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Listed here are 26 Volkswagen Foundation Funding and Grant Opportunities Continue reading “26 Volkswagen Foundation Funding and Grant Opportunities”
BigSurv20 is currently accepting abstracts and session proposals. The submission deadline is February 13, 2020. Continue reading “BigSurv20 Call for Abstracts – Netherland 2020”
Yale Young African Scholars (YYAS) is an intensive academic and enrichment program designed for African secondary school students planning to pursue tertiary education and who wish to make meaningful impact as young leaders on the continent. Continue reading “Apply! Yale Young African Scholars (YYAS)”
NOSM faculty have incredible expertise in the area of medical education and innovation. Consider presenting an educational session at Northern Constellations 2020 on May 8 & 9 in Thunder Bay and sharing your knowledge with your colleagues. Submit a Continue reading “Canadian Northern Constellations 2020 Calls For Proposals, Canada”
The 2018 World Bank Group Human Capital Index revealed that countries in Sub-Saharan Africa score the lowest in skills, health, knowledge and resilience of all the world’s regions. This reflects challenges such as high mortality and stunting rates, as well as inadequate student learning outcomes. Continue reading “The World Bank #Blog4Dev Competition”
The Summer Institute is an immersive two-week creative writing and cultural exchange program held in Iowa City, Iowa, U.S., a UNESCO City of Literature, for Continue reading “University of Iowa 2020 Summer Institute Application Opens!”
Are you engaged or interested in preventing violent extremism? Do you have experience in and/or want to learn more about building social cohesion through interfaith dialogue? Are you excited about exchanging ideas with like-minded young people from all over the world? Continue reading “The 1st iDove Intercontinental Youth Forum in Southeast Asia”
Help us shape Going Global 2020 by submitting a speaker, session or workshop proposal. Apply by Tuesday 22 October 2019. Continue reading “British Council Going Global 2020 – Call for Proposal”
Continue reading “WHO Call for Abstracts for Young Global Health Leaders and Researchers”
The 4th edition of the UNAOC Young Peacebuilders programme focusing on the MENA region is now open for applications.
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The World Bank Group and the Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) today announced a new open call for awards recognizing promising innovations aimed at preventing and responding to gender-based violence. Applications for the Development Marketplace: Innovations to Address Gender-Based Violence must be received online by September 13, 2019. Continue reading “World Bank, Sexual Violence Research Initiative Launch 2019 Call for Proposals for Innovation in Addressing Gender-Based Violence”
Eisenhower Fellowships Youth Leadership Network is aimed at youth aged 18 to 25 years to complement the existing Fellow network of dynamic, mid-career change agents. All Eisenhower Fellows are currently expected to engage with the global EF network, Continue reading “Apply for Eisenhower Fellowships Youth Leadership Network”
Listed here are 134 Academic, Postdoctoral and Research Fellowship Opportunities at the University of Birmingham, UK. Click on each opportunity for details and to apply. Continue reading “134 Academic, Postdoctoral and Research Fellowship Opportunities at the University of Birmingham, UK”
As part of the Marine Plastics Research & Innovation Framework, through generous funding from Waitrose & Partners, the ACU is developing a bespoke online training to help enhance the impact of activities aimed at disseminating research findings and promoting best practice interventions and innovative solutions emerging from their area of research. Continue reading “Waitrose Blue Charter Programme: Knowledge Exchange”
UNESCO is opening a call for abstracts in preparation of a Regional Conference on the theme: Governance of Diversity: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Development and Peaceful Coexistence in Africa, to be held in Accra Ghana, from 10 to 12 October 2019. Continue reading “UNESCO Call for Abstracts – Assessing challenges and opportunities towards effective governance of diversity in Africa”
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The project, is funded by the British Academy, and seeks to develop the writing capacity of Peace and Security, Early Career Researchers (ECRs) from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia and South Sudan, facilitated by established and early career academics from the African Leadership Centre (ALC) at King’s College London; the Editor of the Conflict Continue reading “Call for Applications: Publishing and grant writing workshop for Early Career Researchers in Eastern Africa”
Do you believe that the internet is a vital platform for social, economic and political development in Africa? Are you a current or potential leader in internet governance forums and debates in Africa? Does your current work or study involve internet or ICT policy and regulation? Do you want to deepen your understanding of the “multistakeholder” approach to internet-related policy making? Continue reading “Call for applications for the 7th African School on Internet Governance (AfriSIG)”
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) and the Diplomatische Akademie Wien – Vienna School of International Studies (DA) are seeking candidates to participate in two workshops on science diplomacy.
Continue reading “UNESCO-TWAS S4D4C Science Diplomacy Workshops – Call for Applications Open!”
PARADIGM Initiative is calling for applications from interested and eligible candidates for the second edition of its Digital Rights and Inclusion Media Fellowship. Continue reading “Digital Rights and Inclusion Media Fellowship”
A professional training programme on the transparency of climate action and support, organized jointly by UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Greenhouse Gas Inventory & Research Center of Korea is now officially open for applications. Continue reading “Apply for Training on Greenhouse Gas Inventories”
Every year, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) hosts the prestigious ”Green Talents – International Forum for High Potentials in Sustainable Development” to promote the international exchange of innovative green ideas. The award, under the patronage of Minister Anja Karliczek, honours young researchers each year. The winners come from numerous countries and scientific disciplines and are recognised for their outstanding achievements in making our societies more sustainable. Selected by a jury of German experts, the award winners are granted unique access to the country’s research elite.
Now receiving applications for the Secretary-General Peacebuilding Fund’s Gender and Youth Promotion Initiative 2019. #GYPI2019 #Youth4Peace Promoting inclusive peacebuilding through innovative initiatives empowering women & young people. Continue reading “African Union Secretary-General Peacebuilding Fund’s Gender and Youth Promotion Initiative 2019”
Early Career Conference Grants are open to early career academics employed by ACU member universities, enabling them to participate in a conference held in any country other than their country of employment. Continue reading “Association of Commonwealth Universities Early Career Conference Grants”
Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMwA) with support from UNWomen Eastern and Southern Africa (ESARO) invites applications from African women leaders for the 2019 Feminist and Transformational Leadership Development Programme to be held under the auspices of the African Women’s Leadership Institute (AWLI,) which is a space for catalyzing and nurturing feminist and transformational leaders to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment on the African continent and beyond.
The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) was launched by former President of the United States Barack Obama as a signature effort to invest in the next generation of African leaders. The need to invest in grooming strong, results-oriented leaders comes out of the statistics: nearly 1 in 3 Africans are between the ages of 10 and 24, and approximately 60% of Africa’s total population is below the age of 35 Continue reading “2019 Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) – Cohort 33 & 34”
The multi-institutional, interdisciplinary CREATE Program in Data Analytics and Visualization (DAV) at York University in Toronto offers an *all-expenses-paid undergraduate summer school on big data science.
The Forum Transregionale Studien and the German Center for Art History in Paris (Deutsches Forum für Kunstgeschichte, DFK Paris, part of the Max Weber Foundation – German Humanities Institutes Abroad) and Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) invite doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers in the field of art history as well as neighboring disciplines to apply to participate in a Transregional Academy that will be convened from October 26 to November 3, 2019, at UNAM, Mexico, on the theme of Continue reading “Call for Applications: Transregional Academy “Spaces of Art””
Prisma Ukraïna – Research Network Eastern Europe (Forum Transregionale Studien), “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies, Center for Governance and Culture in Europe/University St. Gallen, German Historical Institute Warsaw, European University Viadrina Frankfurt/Oder, and the Centre for Applied Anthropology (Kyiv) invite doctoral and postdoctoral scholars to apply for the Transregional Academy. Continue reading “Call for Applications: Transregional Academy “After Violence” 2019”
The Forum Transregionale Studien and the Max Weber Stiftung – German Humanities Institutes Abroad, in cooperation with the Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung Berlin (ZfL), invite doctoral and postdoctoral scholars in the fields of literary and cultural studies and history to apply to attend a Transregional Academy that will be convened on July 11-20th, 2019 at the ZfL Berlin on the theme of: Continue reading “Call for Applications: Transregional Academy “Minor/Small Literature(s)” 2019”
The Girls Impact the World Film Festival is an annual event that focuses on issues facing women and girls around the world. High school and undergraduate students, submit your 3-6 minute short films that address global women’s issues such as: education for girls, maternal health, violence against women and girls, and a variety of other issues. See topics and awards here: http://www.connecther.org/gitw/prizes Continue reading “Call for Entries: The Girls Impact the World Film Festival”
The IAS/AVAC Media Scholarship Programme makes the conference accessible to a select group of highly-qualified journalists who would not otherwise be able to attend and report on the conference proceedings. The programme also provides a training on HIV research, a series of briefings through the conference week and targeted support to help journalists strengthen their HIV reporting skills. Continue reading “IAS/AVAC Media Scholarship Programme”
The CrossCulture Programme (CCP) offers young professionals and committed volunteers the opportunity to expand their area of professional expertise and to gather intercultural experience through a professional fellowship in Germany. Since 2005 CCP encouraged more than 500 professionals and volunteers working in different civil society sectors. The CrossCulture Programme is funded by the German Federal Foreign Office and implemented by ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen). Continue reading “CrossCulture Programme for Young Professionals”
African Studies Centre & St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, 27-28 June, 2019.
WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE the Call for Papers and Panels for a two-day Conference on ‘Racialisation and Publicness in Africa and the African Diaspora’ which will be held at the University of Oxford, from 27-28 June, 2019. Continue reading “CALL FOR PAPERS: RACIALISATION AND PUBLICNESS IN AFRICA AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA”
The International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR) and the Africa Centre for Philanthropy and Social Investment at Wits Business School will co-host a PhD Seminar for approximately 20 PhD students at all stages of their doctoral research in topics related to the Third Sector, i.e., civil society, the nonprofit sub-sector, philanthropy, social economy, social investment, venture philanthropy, corporate social investment and volunteerism, among others. Continue reading “CODESRIA Conference on Philanthropy: May 16-17, 2019 – Call for Applications (for PhD Students)”
The winners of best paper competitions earn travel awards to ASA-sponsored conferences. The following general policies and procedures apply to all ASA section competitions (see individual sections below for further applicable instructions): Continue reading “American Statistical Association Student Paper Competitions”
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