Grant Size: Not Available German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) The German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) has launched applications for the Agroecological Innovations for Territorial Markets initiative to support joint research projects between German research institutions and similar institutions in countries of Sub-Saharan Africa, South and Southeast Asia that are strongly affected by hunger and malnutrition. The funding aims to promote needs-oriented insights and solutions to improve food security, giving particular consideration to quality aspects and drawing on approaches to research that are participatory, practice- and application-oriented, as well as inter- and transdisciplinary. In addition, the aim is to establish and promote long-term scientific networks and partnerships via interregional cooperation and transnational exchange of knowledge. A contribution to local capacity development is a further objective. https://www.ble.de/EN/Project-Funding/Funding-Contracts/International-Research-Cooperation/Research-Cooperation-Global-Food-Security/Innovation_markets.html Read more

Grant size: $500,000 - $1 million Donor: USAID The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is currently accepting applications for the Local Partner Fund (LPF). Purpose The USAID/DRC Local Partner Fund (LPF) will strive to ensure that, in all activities, local partner and/or local communities lead development and humanitarian efforts, including problem identification, priority setting, design, partnership formation, implementation, and measuring results as defined by the Agency locally-led program indicator. The LPF will make a significant contribution to the USAID direct funding to local organizations objectives while enhancing the application of best practices for locally led development. USAID LPF will advance USAID DRC localization agenda by addressing competition requirements and allowing an open solicitation process to receive concepts for partnering with local organizations and increasing their ability to generate and achieve locally led solutions to major development challenges, and by providing direct awards to local organizations to implement activities. USAID LPF will work in tandem with USAID Localization Capacity Strengthening Mechanism to respond to capacity building needs in partner organizations and help to strengthen the abilities of local partners beyond the donor-awardee relationship in a way that guarantees consistency, mutual accountability, and sustainability. USAID LPF will consider inclusive development as a key element of USAID local programming across the DRC and CAR, and will foster collaboration, learning, and adapting, as prerequisites for successful implementation. https://grants.gov/search-results-detail/355506 Read more

Grant Size: Fellowship Donor: Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) The Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) is seeking applications for the Sustainable Governance Senior Fellowships to support innovative research projects through individual and group fellowships. The Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) is the University of Freiburg’s international research college. The Institute supports academic exchange across existing boundaries between disciplines, between different cultures and countries, between established and younger researchers. FRIAS provides modern office spaces and an up-to-date infrastructure and makes every effort to provide tailor-made solutions with regard to suitable accommodation, child care and educational facilities.  https://www.frias.uni-freiburg.de/en/news/call-for-applications/frias-sustainable-governance-senior-fellowship-from-africa Read more

Would you like to make a difference in your community? Are you passionate about the Sustainable Development Goals? Join the next UNLEASH Innovation Lab in Rwanda, a thriving start-up hub on the African continent.   The UNLEASH Innovation Lab in Rwanda will take place from December 2 to December 8, and changemakers aged between 18-35 will have the opportunity to apply for this transformative (and fully-funded!) experience until July 19.   During the Lab, 1,000 young participants from all over the world will come up with new ideas and co-create innovative initiatives through human-centered design thinking – a process that focuses on the real needs of the people that the solution caters to. Experienced facilitators and experts will guide the participants through different stages of the innovation process.   Who can apply? The Innovation Lab in Rwanda is open to young people between the ages of 18 and 35. We select participants that are: Passionate and committed to solving the world’s sustainability challenges Creative and have an innovative mindset Enthusiastic about working together with peers and experts Able to understand and communicate in English   Apply Now: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdKQHPtjR2UTrJjzxFPhc8MkZOmRMjFeOrp8jac5JQZ4tTNyQ/viewform   Learn More: https://unleash.org/rwanda/    Read more

Announcing the 2023 AIMS Graduate Student Writing Workshop October 5th and 6th University of Maryland - College Park The American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS) invites doctoral and masters candidates to its annual Dissertation Workshop scheduled for October 5th and 6th hosted by the Department of History at the University of Maryland - College Park. The workshop provides the opportunity for current doctoral or master candidates to present, discuss, and receive valuable feedback on work related to North Africa. Accepted applicants will submit a piece of writing from their dissertations or theses at any stage (prospectus, dissertation chapter, or article draft). Participants will be organized into panels to present their work and read and discuss other participants’ work. Scholars working on North African studies in a variety of disciplines will offer feedback, as well as perspectives on publishing, job market conditions, and other topics germane to professional academic development. The workshop further affords the chance to meet, learn from, and develop relationships with colleagues in the field. Graduate students from all disciplines are welcome. In the past they have included: history, political science, sociology, anthropology, archaeology, comparative literature, psychology, public health, musicology, and more. Some funding will be available for travel expenses and lodging.   Additional details: This workshop is open only to AIMS members. To become a student member ($50) or to renew your membership, please visit www.aimsnorthafrica.org or email Terry Ryan at aims@aimsnorthafrica.org To apply, please submit your contact information, CV, and a short (300-word) abstract on your paper via this Google Form: https://forms.gle/iYcw7HjWCY85LDrP9 The deadline for submissions is August 1, 2023. Selected participants will be notified via email by August 15th and asked to submit a chapter, prospectus, or article draft for review by September 15th. Please share this announcement with interested colleagues and friends! If you have any questions, please contact Caroline Angle Maguire at cangle@umd.edu. This event is co-sponsored by the American Institute for Maghrib Studies and the Department of History at University of Maryland - College Park. https://aimsnorthafrica.org/annual-dissertation-workshop/ Read more

Deadline: Jun 30, 2023 Donor: 100+ Accelerator Grant Type: Awards, Prizes and Challenges Grant Size: $10,000 to $100,000 Countries/Regions: All Countries Area: Agriculture Food & Nutrition, Farming 100+ Accelerator is excited to launch the Sustainable Agriculture Challenge to Help farmers produce sustainable and regenerative high yielding, high quality crops by leveraging science, technology and financing. For more information, visit https://www.100accelerator.com/index.php/en/challenge/smart-agriculture Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/Apply-for-Sustainable-Agriculture-Challenge Read more

Applications open! Applications deadline 2 June 2023! ​The ADA Winter School will take place between 3 - 21 July 2023.  Please fill out the online form here​. ​Final dat​e for applications​ is 2 June 2023. To secure your space at the African Doctoral Academy (ADA) Winter School, final date for payment is 5 June 2023​. If you have any problems with the form please email us at ​​​​adainfo@sun​.ac.za​​ and we will be happy to assist. Please use the link below to access the form. If you do not see it please access the form here​. The full ADA 2023 Hybrid Winter School programme can be found here​. Read more

Purpose of the programme This programme aims to foster the development of doctoral theses on terrorism and counterterrorism issues (in their broadest definition). In addition to an annual financial support, the programme aims to : Accompany the recipient doctoral students in the development of their research projects, through the organisation of seminars on methods and methodologies; Give PhD students the opportunity to discover the work of recognised researchers and discuss with them via the organisation of conferences and workshops; Provide awardees with the opportunity to broaden their scope of analysis by connecting them with practitioners trained at the Academy ; Support PhD candidates throughout their professional integration into the academic world, by offering professional development seminars ; Support awardees in the development of a professional network and reputation in their field of research, through the promotion of their work at events organised by the Académie Internationale de Lutte Contre le Terrorisme (AILCT) or through the publications issued by its Strategic Research Institute (IRS). The programme offers one-year renewable grants. For PhD candidates in the final stages of their thesis, support is available for a shorter time frame. Eligility requirements The applicant has been registered in a full-time PhD programme for at least six months; The thesis project must be related to the research themes developed within the Strategic Research Institute ( IRS) of the AILCT; The applicant must have an excellent command of either French or English (level C1/C2), and an intermediate level (level B1/B2 minimum) in the other language. Money The grant amounts to 7 500€ per year (from June 2023 to May 2024). For PhD students in the final stages of their degree, a pro rata will be applied. Main themes Drones and the fight against terrorism in Africa The use of drones by African armies in the fight against terrorism: strategic and ethical issues. The resources and strategies employed by armed terrorist groups to counter the use of drones by state security forces Relations between security forces and various security actors in Africa: militias, vigilantes and auxiliary forces A critical approach to African armies' counter-terrorism doctrines Terrorism and Territoriality in Africa Including the issue of governance Terrorisms in Africa: doctrines and ideologies Preventing terrorism in Africa: current situation, assessment, good practices and prospective Including : Prevention of radicalisation Prevention of attacks Prevention of political violence Roles of government and civil society Use of technology Location-based approach, people-based approach, community-based approach Relationships between security forces and civil society in the fight against terrorism in Africa Financing of terrorism in Africa Women and terrorism in Africa Information landscapes and the treatment of terrorism in the African media African victims of terrorism African states, civil society and the refugees of terrorism Comparative approaches are welcomed. The application Submit an apllication (1 single file in PDF format) including : A cover letter specifying the interest and relevance of the project and of the applicant's project in relation to the research themes prioritised by the Academy (2 pages max); A presentation of the thesis (5 pages max), including : Context and state of the Art The aim of the project Method and methodology Duration and planning of the thesis Steps already taken and goals already achieved Communication and promotion strategy Chronogram or timetable Grants already secured (if applicable) An example of academic writing (article, dissertation, research paper); A transcript of grades earned in the current programme; Un CV (2 pages max) ; A certificate of enrolment in a PhD programme; A letter of support from a researcher; A letter of support from the thesis supervisor; A copy of your ID. Dealine : 7 May 2023 The application must be sent by email to : candidature.bourse@ailct-irs.org More information : Call for application 2023 - Grant-Fellowship programme - PhD - AILCT Any question, contact : question.bourse@ailct-irs.org Contact Info:  Amel Larivière Academic Coordinator, Académie Internationale de Lutte Contre le Terrorisme Contact Email:  question.bourse@ailct-irs.org URL:  https://issuu.com/ailct-irs/docs/2023-ailct-strategic_research_institute-call_for_a Read more

We hope this email finds you all well. We are writing to remind you of the opportunity to publish your writing through the Association for Feminist Anthropology in Anthropology News. We are looking for essays, interviews, or photo essays for our section's column in AN from all subfields of anthropology written in an accessible, journalistic style that draw on your scholarly sensibility and expertise as feminist anthropologists. Pieces may focus on, but certainly be not limited to, interesting research, fieldwork experiences, current events, career advice, or hot topics in the profession. Essays and interviews should have a maximum length of 1,600 words and be accompanied by 1-3 images. Photo essays should have a maximum length of 750 words for the introductory text and be accompanied by 6-8 images.    We publish four columns per calendar year, one per quarter. We will accept pieces from current AFA members on a first come, first serve basis by the following deadlines:    Submission deadline for publication in Quarter #3 2023 (July-September): May 1st 2023 Submission deadline for publication in Quarter #4 2023 (October-December): August 1st 2023  Submission deadline for publication in Quarter #1 2024 (January-March): January 7th 2024   Please send us your pitch for your piece at least 1 month prior to the deadline for the quarter in which you intend to publish with us at mlbaiocchi@flacso.org.ar or at lsavloff@elon.edu. For more information about publishing with us, please refer to the AN Guidelines for Section Authors.    We look forward to receiving your ideas for contributions to our section's column in AN.   Thank you for your consideration and best wishes,    María Lis Baiocchi and Leyla Savloff   -- Dra. María Lis Baiocchi Becaria Postdoctoral Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales de América Latina Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas Tucumán 1966 (C1050AAN) Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires Argentina (+ 54 11) 5238-9300 – Interno: 441 mlbaiocchi@flacso.org.ar  Read more

GUEST EDITORSAdam Calo, Assistant Professor of Environmental Governance and Politics, Radboud UniversityColine Perrin, Senior Researcher in Geography, INRAEKirsteen Shields, Senior Lecturer in International Law and Food Systems, University of EdinburghSylvia Kay, Researcher, The Transnational InstituteSarah Ruth Sippel, Professor of Economic Geography and Globalization Studies, University of Münster This Elementa special feature invites articles exploring the role of land in sustainable food transformations. The forthcoming collection provides new understandings on how governance of land (property relations, land access, land tenure, landscape policy) mediates the potential for food system transformations. The special issue goes beyond understanding dynamics of the land food nexus to ask how land relations can be reformed to create favorable conditions for more just and sustainable food systems to emerge. A complete call for proposals can be found here.   Land relations—property, access, tenure, landscape—are a central underlying driver of the material form of food systems, from farm to distribution. Despite their fluidity and historical and geographical diversity, land relations have a tendency to become “normalized” through law, custom, and practice. In particular, the exclusionary private ownership model of property has come to be deeply entrenched in legal systems worldwide, particularly in the Global North. The power of this normalization is evidenced, for example, in how research and practice aimed at reshaping food systems from grassroots movement, policy-level, or biophysical perspectives often omit the role of land relations in bringing about agricultural sustainability and agrarian change. Understanding land relations as “static” thus  potentially constrains or directs the kinds of sustainable agriculture and food transformations that can take place. We thus invite contributions on characterizing the role of land relations in sustainable food production, critiques of existing sustainability interventions in the food system from a perspective of land relations, and socio-legal analysis of pathways to reforming or reimagining synergized land and food system transformations. We aim to highlight the role of land relations and property regimes in a ‘Global North Context’. We call for insights on the power relations embedded in land in both the dominant land regimes that underly the industrial food system but also in the alternative counter movements bubbling up to contest the status quo of the land food nexus. Articles in this special symposium might examine the following topics or other related issues: The role of power relations in assembling land for food production of differing forms; Discourses that shape the legitimacy of strong property regimes and the resulting material influence in institutions, actors, social movements, resources, and technologies; Cross disciplinary learning from other domains such as housing justice, intellectual property debates, and antitrust applied to understand food system transformations; Global South—North food system co-learning on alternative land governance for food systems change; Empirical evidence of the relationship between alternative property regimes and  alternative food system practices such as agroecology, diversified or organic farming, local food processing, and/or food sovereignty; Dominant food system technocratic “solutions” or interventions (such as vertical farming, regenerative agriculture, agricultural easements, payments for ecosystem services, crop biotechnology, alt-proteins and sustainable intensification) and the way they either entrench, challenge, rely upon, or overlook the role of property regimes; Dominant food system social “solutions” or interventions (such as farmer training programs, capacity building, empowerment campaigns, dietary nudging, microfinance) and the way they either entrench, challenge, rely upon, or overlook the role of property regimes; Politics of land reform in (seemingly) stable statutory institutions (such as liberal sovereign states in industrialized economies);  Creative imagined or practiced legal or social pathways to reform the norms of property on farmland or other nodes of the food system; Advancements on access theory with regards to food system transformations; The above themes relate to questions of how land politics influence food system transformation pathways. If you wish to submit a paper to the special issue, please submit a 500-word abstract detailing your article’s title, type, purpose, methodology, key findings, and significance to the guest editors at adam.calo@ru.nl by 14th January. Elementa accepts original research articles, reviews, policy bridges, commentary, and other creative multi-media formats such as interviews and podcasts. and discussion papers. All paper formats will be considered although original research articles are preferred. More information about submission criteria can be found here: https://online.ucpress.edu/elementa/pages/submissionguidelines   Deadlines: Abstracts: 14th January 2023 Authors notified of invitation to submit a paper:  1st February 2023Complete first drafts due to editors: April 28th 2023 (Spring 2023)Reviews sent to authors: Summer 2023 Read more

The Zayed Sustainability Prize is the UAE's pioneering global award for recognising excellence in sustainability. It was established in 2008 to honour the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan’s legacy of sustainability and commitment to humanitarianism. The Prize recognises nonprofit organisations (NPOs), small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and high schools for their impactful, innovative and inspiring sustainable solutions across the categories of Health, Food, Energy, Water and Global High Schools. Through its 96 winners, the Prize has positively impacted the lives of over 370 million people globally. Submissions are open until 6th July 2022 5:00PM EST. Who should apply? Nonprofit organisations (NPOs), small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) with sustainable solutions and high schools with sustainable projects.  What are the categories of the Prize? HEALTH | The Prize fund for this category is US$ 600,000 FOOD | The Prize fund for this category is US$ 600,000 ENERGY | The Prize fund for this category is US$ 600,000 WATER | The Prize fund for this category is US$ 600,000 GLOBAL HIGH SCHOOLS | In each of the following six global regions, one school will win up to US$ 100,000: Americas, Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East & North Africa, Europe & Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia & Pacific What are the eligibility criteria for the Prize? Innovation, Impact and Inspiration.   https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/africanbusinessmagazine.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=82a1c769b4c9e47f2566f4d40&id=b000ec54c6&e=9f847783e3__;!!HXCxUKc!3zryXpRQn9ePvIfLvksEPHpLUVeMoAubBHJ4LWFMNjx4PQO8Ii6QBNMwxtqnuSVMBSI_vRuy5Y6JFcZmG7C5TA$   Read more

Theme: COVID-19 and Global Africa For its maiden issue, the editors of the Global Village Review are inviting scholars, essayists, and book reviewers to submitscholarly articles, critical essays, or book reviews on topics that center around the wide variety of issues that impact COVID-19 has had on Africa and peoples of African descent, globally. We encourage submissions from researchers, educators, artists, and policymakers from around the world in all disciplines, in both the social sciences and the humanities.Suggested Topics Status of Vaccine Science in Africa/Vaccine Hesitancy Among African-Americans/Reasons for Low COVID-19 Mortality Rates in Africa/Impact of COVID-19 on African Economies/Impact of COVID-19 on Caribbean Economies/Virtual Learning Experiences at African Institutions under COVID-19/Impact of COVID-19 among African Diasporans in Latin America/Impact of COVID-19 on African Diaspora in Britain/Plight of Front-Line COVID-19 Healthcare Workers in the African Diaspora/Impact of COVID-19 on Tourism in Global Africa/Post-COVID-19 Recovery in Africa   Submission Guidelines:Reference Style: APA (7th Edition):https://libguides.jcu.edu.au/apaLength of Submissions:Articles & Essays: 5000-8000 wordsBook Reviews: 1000-3000 wordsAuthor’s Bio: Brief (1-3 lines)Abstract Submission: 75-100 wordsEmail Address for Submissions and Inquiries:mwwilliams91@webster.edu   Submission Deadline: May 1, 2022   Journal Profile The Global Village Review (GVR) is an online, bi-annual, peer-reviewed journal, designed to provide critical analysis ofglobal affairs from an Africana-centered perspective. Its primary focus is to examine matters of global significance affectingthe African World. GVR consists of three parts: research articles, critical essays, and book reviews. Based on a double-blindreview process, the editorial policy of GVR will ensure that all submissions, regardless of political leanings, will begiven equal consideration.   To learn more: Call for Papers: Global Village Review-COVID-19 and Global Africa | H-Africa | H-Net Read more