Deadline: Dec 11, 2024 Donor: Connect4Climate Grant Type: Events Grant Size: Not Available Countries/Regions: All Countries Area: Community Development, Community Engagement, Climate Change, Leadership, Sustainable Development, Youth & Adolescents The Global Youth Climate Network (GYCN), an initiative of the Youth-to-Youth (Y2Y) Community of young professionals at the World Bank Group in collaboration with Connect4Climate (C4C) - a World Bank Group global partnerships program that drives climate action through advocacy, partnerships, and creative communications are excited to launched the 2025 Max Thabiso Edkins Climate Ambassador Program. For more information, visit https://www.connect4climate.org/initiative/apply-today-mtecap-2025 Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/apply-now-max-thabiso-edkins-climate-ambassador-program Read more

Deadline: Jan 14, 2025 Donor: Wellcome Grant Type: Awards, Prizes and Challenges Grant Size: $10,000 to $100,000 Countries/Regions: All Countries Area: Arts & Culture, Visual Arts, Climate Change, Environment, Diseases, Health, Mental Health & Crisis Support, Media, Science The Wellcome is inviting photographers and biomedical image makers from all disciplines and levels to enter its Photography Prize. For more information, visit https://wellcome.org/our-work/wellcome-photography-prize Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/entries-open-for-wellcome-photography-prize Read more

Deadline: Dec 15, 2024 Donor: Falling Walls Foundation Grant Type: Events Grant Size: Not Available Countries/Regions: All Countries Area: Career Development, Leadership, Research, Science, Women & Gender The Falling Walls Foundation is pleased to invite applications for its Female Science Talents Intensive Track to inspire and empower talented women in science with a strong research background to take their next career step. For more information, visit https://falling-walls.com/projects/female-science-talents/intensive-track/call-application-intensive-track-2025 Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/call-for-applications-intensive-track-2025 Read more

Deadline: Jan 16, 2025 Donor: United Nations Development Programme(UNDP) Grant Type: Grant Grant Size: $10,000 to $100,000 Countries/Regions: Botswana Area: Community Development, Environment, Innovation, Poverty Alleviation, Sustainable Development The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched the Community Management of Protected Areas for Conservation Programme to enhance innovative initiatives that addresses environmental management and poverty reduction in the Okavango Delta UNESCO World Heritage property. For more information, visit https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=98492 Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/Community-Management-of-Protected-Areas-for-Conservation-Programme-Botswana Read more

The African Doctoral Academy (ADA) is excited to announce that it will be hosting its annual flagship ADA Summer School from 22 January to 7 February 2025.The Doctoral Summer School programme will run over two and a half weeks, offering a selection of courses both in-person at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) and online.Read more:https://www.sun.ac.za/english/SUInternational/ADA/apply/apply-now Read more

Grant Size: $100,000 to $500,000 Countries/Regions: All Countries   Applications are now open for the Yidan Prize to create a better world through education. For more information, visit https://yidanprize.org/the-prize-and-nominations/nominations Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/cfas-yidan-prize-for-education-research-and-education-development Read more

Grant Size: $100,000 to $500,000 Countries/Regions: All Countries   Submissions are now open for the Minor Foundation for Major Challenges to support advocates of climate change mitigation. For more information, visit https://unifor.no/stiftelser/the-minor-foundation-for-major-challenges/?_sf_s=Minor Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/submissions-open-for-the-minor-foundation-for-major-challenges Read more

Are you using data to promote equity and improve services for the underserved? The Davidson Gwatkin Equity Measurement Prize is now accepting nominations! 💰 Award Size: $1,000 - $10,000🌎 Eligible Regions: Afghanistan, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Bangladesh, Benin, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Zimbabwe, and more. This award, presented by EquityTool, celebrates innovative uses of the EquityTool and its data to advance wealth equity and improve access to services for low- and middle-income populations.   Apply today to spotlight your impactful work!🔗 For more details, visit:  https://www.equitytool.org/gwatkin-equity-catalyst-award/ Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/nominations-open-for-gwatkin-equity-catalyst-award Read more

Stata is a complete and integrated data management software. It is fast, accurate, easy to use and provides all that can be considered as data science needs including data manipulation, visualization, statistics and automated reporting.   Date: March 23rd to June 15th 2022 (every Wednesday). Time: 5:00pm – 7:00pm WAT. Mode of delivery: ZOOM   Certificates shall be offered based on request and satisfactory level of participation during training.   Who can participate: Academics Researchers Students (Undergraduates & Postgraduates) Data Analysts & Scientists Civil Servants Entrepreneurs   Download training module here:  PILAF STATA TRAINING MODULE FACILITATORS Prof. O.E. Olubusoye Dr. O.A. Otekunrin     Registration closes 17th March, 2022. Register at PiLAF STATA Training Registration Form (google.com) Read more

Gender sensitive institutional structures and policies. Using Evidence and data to #BreakTheBiasEducation Sub Saharan Africa (ESSA), European Women Rectors Association (EWORA) and the International Association of Universities (IAU) have come together for International Women Day 2022 to launch a global conversation on women in leadership in education, with a special focus on Europe and Africa. The focus of this initial conversation is gender-sensitive institutional structures and policies.During the webinar, evidence and data from research will be shared, including findings from the ESSA The State of Women Leading Report, the European She figures 2021 - Statistics on Gender in Research and Innovation by EWORA and information from the IAU World Higher Education Database (WHED).University leaders and organisations from Europe and Africa will present gender equality issues in higher education and research. This webinar will set the scene for a panel discussion on gender-sensitive institutional structures and policies to support female leadership development in education.   To register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/2116457046730/WN_8ZGkWOc6QsauclNkXXfZAQ Read more

Call for Expression of InterestAwards to support the application fees for professional recognition of research managers and administrators in Africa  This call for expression of interest serves to invite research managers/administrators to put themselves forward as candidates for professional recognition. The professional recognition application fees will be sponsored for the selected candidates.Competitive research environments require efficient and responsive individuals with specialised administrative, managerial and strategic skills to strengthen the research mission and intensity of the organisation. The International Professional Recognition Council (IPRC) was established as an autonomous body of expert research managers to recognise these individuals as professionals.Professional recognition is awarded through the review of a portfolio of evidence by peers on the IPRC and it is granted to research managers/administrators for their professional knowledge, based on prior learning, experience, functional and transferable expertise. The IPRC recently launched a call for applications for professional recognitions in the following categories: Research Administrator Professional (RAP), Research Management Professional (RMP) and Senior Research Management Professional (SRMP).  Read more about the IPRC and the call for professional recognition. It is the IPRC’s vision to establish the professional recognition programme as a programme for Africa. In support of this vision, the Research Management Programme in Africa (ReMPro Africa) is supporting awards to enable fifteen research managers/administrators from across Africa to apply for professional recognition. ReMPro Africa aims to fill critical gaps in the African research ecosystem to support a vibrant research culture and leadership at universities and research institutions.What will the awards cover?The awards will fund the professional recognition application fees of the selected candidates. The following awards are available: Research Administrator Professional (RAP) – five awards Research Management Professional (RMP) – six awards Senior Research Management Professional (SRMP) – four awards EligibilityInterested research managers/administrators should demonstrate their suitability for and commitment to professional recognition and consider the following criteria. Employed in a research management role, at an administrative, management or leadership level (as relevant) at an organisation based in Africa (applicants will typically support researchers directly or support the research life cycle in some way or the other, including research policy or strategy development) A member of a research management association (e.g., Southern African Research and Innovation Management Association (SARIMA); West African Research and Innovation Management Association (WARIMA); East African Research and Innovation Management Association (EARIMA); Central African Research and Innovation Management Association (CARIMA); Northern African Research and Innovation Management Association (NARIMA)) Professional designation specific criteria:  Research Administrator Professional (RAP) awards New entrants to the profession (one to three years’experience) OR those who have been in the profession for some time but who have not yet advanced professionally Committed to professional development Committed to apply for the RAP designation  Research Management Professional (RMP) awards Mid- to advanced career research managers with an undergraduate qualification and a minimum of three years’ relevant work experience at the management level, OR a minimum of five years’ relevant work experience without a qualification A record of completed research management related training A track record of competence in and professional contributions to research management Committed to apply for the RMP designation Senior Research Management Professional (SRMP) awards Research managers who serve in leadership or strategic roles with a postgraduate qualification at a master’s level or beyond, and have five years of relevant work experience A record of completed research management related training A track record of competence in and professional contributions to research management at a leadership level Committed to apply for the SRMP designation How to apply Submit the expression of interest no later than 30 December 2021. Expressions of interests will be reviewed by a panel and selected candidates will receive an award letter by 31 January 2022. Selected candidates finalise and submit their applications for professional recognition for the selected designation through the IPRC’s online application system (https://iprcouncil.com/) before 31 May 2022. Awards will be made upon submission of the duly completed application for professional recognition. EnquiriesPlease direct enquiries to Dr Karin Dyason at karin@sarima.co.za Read more

The purpose of this call for EOI is to identify projects to submit full proposals to develop open and accessible datasets for machine learning applications that will enable natural language processing for languages in sub-Saharan Africa. The ability to communicate and be understood in one’s own language is fundamental to digital and societal inclusion. Natural language processing techniques have enabled critical AI applications that facilitate digital inclusion and improvements in numerous fields, including: education, finance, healthcare, agriculture, communication, and disaster response, among others. Many advances in both fundamental and applied NLP have stemmed from openly licensed and publicly available datasets.However, such open, publicly available datasets are scarce to non-existent for many African languages, and this means the benefits of NLP are not accessible to speakers of these languages. Where relevant datasets do exist, they are often based on religious, missionary, or judiciary texts, leading to outmoded language and bias. There is a need for openly accessible text, speech, and other datasets to facilitate breakthroughs based on NLP technologies for African languages.Lacuna Fund seeks Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from qualified organizations to develop open and accessible training and evaluation datasets for ML applications for NLP in sub-Saharan Africa. The TAP recognizes the importance of datasets that would create significant impact regardless of the number of speakers of the included language, as well as the need for multi-lingual datasets.EOIs may include, but not limited to: Collecting and/or annotating new data; Annotating or releasing existing data; Augmentation of existing datasets in all areas to decrease bias (such as gender bias or other types of bias or discrimination) or increase the usability of NLP technology in low- and middle-income contexts; Creating small, higher-quality benchmark data for NLP tasks in low-resource African languages. While the focus of Lacuna Fund is primarily on dataset creation, annotation, augmentation, and maintenance, proposals may include the development of a baseline model to ensure the quality of the funded dataset and/or to facilitate the use of dataset for socially beneficial applications.   For more information about the opportunity, click here Read more