The Brazilian Coordinator for improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) has announced the launch of 50 scholarships for attainment of Doctorate degrees in Brazilian Higher Education Institutions.
The scholarships are offered to non-Brazilian nationals under the exchange program for postgraduate studies for 2021 entry .
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The University of Nairobi officially launched the Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub (WEE Hub) on December 16, 2020. The Hub is a partnership between the University of Nairobi and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The WEE Hub is housed at the African Women Studies Centre (AWSC) in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
The Chancellor, University of Nairobi, Dr. (Mrs.) VijooRattansi, OGW, D. Ltt. (Hon), (Nairobi), D. Ltt. (Hon), Moi, invites you to the UoN@50 virtual celebrations to be held on Thursday, December 10, 2020 from the Great Court at2.00 p.m.
Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic and guidelines from the Ministry of Health, the ceremony shall be held virtually.
The Pan-African Scientific Research Council is in the process of selecting inaugural members. The
Council’s goal is to support and promote Africa-focused research in social sciences; biomedical sciences,
energy, environmental and agricultural sciences; statistics; applied mathematics and computer science.
The council will provide a platform for multidisciplinary collaboration amongst scientists, fund research,
establish fellowships aimed at young scholars and support evidence-based policymaking.
The ARUA-MELLON FOUNDATION programme was launched in the academic year 2017/2018 and supports PhD students and post-doctoral fellowships from five (5) universities affiliated with ARUA (African Research Universities Alliance), which includes the University of Nairobi, University of Ghana, University of Cape Town, University of Witwatersrand and the University of
Be informed that the African Union Commission has launched the African Union Kwame Nkrumah Awards for Scientific Excellence - 2020 Edition with the continued support of its Development Partners particularly the European Commission.
This is therefore to invite you to apply for the awards and disseminate the call for applications to fellow African Scientists, Researchers and Innovators.
The University has research output with high potential for use in society and commercialization. Some of this research output has been identified and protected. The products and processes that have potential for commercialization are in various stages of development. Some need more research, prototyping, market research and others are ready for marketing.
Now in its 9th year of annual training, the Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research, Innovation and Enterprise (DVC RIE) in Grant Proposal Writing training started in earnest with the first group being trained on the 21st to 23rd of October 2020. The training was held virtually due to the ongoing COVID 19 restrictions.
The 3rd edition of the Research Week, an annual event hosted by the University of Nairobi (UoN) closed on 16th October 2020. This was after running for a whole week, beginning on the 12th of October. In total, 13 different conferences covering a diverse range of academic disciplines took place.
