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  • Call for Papers
    Dans cette section, nous nous penchons sur l’émergence du cyberactivisme auprès des collectifs africains et afrodescendants en France et en Espagne. Les deux pays partent de contextes différents, notamment en termes de politique mémorielle par rapport à la colonisation en Afrique d’une part et eu égard à la tradition des mouvements noirs sur le sol européen d’autre part – pensons, p.ex., à la Négritude au début du XXe siècle ou au vif débat autour de l’afropéanité en France. Pour autant, nous assistons, tant en France qu’en Espagne, au boom sans précédent d’une production littéraire et activiste afro au cours des dernières années, dû en partie à une visibilité propice au sein des espaces culturels aussi bien physiques que virtuels, sous la coordination des communautés afrodescendantes et africaines menant de front un activisme à l’intersection, entre autres, de l’antiracisme, du panafricanisme et de l’afroféminisme. De même, consécutivement nous observons l’émergence de nouvelles figures africaines, afrodescendantes et afroeuropéennes assumant leurs identités transversales, politisant ainsi via la littérature, l’art, le digital, etc., les problématiques qui les traversent. C’est le cas, entres autres, de Léonora Miano, Mame-Fatou Niang, Aïssa Maïga, Franklin Nyamsi, Kiyémis et Isabelle Boni-Claverie en France et de Desirée Bela-Lobedde, Lucía Asué Mbomío Rubio, Asaari Bibang, Lamine Thior, Thimbo Samb, Antoinette Torres Soler et Jeffrey Abé Pans en Espagne.  Au-delà des outils traditionnels comme le livre, la presse « classique » ou la télé, les productions qui découlent de l’#afrocyberactivisme puisent aux sources de plusieurs canaux de diffusion parmi lesquels principalement les plateformes numériques, mettant en lumière des épistémologies naguère méconnues. Grâce à l’émergence du « web 2.0 », les consommateur.ices deviennent elleux-aussi des producteur.rices de contenu, participant à la création, production et circulation des savoirs en ligne. En effet, la dimension participative et interactive qu’offre le cybermonde permet aux « groupes minorés » de faire émerger leurs savoirs, discours et modèles culturels grâce à une praxis trop souvent ignorée dans les sphères mainstream. À contre-courant du récit officiel, les différent.e.s acteur.rices proposent des auto-narrations sous des formes aussi bien artistiques, politiques que littéraires. Celles-ci se caractérisent le plus souvent par de mécanismes d’auto-légitimation, notamment la diffusion de grilles de lecture alternatives relevant de façons « autres » de produire de la connaissance et même de faire science à partir d’outils endogènes, affranchis de l’hégémonie de tutelles institutionnelles. On note par conséquent une nouvelle dynamique dans les espaces numériques qui se manifeste par l’émergence exponentielle de blogs/vlogs (p.ex. Desirée Bela, Mrs Roots), de magazines en ligne (Negrxs Magazine, Les pulpeuses magazine), de podcasts (No hay negros en el Tibet, Afrotopiques), de profils et de contenus d’activistes sur différentes plateformes digitales comme YouTube, Facebook, TikTok et Instagram. L’intérêt scientifique de notre section réside précisément dans l’enjeu épistémique qu’elle soulève : placer les collectifs afroeuropéens au cœur de la réflexion en faisant du cyberespace un cadre d’agentivité. En s’inscrivant dans l’innovation de la recherche académique, nous mettons en lumière les débats autour des nouvelles subjectivités concernant l’afro(euro)péanité, un lieu de négociation qui ravive les tensions à rebours des héritages en vigueur du « passé colonial ». Suivant une perspective décoloniale, la section souhaite accueillir des propositions portant sur des voix « rebelles », dissonantes ou discordantes, en ligne, qui sont symboles d’une résistance, à même de faire émerger des auto-récits afroeuropéens au cœur du cyberactivisme. Nous nous intéresserons notamment à la création de nouvelles stratégies (auto)narratives par lesquelles les acteurs.trices rendent compte de leurs expériences et récits. Par conséquent, la section entend étudier les discours et épistémologies, les subjectivités et corporalités, les routes et réseaux, les imaginaires et esthétiques, les positionnalités et connectivités, etc. qui se manifestent dans les articulations littéraires, artistiques, culturelles, activistes dans l’espace digital et ses intersections avec le monde non-numérique. Les propositions (en français ou en espagnol) exploreront le phénomène actuel de l’#afrocyberactivisme en France et en Espagne du point de vue épistémique, en discutant des possibilités et des défis de l’espace digital en tant que moyen de décolonisation des savoirs tout en tenant compte des biais algorithmiques. De même, elles se consacreront à de cas concrets –en se focalisant sur un espace culturel ou en adoptant un point de vue comparatif– pour étudier comment ces acteur.rices se racontent elleux-mêmes afin d’explorer leurs stratégies poétiques et esthétiques. Il s’agira de se questionner sur les manières dont les corps racialisés sont racontés, rendus visibles et décolonisés sur les plateformes digitales à travers une « auto-déstéréotypisation » du sujet racialisé. Les participant.e.s analyseront les manières alternatives dont les expériences des personnes africaines, afrodescendantes et afroeuropéennes sont articulées en marge ou hors des filtres du marché littéraire traditionnel en étudiant les nouveaux espaces culturels digitaux et les récits non hégémoniques qui y circulent, ainsi que les poétiques alternatives et les intertextes afro qui sont utilisés pour traduire les imaginaires des communautés marginalisées par le prisme eurocentrique. Des propositions portant sur des questions similaires en Afrique, dans les Caraïbes et les Amériques francophones et hispanophones ainsi que la circulation transnationale des savoirs sont également les bienvenues. Sans prétendre à l’exhaustivité, les propositions de communication pourront prendre en compte les axes de réflexion indicatifs suivants : Cyberactivisme, co-productions, décolonisation et désacadémisation des savoirs Récits contre-hégémoniques et auto-narrations via les plateformes digitales (entre autres, les retentissements des épistèmes antiracistes, panafricanistes, afroféministes etc.) Stratégies de résistance, esthétiques subversives et justice épistémique articulées aux textes littéraires, artistiques, culturels, activistes en ligne Afrocyberidentités : afroespagnolité, afrofrancité, afropéanité et récits de soi  Hashtag viral, emoticones, buzz, corps-politique, collectifs afro et cybermétadiscours dans les régions respectives Littérarisation de l’espace numérique et nouvelles poétiques et stratégies de narration de soi
    By: Jayden Hewitt
    Tuesday, Sep 24, 2024

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  • Journal of Festive Studies Issue 8 Call for Papers
    In addition to our guest-edited section described below, we always welcome submissions on a rolling basis, with no deadline for consideration. Please do think of us if your research or professional background touches on festive practices! You can also view this announcement as a PDF. International borders affect you every day. They play a role in determining whether you are a birthright citizen or an unauthorized migrant. They showcase a nation’s ability or inability to guarantee your wellbeing. They factor into immigration, asylum, and national security debates. Media and political analysts often portray borders as places where pathos, illegality, and poverty thrive innately. Yet, they are also places where ordinary citizens make historical claims, or defend, criticize, and even parody immigration and security policy. While many of those border enactments are rightly serious or even melancholy in tone, some recurring rituals like border festivals foreground whimsical or celebratory narratives. This issue seeks submissions that critically engage with border festivals—recurring ritual enactments performed at, across, or in close proximity to an international boundary line that foster cross-border communication, create opportunities for practical governance, or occasion the memorialization of shared histories. It also provides a platform for scholarly and creative submissions that critically engage how borders and boundaries can be invoked metaphorically through music, literature, performance art, and/or the built environment. Situated at the crossroads of de-centering the state and embracing the everyday-ness of borders, geographer Chris Rumford’s appeal to “vernacularize” border studies using concepts such as “borderwork” and “seeing like a border” provides an excellent starting point for this invitation to take the study of festive borders and boundaries seriously. His concept of “borderwork” emphasizes “bottom-up” activity and specifically the everyday meaning-making labor, or the bordering practices, of citizens and non-citizens (Rumford 2006, 2008, and 2013). “Seeing like a border” is premised on the idea that borders should be understood as the business of everyone, not just the business of the state. While considerations of state practices are still (and should remain) vital to the study of border festivals, it is safe to say that dominant, static, top-down approaches are incomplete. Reflecting on anthropological theories that link festive practices to “expected” moments of life transitions (Van Gennep 1960; Turner 1987), David Picard draws attention to the ways in which festivals can also play a role in mediating unanticipated crises such as “the shock of migration” and “environmental disaster”—two global challenges that shape the contemporary study of borders. Indeed, existing studies of border festivals, traditions, commemorations, and enactments elaborate this point on a much larger scale. Methodologically diverse and ranging from festival traditions in the Senegambia and the trans-Volta (Ghana/Togo) that emphasize the “centrality of the margins” (Nugent 2019), to the meticulously choreographed Wagah ceremony that transpires at the India/Pakistan border (Menon 2013), to cultural performances that delineate the Kashmir conflict (Aggarwal 2004), to the long-standing celebration of George Washington’s Birthday on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border (Peña 2020), to the religiously-inflected and festive revival of historical social groupings between China, Mongolia, and Russia (Billé and Humphrey 2021)—they have underlined how a range of actors make national and ethnic affiliation identity claims public, stage historical memory, recover from natural disasters, and even shape practical governance through stylized acts of crossing and gathering. Moreover, borders may also be critically invoked in the design and production of “borderless” or “borderlands” celebrations (e.g., No Border Fest, Borderland Music Festival). What stands out across these theorizations (and what makes them the key to study of border festivals) is their inbuilt foundation in performance theory and especially performativity. This special issue invites us to think creatively about the idea that borders are always in the making both at and beyond international boundary lines. In both contexts, they are actualized festively through embodiment and stylized rituals that ffect change in the social world. As the first of its kind, this issue aims to create a generative space for the future study of border festivals. We are looking for a variety of submissions ranging from previously unpublished methodological reflections, artist statements, illustrations, documentaries and interactive media to research reports and evidence-based papers that engage festive border commemorations of any kind. Some possible themes for exploration include: conceptualizing borders and boundaries as festive intangible heritage and cultural memory across borderlands organization, logistics, and finance cross-border cooperation and practical governance global challenges: climate change, mass displacement, public health participation, reception, conflict, and political efficacy festive landscapes and built environments embodiment, choreography, and evolving repertoires pleasure through collaboration In line with the interdisciplinary nature of the Journal of Festive Studies, we welcome submissions of original research and analysis rooted in a variety of fields including (but not limited to): social and cultural history, anthropology, archaeology, cultural geography, architecture, technology, musicology, museum studies, literary studies and performance studies. In addition to traditional academic essays, we invite short essays and creative contributions that incorporate digital media such as timelines and maps, photographic essays, digital exhibitions, interactive media, documentaries, illustrations, creative audio, and interviews that engage with festivity. We invite you to submit an abstract and short bio by January 15, 2025. The submission deadline for completed article manuscripts is August 1, 2025. Please make sure to consult the journal submission guidelines. If you have any further questions, please contact Elaine A. Peña at penae@wustl.edu. H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online, the publisher of the Journal of Festive Studies, is committed to open access. All H-Net content, including journals, monographs, and reviews, are freely available to both authors and readers. There are no charges to submit or publish in the Journal of Festive Studies.
    By: Jayden Hewitt
    Tuesday, Sep 24, 2024

  • CFP: Africana Annual: A Journal of African and African Diaspora Studies [Announcement]
    Africana Annual: A Journal of African and African Diaspora Studies The Department of African & African American Studies at the University of Kansas and the Africana Annual and to invite the submission of full-length original articles and review essays. Africana Annual is a broadly conceived annual interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal that provides an avenue for critical dialogues and analysis of the African, African American, and African Diasporic experiences.  Aims and Scope Africana Annual is an interdisciplinary journal encompassing history, politics, sociology, performance arts, economics, literature, cultural studies, anthropology, Africana studies, gender studies, ethnic studies, religious studies, the fine arts, digital humanities, and other allied disciplines, Africana Annual embraces a variety of humanistic and social scientific methodologies for understanding the social, political, and cultural meanings and functions of the varied experiences of Africana.   Submissions to Africana Annual must reflect the intellectual and political connections between Africa and the African Diaspora and to serve as a critical space for scholarly explorations of their shared historical and contemporary realities. We invite authors to submit work that examines key issues deepen inter-disciplinary and global conversations on topics about African America, Africa (north and south of the Sahara), and the Diaspora. Submission Policies Submissions to Africana Annual must be original, unpublished work not submitted for publication elsewhere while under review by Africana Annual editors. The journal encourages authors to submit unsolicited articles and comprehensive review essays. All academic articles should be between 20 and 30 pages. Comprehensive review essays should be about 10 to 15 pages in length.  Please include an abstract of 150–200 words that clearly states the main arguments of your article. The abstract should contain 3-5 keywords, along with a biographical statement of 50–75 words with full contact information and e-mail address. to accompany your submission. Authors should submit their manuscripts using the journal system. Please contact the editors at africana@ku.edu if there are any questions.  All manuscripts must follow the current edition of the Chicago Manual of Style and should use endnotes. All submissions must be in 12 point Times New Roman, double spaced, with 1″margins. Again, please note that we only accept manuscripts in Word format. All manuscripts accepted are subject to editorial modification. Peer Review All research articles in Africana Annual undergo rigorous peer review. After an initial editor screening, submissions will be based on anonymous double-blind refereeing by two referees.    The deadline for submission is August 31, 2024
    By: Jayden Hewitt
    Tuesday, Aug 27, 2024

  • IRELAND: SFI Sustainable Development Challenge (Over €1,000,000 Grant) 2025
    Grant size: 1 million Euros Donor: The Science Foundation Ireland The SDG Challenge seeks to support diverse, transdisciplinary teams to develop transformative, sustainable solutions that will contribute to addressing development challenges under the UN SDGs in countries where Irish Aid works.    SFI and Irish Aid are seeking solutions that contribute to SDG 2: Zero Hunger, “End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture”. The SDG Challenge supports highly motivated, transdisciplinary teams developing transformative, sustainable solutions for UN SDGs in Irish Aid’s partner countries. Furthermore, interested applicants should take note of the following criteria: Teams must be transdisciplinary and focused on developing sustainable solutions for UN SDGs in Irish Aid’s partner countries. Teams should combine technical and non-technical skills and represent collaborative partnerships between researchers in Ireland and the partner country. Expertise in a STEM research area is necessary ,along with knowledge or experience in complementary fields like international development, economics, or behavioral science. Two academic researchers must be in the core team, with at least one from a relevant STEM discipline. Funding should reflect the contributions of all team members. https://www.afterschoolafrica.com/87048/science-foundation-ireland-sfi-2024-sustainable-development-challenge-over-e1000000-grant/
    By: Tony Milanzi
    Tuesday, Aug 27, 2024
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  • AREF Research Development Fellowship Programme (Africa)
    Deadline: 4th October 2024 Grant size: Fellowship Donor: AREF Research Development The Africa Research Excellence Fund is pleased to launch the call for the 2024/25 AREF Research Development Fellowship Programme.  Programme Overview Aim. To support researchers in Africa who are emerging leaders and working on important challenges for human health, to develop their skills as a researcher. What we offer. A three to nine-month placement at a leading research institution in the UK, Europe or Africa, with additional support at your home institution before and after the placement. Up to £47,000 available Who is eligible? Early career researchers. These are research active post-doctoral scientists and clinicians with higher qualifications who are nationals of and employed in Africa (see detailed eligibility criteria). How to apply. Read the guidance documents carefully before developing your proposal and starting your application. Complete the application form via the portal at https://programmes.aref-africa.org.uk/ https://africaresearchexcellencefund.org.uk/funding-calls/open-funding-research-development-fellowship-2024-25/
    By: Tony Milanzi
    Tuesday, Aug 27, 2024
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    By: Paul Katuse
    Friday, Aug 16, 2024
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  • Research-Practice Partnership Grants Program
    Grant Size: $100,000 to $500,000 Donor: Spencer Foundation The Spencer Foundation is pleased to announce the Research-Practice Partnership Grants Program to support education research projects that engage in collaborative and participatory partnerships. They view partnerships as an important approach to knowledge generation and the improvement of education, broadly construed. Rigorous partnership work is intentionally organized to engage diverse forms of expertise and perspectives, across practitioners, scholars, and organizations, as well as disciplines and methods, in knowledge generation around pressing problems of practice and/or policy. This grant program is open to existing partnerships between researchers and a broad array of practitioners. For example, practitioners might work in school districts, county offices of education, state educational organizations, universities, community-based organizations, and other social sectors that significantly impact learners’ lives. https://www.spencer.org/grant_types/research-practice-partnerships
    By: Tony Milanzi
    Friday, Aug 16, 2024
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  • CFAs: FRIAS Early Career Fellowships Programme
    Grant Size: Fellowship The Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) is inviting applications for its Early Career Fellowships Programme to support academic exchange across existing boundaries between disciplines, between different cultures and countries, between established and younger researchers. https://www.frias.uni-freiburg.de/en/news/call-for-applications/frias-early-career-fellowship-programme
    By: Tony Milanzi
    Friday, Aug 16, 2024
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  • FRIAS Sustainable Governance Senior Fellowships for Researchers
    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
    By: Tony Milanzi
    Friday, Aug 16, 2024
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  • CFAs: Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program
    Grant size: less than $1000 Donor: Institute of International Education (IIE) The Institute of International Education's Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP) is a scholar fellowship program for educational projects at African higher education institutions. The program is funded by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY). A total of 705 African Diaspora Fellowships have been awarded for scholars to travel to Africa since the program’s inception in 2013. CADFP exemplifies CCNY’s enduring commitment to higher education in Africa. IIE manages and administers the program, including applications, project requests and fellowships. https://www.iie.org/programs/carnegie-african-diaspora-fellowship-program/
    By: Tony Milanzi
    Friday, Aug 16, 2024
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  • The Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP)
    Now accepting Project Requests and Scholar Applications for theCarnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP)DEADLINE: September 18, 2024 at 11:59 PM ET   We are pleased to announce that the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP) is accepting Project Requests from African host universities and Scholar Applications from qualified African academics in the diaspora in the United States and Canada.What is the CADFP?The CADFP is a scholar exchange program for African higher education institutions to host a diaspora scholar for 14-90 days for projects in curriculum co-development, collaborative research and graduate student teaching and mentoring. How do I apply?The CADFP is a two-sided application: a project request submitted by the African institution and a scholar application submitted by the diaspora scholar. Links and information about the African host institution project request, scholar application, types of fellowships, review guidelines, and FAQs are posted on the program website.Who is eligible? Universities in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, member institutions of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) and partner universities with the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) can submit a project request to host a diaspora scholar. Potential host institutions can apply with a diaspora scholar in mind or request a match from IIE. Diaspora scholars born in Africa, who live in the United States or Canada and work at an accredited college or university in either country, can apply online to be placed on a roster of candidates for a fellowship. Scholars must hold a terminal degree in their field and may hold any academic rank. The lifetime maximum for CADFP Fellowships is two (2).  Interested parties are invited to register for one of our informational webinars: Project Request Application Walk Through, Thursday July 18, 2024, 9:00 AM Eastern / 1:00 PM GMT / 4:00 PM EAT  Scholar Application Walk Through, Tuesday July 23, 2024, 2:00 PM Eastern Webinars will be recorded and posted on YouTube.Watch our recent recordings discussing best practices for applying for the CADFP. Project Request Best Practice Webinar Diaspora Scholar Application Best Practices TimelineThe deadline for Project Requests and Scholar Applications for diaspora scholars is September 18, 2024 at 11:59 pm ET. Selection decisions will be made late November; project visits can begin as early as January 6, 2025 and must be completed by November 30, 2025.Learn MoreVisit iie.org/AfricanDiaspora for more information about how to apply, program benefits, and details about previously funded Fellows and Projects.
    By: Jayden Hewitt
    Saturday, Aug 10, 2024

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  • Announcement of Selected Teams: 2nd Cohort of COIL Faculty Fellows Program-Africa
    MSU’s Global Youth Advancement Network (GYAN), Alliance for African Partnership (AAP), and Office for Education Abroad are pleased to announce the selected teams for the second cohort of the COIL Faculty Fellows Program-Africa. Sponsored by AAP, this online fellowship program is an opportunity for teaching faculty from any discipline to explore the theory and practice of Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) through global partnerships connecting institutions within the AAP Consortium.   Approximately 45 highly esteemed teaching faculty expressed interest in partaking in our fellowship program and the selection committee was so impressed by the quality of all team applications received that seven teams were selected, rather than six teams as initially planned. In this second cohort of our fellowship program, MSU fellows representing the Broad College of Business, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, College of Arts & Letters, College of Education, College of Engineering, and College of Osteopathic Medicine will collaborate with African fellows from Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa.   Join us in congratulating and welcoming the seven teams below:   Antoinette Tessmer, Broad College of Business (Finance Dept.), Michigan State University. Jade Verbeek, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (Dept. of Marketing Management), University of Pretoria (South Africa). Christina Dokter, College of Osteopathic Medicine (Dept. of Pharmacology & Toxicology), Michigan State University. Ngozi Chioma Okoronkwo, Faculty of Agriculture (Dept. of Food Science and Technology), University of Nigeria Nsukka (Nigeria). Daniel Uyeh, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources & College of Engineering (Dept. of Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering), Michigan State University. Ifeoma Quinette Anugwa, Faculty of Agriculture (Dept. of Agricultural Extension), University of Nigeria Nsukka (Nigeria). Ilce Gabriela Medina Meza, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources & College of Engineering (Dept. of Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering), Michigan State University. Oluchukwu Margaret Mary Nwadi, Faculty of Agriculture (Dept. of Food Science and Technology), University of Nigeria Nsukka (Nigeria). Thomas Rimer, Broad College of Business (Finance Dept.), Michigan State University. Chukwudi Kingsley Onyeachu, Institute of Social Policy, University of Nigeria Nsukka (Nigeria). Trixie G. Smith, College of Arts and Letters (Dept. of Writing, Rhetoric, and Cultures), Michigan State University. Folake Ruth Aluko, Faculty of Education (Unit for Distance Education), University of Pretoria (South Africa). Vaughn W. M. Watson, College of Education (Dept. Teacher Education), Michigan State University. Everlyn Oluoch-Suleh, School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Dept. of Languages and Literature), United States International University-Africa (Kenya). Our most sincere thanks to all applicants and to those who helped share this opportunity within their networks. Stay tuned to GYAN's COIL webpage for future events or new Calls for Fellows.
    By: Justin Rabineau
    Tuesday, Jul 30, 2024

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