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Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and International Development Research Centre (IDRC) 

The Canadian International Food Security Research Fund

Call for Concept Notes: Open Call 2010

More information on www.idrc.ca/cifsrf 



Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

TheBill & Melinda Gates Foundation is now accepting letters of inquiryfor a new grant program to develop point-of-care diagnostics for thedeveloping world.

$30 million in new grants will be availablethrough Grand Challenges Diagnostics, a part of the Grand Challenges inGlobal Health initiative.  The program will develop components andtechnologies that allow assessment of multiple conditions and pathogensat the point-of-care in a variety of settings.


Weare looking to fund the development and optimization of novel,accurate, feasible technologies that are low cost, easy to use,functional at high temperatures and humidity, and do not requirerefrigeration, reagents, water or lab equipment.

Details and application instructions are available at http://www.grandchallenges.org/diagnostics/Pages/Introduction.aspx. Letters of inquiry are being accepted online until February 16, 2010.
   
After a review of submitted letters of inquiry, the foundation will invite full grant proposals from selected applicants.



Ruforum Community action research programme

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Call ID: RU/CGS/CARP/15/02/2010


For selection in March 2010

BACKGROUND
This is to announce the RUFORUM Community Action Research Programme(CARP) First Call for Concept Notes. The purpose of the Programme is todemonstrate innovative approaches towards strengthened Universityengagement with development practice in Eastern and Southern Africa.Initially, priority will be given to projects that focus on scaling-upand out research outputs from the most successful RUFORUM CGS projects.Projects to be funded will be action research closely linkingparticipating university researchers with all stakeholders along thevalue chain, including national and international research anddevelopment agencies, where appropriate. Please consult attachedguidelines for writing CARP proposals. Concepts that do not followguidelines closely may be disqualified.

For more information on RUFORUM, please visit www.ruforum.org

TIME FRAME for Call ID RU/CGS/CARP/15/02/2010
1. Deadline for Concept Note submission to RUFORUM Secretariat by 15 February 2010.
2. Compliance Review by RUFORUM Secretariat 1 March 2010.
3. Technical Committee to select potential proposals with comments toSecretariat and Secretariat to return to PIs by 15 March 2010.
4. Full Proposals to be developed by PIs by latest 10 April
5. Full Proposal Writing Workshop to be held before 30 April 2010.
6. Secretariat to compile proposals for final selection and approval by Technical Committee by 15 May 2010.
7. Results from the selection will be communicated to PIs by end of May, 2010 at the latest.

8. Projects to commence implementation by end of June, 2010

CONCEPT NOTE DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 15, 2010




Royal Geographical Society - Grants

The Society has 18 named grantprograms across four categories (research, students, teaching, andexpeditions). Most grants are for individuals, and some are for UKresidents only.  Research grants focus on agricultural and pastoralsystems, soil and water management, climate change, ecological surveys,and others.  Grants range from £500 to £15 thousand.  The Society postsa calendar of application deadlines.

For addtional information, please visit our website on:  http://www.rgs.org/OurWork/Grants/Grants.htm.

Application Deadline: Multiple

 


Conservation, Food, and Health Foundation - Grants

Grants are offered to NGOs in resource conservationand sustainable agriculture (in addition to health).  Grants supportresearch and solve specific problems in order to build capacity indeveloping countries.  There are no geographical restrictions.  Theaverage grant size is US$11,000, and grants are rarely over US$25,000. 

For more information, please visit our website on: http://cfhfoundation.grantsmanagement08.com/?page_id=6

Application Deadline: 01 March and 01 September.



Borlaug LEAP (Leadership Enhancement in Agriculture Program) – Grants for Thesis Research at centers of the CGIAR

The LEAP is open to graduate students from developingcountries who show strong promise as leaders in the field ofagriculture and related disciplines.  Awards of up to US$20,000 aremade on a competitive basis to graduate students who show strongscientific and leadership potential, and who have a research proposalcoordinated between their home university, a U.S. university, and amentor in the CGIAR.  Reviews of applications are conducted twice ayear.

For more information, please visit our website on:  http://leap.ucdavis.edu/

Application Deadline: Open




Third World Academy of Sciences (Academy of sciences for the developing world)


TWAS’s International Programme for Higher Education and Research(IPHER) provides some 250 fellowships tenable in developing countriessuch as Brazil, China and India for scientists from developingcountries. Fellowships, which run for various lengths of time, areavailable for postgraduate, postdoctoral and advanced research. Briefdetails of each programme are provided below. For additionalinformation, including eligibility criteria and application forms,please visit: http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~twas/hg/Fellowships.html.

Application Deadline: October every year 




The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission


We are delighted to announce that the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission has awarded up to 15 full fee distance learning scholarships to the MSc in International Animal Health programme for 2008.

These scholarships are available for students from developing Commonwealth nations in sub-Saharan Africa; the eligible countries are: Botswana, Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.

Full details can be found at our web site (http://www.internationalanimalhealth.ed.ac.uk/application.htm ). If you have any queries or would like further details about this programme of study, please do not hesitate to contact us at I This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Application Deadline: Open




The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS)


Grants for Scientific Meetings Held in Developing Countries. Since 1986, TWAS has been supporting scientists and institutions in developing countries through a wide range of programmes including supporting scientific meetings organized in developing countries. TWAS encourages the organization of high level international and regional scientific activities in developing countries by offering financial assistance to the organizers of conferences, workshops, symposia and special meetings held in these countries.  Grants are offered for meetings in the following fields of natural sciences: agricultural, biological, chemical, engineering, geological and medical sciences.

For additional information, please visit our website on: http://users.ictp.it/~twas/mtm/SM_Form.html.

Application Deadline: 01 June and 01 December





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