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

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: Accidents & Traffic Safety, Road Safety, Economic Development, Water 100+ Accelerator is inviting applications for the Inclusive Growth Challenge to help create economic prosperity across the entire value chain. For more information, visit https://www.100accelerator.com/en/challenge/inclusive-growth Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/Submit-your-Solution-for-Inclusive-Growth-Challenge- 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: Business & Industry, Water, Water & Sanitation, Water Conservation 100+ Accelerator is pleased to announce a call for applications to the Water Stewardship Challenge to help optimize the full water process across business operations and help improve water quality and availability in the surrounding communities to build a more water-secure world. For more information, visit https://www.100accelerator.com/en/challenge/water Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/100-Accelerator-Water-Stewardship-Challenge- 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: Nutrition, Community Development, Health, Health & Hygeine, Information Technology The 100+ Accelerator is inviting startups that have solutions to increase the well-being of the people, consumers, and communities so they can fully participate in social, cultural, and recreational activities. For more information, visit https://www.100accelerator.com/en/challenge/wellness Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/Submit-your-Solutions-for-Health-and-Wellness-Challenge 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: Business & Industry, Businesses, Companies and Enterprises, Startups, Biodiversity, Information Technology, Science The 100+ Accelerator is looking for startups that have solutions to protect, renew, and grow the biodiversity of all ecosystems to sustain life on Earth, and maintain the foundation of the supply chains and businesses. For more information, visit https://www.100accelerator.com/index.php/en/challenge/biodiversity Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/100-Accelerators-Biodiversity-Challenge-Apply-Now Read more

Deadline: Jun 27, 2023 Donor: Swarovski Foundation Grant Type: Grant Grant Size: $10,000 to $100,000 Countries/Regions: All Countries Area: Archaeology, Arts & Culture, Leadership, Sustainable Development, Youth & Adolescents The Swarovski Foundation has launched an open call for the Creatives for Our Future, a global mentorship and grant program designed with advisor the United Nations Office for Partnerships to identify and accelerate the next generation of creative leaders in sustainability. For more information, visit https://www.sfcreatives.org/ Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/Creatives-for-Our-Future-Grant-Program-2023 Read more

Deadline: Aug 15, 2023 Donor: Wildlife Acoustics Grant Type: Grant Grant Size: $10,000 to $100,000 Countries/Regions: Afghanistan, Aland Islands, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antarctica, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Botswana, Bouvet Island, Brazil, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Colombia, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo DR, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote DIvoire (Ivory Coast), Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Heard Island And Mcdonald Islands, Holy See (Vatican City State), Honduras, Hong Kong SAR, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Isle Of Man, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia Federated States Of, Moldova Republic Of, Monaco, Mongolia, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Burma(Myanmar), Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestinian Territories, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Reunion, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts And Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre And Miquelon, Saint Vincent And The Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome And Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Georgia And The South Sandwich Islands, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Svalbard And Jan Mayen, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, East Timor (Timor-Leste), Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad And Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks And Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, British Virgin Islands, United States Virgin Islands, Wallis And Futuna, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Montenegro, Saint Barthélemy, Serbia, Kosovo, South Sudan , Curaçao, Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba, Saint Martin (French Part), Sint Maarten (Dutch Part) Area: Animals & Wildlife, Birds, Habitat, Biodiversity, Conservation, Environment, Scientific Research Wildlife Acoustics is proud to offer a grant program that provides scientists with products and software to help further their research into the study of bats, birds, frogs and other vocal wildlife. For more information, visit https://www.wildlifeacoustics.com/grant-program Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/Scientific-Product-Grant-Program Read more

Impactful community leaders The Women Techmakers Ambassador program supports women in technology who are looking to create impact and give back to their communities. As an Ambassador, you’ll engage with your community by participating in one or more leadership activities on a quarterly basis. Ambassadors receive support from Google and the larger Ambassador community.   Women Techmakers Ambassadors are leaders around the world who are passionate about empowering their communities through organizing events, public speaking, creating content, and mentoring. With access to a global community and exclusive resources, Ambassadors are helping build a world where all women can thrive in tech. Applications for the Ambassador program are now open! Apply now through June 30, 2023.   Apply now: Sign in to advocu   View Ambassadors: Women Techmakers Directory  |  Google for Developers   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

Call for Papers: New Perspectives in Africana Studies* Editors: Drs. Crystal L. Edwards and Abul Pitre, San Francisco State University Scope: Established in 1968 as a direct result of Black student struggle on campus, the Black Studies Department—now Africana Studies Department— at San Francisco State University was the first Black Studies department in the nation. The establishment of the department also marked the institutionalization Black Studies “as a ‘scientific discipline’ rooted in racial redemption, liberatory scholarship and community revitalization, the discipline of Africana Studies is a body of systematized knowledge, theories, methods, and laws, which are congruent with the African centered paradigm and philosophy.” (Tshaka, 2012, p 29). Sixty years later, Black Studies—and all its colloquiums such as African American Studies, Africana Studies, Africology, African Diasporic Studies—has seen much growth and evolution in the field. It is in this vein that this work seeks to critically engage subjects relevant to people of African descent in the 21st century, from an African centered perspective. Topics of interest Include, but are not limited to: ·     Africana Education ·     Africana Social Science Research ·     Africana Studies in the Digital World ·     Africana Gender and Identity Studies ·     Africana Religious Studies ·     Africana Health and Wellness ·     Africana Family Studies ·     Moving the Field Forward   If you are interested in contributing, please send a 400–500-word abstract that indicates your intended topic area to me at: cledwards@sfsu.edu . Abstracts will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis until May 31st, 2023. Upon acceptance, full drafts of articles (4,000 to 6,000 words) in APA 7th edition formatting are due September 4th, 2023. Inquiries and questions can be sent to: cledwards@sfsu.edu or apitre@sfsu.edu . Contact Info:  Crystal Edwards, PhD. San Francisco State University- Africana Studies Contact Email:  cledwards@sfsu.edu Read more or reply Back to top 2. Journal of West African History by Bernard C. Moore Call for Manuscripts: Journal of West African History Founding Editor-in-chief: Nwando Achebe Editors: Trevor Getz, Saheed Aderinto, Harry Odamtten, and Vincent Hiribarren Book Review Editors: Mark Deets and Ndubueze Mbah  The Journal of West African History (JWAH) is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed research journal that publishes the highest quality articles on West African history. Located at the cutting edge of new scholarship on the social, cultural, economic, and political history of West Africa, JWAH fills a representational gap by providing a forum for serious scholarship and debate on women and gender, sexuality, slavery, oral history, popular and public culture, and religion. The editorial board encourages authors to explore a wide range of topical, theoretical, methodological, and empirical perspectives in new and exciting ways. The journal is committed to rigorous thinking and analysis; is international in scope; and offers a critical intervention about knowledge production. Scholarly reviews of current books in the field appear in every issue. And the publication is in both English and French; an abstract in both languages is provided. Michigan State University Press publishes JWAH.  The editorial board invites scholars to submit original article-length manuscripts (not exceeding 10,000 words including endnotes, 35 pages in length) accompanied by an abstract that summarizes the argument and significance of the work (not exceeding 150 words). Please see submission guidelines for detailed expectations. Review essays (not exceeding 1,000 words) should engage the interpretation, meaning, or importance of an author’s argument for a wider scholarly audience. See what we have available for review on our Book Reviews page. Please contact our Book Review editors Mark Deets mark.deets@aucegypt.edu and Ndubueze Mbah ndubueze@buffalo.edu for more information.  Manuscripts submitted to the Journal of West African History should be submitted online at http://ojs.msupress.msu.edu/index.php/JWAH/about/submissions. In order to submit an article, you will have to create an account. The site will guide you through this process.  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

Call for Paper, Panel and Roundtable Proposals   (On-site and Virtual)   July 16-20, 2023 Faculty of Arts Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria   Confirmed Speakers Prof. Karin Barber University of Birmingham, United Kingdom   Prof. Carole Boyce Davies Cornell University, USA    Prof. Tunde Bewaji University of West Indies, Mona, Jamaica   ‘‘New Theories of Africa: Diversities, Divergences, Dreams"   How has theory advanced critical discourse in Africa? Is a unified theory of Africa possible or desirable? Should the reticence toward theory in African Studies be validated now that the age of theory is receding? These are some of the questions that have prompted and necessitated this conference. Theoretical approaches to understanding Africa have ranged from the holistic to the metonymic, seeking knowledge as a whole or partially and incrementally. Perhaps, the significance of Mudimbe’s The Invention of Africa was identifying precisely how anthropology functioned as the first producer of systematic and totalizing grand récits of Africa. Anticolonial discourses had dispensed critiques of anthropological and ethnological truths by this time. In the decades since its less acclaimed sequel, The Idea of Africa, a long and eminent list of scholars, have attempted to compress and capture Africa as an object of knowledge outside the “idea” constructed by the Western world.   In his charge against Conrad, Achebe teased an imperative that aims “[to] suggest from my privileged position in African and Western cultures some advantages the West might derive… to look at Africa [with open minds].” More recently, about a decade into the twenty-first century, Wole Soyinka stated in Of Africa that Africa is a “continent yet waiting to be truly discovered.” How could Africa be so familiar but yet unknown? As Christopher Miller posits in Theories of Africans, can we have theories, philosophies, and representations of Africa that do not appreciate or are not entangled by the question of Africa’s opacity, différance, and differences? The relationship between difference and knowledge on the one hand and difference, otherness, and alterity on the other constituted a basis for the dispute between Ken Harrow and Simon Gikandi in the aftermath of Miller’s provocation. This conference attempts to resurrect these debates taking into account the daunting and elusive nature of theorizing Africa. We ask delegates to ponder these challenges from historical, ethical, and futuristic perspectives. What are the current attempts to characterize intellectual trends, name practices, define identities, produce understandings, rediscover genealogies, and enunciate African futures?    Suggested topics include but are not limited to the following: The theory question in African studies •           African Gnosis and sacred knowledges •           Divination, Fractals, and the new computer age  •           Demographic change, youth population, and the future of Africa •           The resurgence of theories of Decolonization •           Conflict and African humanism •           Epidemiology and global narratives of Africa •           Deviant skills, cyber warfare, and criminality  •           Africa in the age of disinformation •           African Political economy in the 21st century •           Impact of the rise of global neo-nationalism and ultranationalism in Africa •           Englishness, Francophonie, and other specters of colonialism •           Afrobarometer: the pendulum of democracy vs. autocracy  •           The form vs. content, theory vs. practice dichotomy  •           New Fusion energy and climate change: the post-fossil fuel ecology and African economies    We invite scholars and graduate students to submit abstracts for individual paper presentations, panels or round tables. Panels and roundtables are to accommodate a maximum of four participants and those proposing them are to make proposals after constituting them. Panel and round table abstracts are not to exceed 350 words, while individual paper abstracts are not to exceed 250 words.   Send all proposals to: artsconference@oauife.edu.ng by May 13, 2023. The covering letter should state the institutional affiliation and contact email of the scholar making the proposal.   The conference organisers plan to publish selected papers from the conference, some in special issues of Scopus-indexed journals and others as chapters in a book.   Conference Registration Fees: Participants from Nigeria – N25,000.00 (Early bird: N20,000.00) Graduate students from Nigeria – N15,000.00 (Early bird: N12,500.00) Participants from Africa – $80.00 (Early bird: $75.00) International participants - $120.00 (Early bird: $100.00)   For enquiries, contact:  artsconference@oauife.edu.ng ‘ Contact Info:  Obafemi Awolowo University Faculty of Arts, , Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria   Contact Email:  Oyeniyi Okunoye - ookunoye@oauife.edu.ng Professor of English & Dean of Arts Department of English Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, 220005 Osun State, Nigeria   Editor, Nigerian Journal of Oral Literatures   Section Editor, Anglophone African Literature, Postcolonial Text   Alternate emails: ookunoye@yahoo.com, ookunoye@gmail.com Read more