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PUBLIC–PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION  CALL FOR RESEARCH PROPOSALS  The National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) is participating in a Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI). The SGCI is a 5-year programme which seeks to strengthen the capacities of science granting councils (SGCs) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to support research and evidence-based policies that will contribute to economic and social development. The objectives of this Initiative are to strengthen the ability of Science Granting Read more…

Early Career Women Scientists (ECWS) Fellowships The Early Career Women Scientists (ECWS) Fellowship is offered to women scientists from Science and Technology Lagging Countries (STLCs) who have completed their PhDs and are continuing research in their home countries. The Fellowship will support them to undertake research at an international level and to build up research groups and centres in their scientific fields. The programme is administered with funds generously provided by Canada’s International Development Research Read more…

On 16th January 2018, it was one of the happiest days at the Forestry Research Institute of Malawi (FRIM) when National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) officials represented by the Director General descended to Zomba, a city on the South Eastern side of Malawi. Zomba is an intellectual hub of Malawi and is a home to the University of Malawi and Chancellor College, one of its constituent colleges. Zomba is also well known for its Read more…

Science for Sustainable Urban Development in Africa When: 8 February 2018, 6pm-8pm Where: Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bunda Campus, Lilongwe, Malawi Africa is urbanising at a historically rapid rate, creating some of the region’s greatest development challenges, but also offering tremendous opportunities for advancing sustainable development in the region. The Sustainable Development Goal 11 on cities recognises the central role of urbanisation in sustainable development, and calls for making cities and human Read more…

CAAST-Net Plus Gift Kadzamira –National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST), Malawi As a Horizon 2020 National Contact Point for Malawi, I was privileged to attend a Horizon 2020 information session and National Contact Point (NCP) training workshop organised by CAAST-Net Plus and the European Commission (EC). The workshop aimed to provide guidance and practical information on all aspects of participation in Horizon 2020. Thirty participants from the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) region’s science ministries Read more…