April/May 2009, Vol 6, No 2  
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Paving the way for e-Research in Africa
Represented by Dr Heila Pienaar of the SERA e-Research Enablement Focus Area Team, the University of Pretoria (UP) recently co-hosted the 2nd African Digital Scholarship and Curation Conference with the University of Botswana.

Grand Challenges in Global Health - GC9 meeting in Beijing, China
The ACGT was recently represented by Drs Rachel Chikwamba (Principal Investigator of the Africa Biofortified Sorghum project) and Maretha O'Kennedy - both from CSIR Biosciences - in the Grand Challenges in Global Health, GC9 meeting in Beijing, China from 8 to 11 May 2009.
 
CAMS MSc study describes nine new fungal species
The SERA Centre for Applied Mycological Studies [CAMS] has made significant strides in its objective of documenting South Africa's fungal biodiversity and applying this knowledge to the benefit of the country's economy.

USEFUL LINKS

Incentive funding for rated researchers

Trajectories of NRF research support

Africa Analysis: Continental science fund forgotten?


ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES

Africa backs new body to boost knowledge management - African science researchers and policy advisers have agreed to set up a foundation to promote the use of scientific and other forms of knowledge by both public and private decision-makers in the continent. Source: SciDev.Net

ACGT hosts visit by senior SABINA participants from University of Malawi - From 9-12 June 2009, the ACGT hosted visitors from the University of Malawi as part of the Southern African Biochemistry and Informatics for Natural Products (SABINA) network programme. Source: ACGT

New formula for US-South research funding - A new way of funding collaborative agricultural research will see US researchers sharing funds with their developing-country partners. Source: SciDev.Net