100 G.P.O. Nairobi, or delivered to Room A112 Administration Block, Main Campus so as to reach by Friday August 6, 2010. A. ONE YEAR MASTERS IN ECONOMICS SCHOLARSHIP: One scholarship is available through MU/VLIR-UOS-Gender Equity Project which is administered through IGERD. This is a ONE YEAR FULL TIME scholarship at a Flemish University in Belgium starting in September 2011. QUALIFICATIONS: IGERD is searching for a female candidate interested in undertaking MA program in ECONOMICS. Applicant MUST have MA in Economics and therefore interested in enriching oneself with a second masters. This is a capacity building initiative and therefore staff members at Moi University are encouraged to apply. B. Application process: Interested candidates should: i. Submit a TWO PAGE document highlighting their areas of interest and why they want to pursue a second Masters in ECONOMICS. The proposal should be typed and double spaced, Font 12, Times New Roman. ii. Include ALL relevant academic transcripts, full contact details e.g. Cell-phone number, email, and one (1) colored passport size photos. iii. Proposals submitted to IGERD should be forwarded through your Head of Department or equivalent. C. Deadlines: a) All documents must be submitted to the Director IGERD by 30th September 2010 b) Only successful candidates will be contacted thereafter. c) Visit IGERD for a copy of this advert. Send inquiries and application documents to: Institute for Gender Equity, Research and Development (IGERD), Moi University, P.O Box 3900, Eldoret 30100. Email: directorigerd@mu.ac.ke and igerdmu@gmail.com IGERD Office is in the Main Campus, Administration Building, 2nd Floor/Left Wing Phone +254-53-43344, Fax+254-53-43401 Website: www.mu.ac.ke/muvlir.gender/html Genomic Epidemiology in Africa 26/06/2010
Genomic Epidemiology in Africa 28 November-3 December 2010 KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya Deadline for applications: 27 August 2010 Course overview Genome wide association studies (GWAS) have become a powerful tool for obtaining clues to the genetics of resistance and susceptibility to disease. There is growing interest among medical researchers in Africa in applying these new methodologies to gain a better understanding of common diseases that affect African populations. This course aims to describe the key aspects of GWAS to enable participants to perform analyses in their own research. To do so, we will cover both theoretical and practical issues of genetic epidemiology via association analysis, illustrating particular concepts with examples from recent studies in Type 2 Diabetes, Malaria and Obesity. The outline of the course will follow the experimental process; starting with an introduction to the population genetics and its relevance to study design, through to data collection and analysis, and on to interpreting and following up results. Particular emphasis will be placed on the use of publically available resources (such as HapMap, 1000 genomes and dbGAP) and the benefits of collaborative research. Each topic will involve a lecture and a computer practical, using freely available software. Course Programme Population genetics and association studies Patterns of diversity in natural populations and underlying molecular processes. Linkage disequilibrium and ancestry. Differences between populations and its consequences for GWAS. Study design and exploiting population cohorts The GWAS approach and its power to detect genetic effects. Choice of commercially available genotyping products and study individuals. Choice of control individuals. Integrating GWAS into epidemiological and cohort studies. Data quality and basic association analysis Genotype calling and quality control. Simple tests for association and performing a genome-wide scan. Interpreting evidence for association and identify regions of interest. Controlling for confounding effects Tools for investigating possible population structure and relatedness within study individuals. Methods for correcting for confounding effects. Comparing data to existing collections. Follow up analysis Replicating signals of association. Options for functional studies. Trans-ethnic fine-mapping. Exploiting whole genome sequence information. Imputation, meta-analysis and data sharing. Course Organisers
Prerequisites Applicants should be researchers or clinicians engaged in relevant research. Cost The course is subsidised by the Wellcome Trust and there is no course fee for non-commercial applicants.The fee for commercial applicants is £1000. Bursaries Bursaries are available for non-commercial applicants to cover travel and accommodation costs. These are subject to a selection process and are awarded on merit. The amount awarded will depend on the number of applicants. Bursary application information, plus terms and conditions Applications Applicants must submit an application form. To obtain an application form, either:
Wellcome Trust Advanced Courses Wellcome Trust Genome Campus Hinxton Cambridgeshire CB10 1SA, UK Deadlines Applications must be received by 27 August 2010 PhD Scholarship 15/04/2010
SWISS NATIONAL CENTRE OF COMPETENCE IN RESEARCH (NCCR) NORTH-SOUTH PROGRAMME Topic and Scope of the PhD Research The scholarship is part of the NCCR’s Research Project on “Spatio-temporal variability in access to services and natural resources at meso-scale, and their impact on household welfare and poverty in Africa and Southeast Asia”, which is being implemented in Kenya and Tanzania (JACS East Africa), in Laos and Vietnam (JACS Southeast Asia), and in Mauritania (JACS West Africa). The meso-scale approach of the Research Project implies that in the different countries, the respective research will need to take a countrywide perspective. The PhD research project in Tanzania will center around research on “Access to health and education services and its impact on household welfare in rural Tanzania”, and will analyze the impact of varying degrees of access to health and education services on household welfare in rural Tanzania, using primarily available national information bases. The project will develop spatial data layers on socio-economic indicators based on a) 2000 population census information, and b) the temporally corresponding, and the most recent available household budget survey. Based primarily on these data sources, the research project will develop poverty measures for 2000 at a high spatial resolution using small-area estimation techniques [small-area estimation methods combine household survey and census information to estimate household expenditure and thereby the economic dimension of poverty levels at a high level of spatial disaggregation]. The analysis will then focus on investigating how access to public and private health and education services impacts on rural household welfare across space and will attempt to model changes in those aspects over time using household survey data. The analysis shall differentiate Tanzania’s rural population according to their level of access to the different services, and analyze the emerging segments of the population in terms of their socio-economic and socio-cultural characteristics. Technical and methodological challenges that will need to be addressed include, among others, the spatial capturing of socio-economic characteristics of nomadic populations, the development of small-area estimated poverty measures for rural Tanzania, and the development of national spatial data layers on public and private health and education services. Scientific challenges that will need to be addressed include, the prognostic spatial modelling of socio-economic dynamics, as well as the spatial statistical analysis of the different degrees of access to those services among different population groups, and relate those to respective household welfare. Eligibility, Conditions of Offer and Selection Criteria Any researcher meeting the requirements for admission to a PhD programme in any of the public universities in Tanzania and is interested to conduct research in the framework of NCCR N-S programme is eligible for this scholarship. The scholarship is valid for 36 months from the date of commencement. The successful candidate is expected to start developing his/ her PhD proposal and work plan no later than in May 2010, and will be expected to finalize the Thesis by June 2013. There will be provision for a Sandwich Programme within the network of the local collaborating universities, including an extended stay in the Institute of Geography, University of Berne to be granted on merit. The scholarship will cater for tuition fees, including supervision fees, student’s stipend for 36 months, fieldwork and logistics (Research Assistants, transport, stationery and production of reports/thesis). Preliminary screening, through a competitive selection process, will be conducted at a designated selection centre at the collaborative universities (Dar es Salaam and Sokoine University of Agriculture) and the Regional Coordination Office at CETRAD, Nanyuki, Kenya. The best two candidates will be subject to further (final) screening by the NCCR N-S Board of Directors (based in Switzerland). The best overall candidate will then sign a three months contract to prepare a comprehensive PhD Research Proposal before the scholarship can be awarded. The study will commence immediately after. Submission of Applications Interested candidates are invited to submit a one-page application stating their area of research interest and topic of study, and the university/department one would prefer to undertake the study. Applications should be sent, electronically, to the Regional Coordinator not later than 30th April 2010. The shortlisted candidates shall be informed on the date and venue of interview. Any enquiries may be directed to: Dr. Boniface Kiteme Regional Coordinator JACS East Africa CETRAD, Nanyuki, Kenya Tel: +254 62 31328; Mob: +254 722-835863 e-mail: b.kiteme@africaonline.co.ke 
Kulture Alliance, in conjuction with the Centre for Creative Arts, Kenyatta University, Kenya and the Ben Ezigbo Foundation, is pleased to announce the commencement of application for its 2nd annual ‘Creative Arts Fellowship 2010.’ As in the previous edition, fellowship application is by an essay competition, and is only open to persons who have, at least, a good university degree, or its equivalent. Performance arts have an increasingly important role to play in social transformation. Their role in achieving social inclusion have been acknowledged time and again by various government authorities who perceive them as tools for achieving purposeful and planned social outcomes with a wide range of people and communities experiencing poverty, disadvantage or discrimination. However, there are several factors that hinder the actualization of this role, especially in developing countries. The theme of this year’s contest is: “The Creative Arts – Veritable Tools for Social Change” Essay Description: Essays should focus on how either of the three major performance arts – dance, drama, music – can be used to fight societal problems, and propel the sense of communal responsibility. Entries should also address the problem of funding and show how the various art forms can be tailored to suit and reach an international audience.
The judges for 2010 include Yasmil Raymond, Curator, Dia Foundation, John Spencer Jnr. (FESPAM), Koffi Mensah (Ghanaian Playwright) and Segun Arinze (2009 Kulture Alliance Fellow and current President, Actors Guild of Nigeria).
Subsequently, the fellows move to Parkland where they are assigned offices equipped with computers, internet, phone and fax facilities. During their stay, all Kulture Alliance Fellows receive free accommodations at a hotel within a few minutes walk of the Kulture Alliance office in Parkland. Fellows are offered free return tickets to Nairobi, Kenya with necessary travel insurance. Each fellow receives a stipend of 1130 USD during their stay to help pay for meals and expenses. Kulture Alliance Fellows must agree to return to Nairobi at the end of their short projects, on December 11, to take part in a public presentation at which local artists will join fellows to discuss their projects, observations and recommendations. Summary reports produced by Kulture Alliance Fellows will be published on the websites of Kulture Alliance and its program partners. For online application and entry submission, use: www.jotform.com/form/10682105259 Information for intake commencing 2011 Regional strategy The New Zealand Development Scholarships (NZDS) scheme offers the opportunity to people from targeted developing countries to undertake development-related studies at tertiary education institutions in New Zealand. New Zealand Development Scholarships are a central part of the New Zealand Government’s development cooperation programme in Africa. In the southern and eastern Africa region, NZAID offers NZDS in the Open category (NZDS-Open) to candidates from Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. By providing people with knowledge and skills to contribute to the sustainable development of key sectors in their home country, the NZDS scheme aims to reduce poverty, promote health, nutrition and improve rural livelihoods, and contribute to the human resource base of Africa. NZAID capacity building complements the work done in country by multilateral agencies and non-governmental organisations’ (NGO) projects. Type, level and number of scholarships Under the Africa Regional Programme, New Zealand offers NZDS-Open scholarships to individuals from Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The NZDS-Open is directed to public sector, private sector and civil society (including NGO) candidates who independently apply for a scholarship, and who meet the eligibility and selection criteria outlined below. Preference will be given to applicants from disadvantaged communities. New Zealand Development Scholarships are awarded for full-time, postgraduate level study (i.e. Postgraduate Diplomas and Masters degrees) in New Zealand. Undergraduate degrees and Doctorates (PhD) are not offered under the Africa Regional Programme. New Zealand will offer up to 14 NZDS-Open scholarships for the region, with as equitable a spread as possible across all five eligible countries, for study beginning in the 2011 academic year. Priority sectors For the 2011 intake, NZDS scholarships will be offered at postgraduate level for study in the development sectors of:
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