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3RD NATIONAL RESEARCH DISSEMINATION CONFERENCE (NRDC)  18th – 20th November 2020                                                               Venue: Sunbird Nkopola Hotel, Mangochi Preamble The National Read more…

Call Opening Date: 7th August 2020 Call Closing Date: 4th September 2020 1.0       BACKGROUND The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) of the Republic of Zambia, the National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) of the Republic of Malawi and the Fundo Nacional de Investigação (FNI) of the Republic of Read more…

1.0 BACKGROUND The Department of Research of the Ministry of Health (DR-MOH) and the National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) are in partnership for the management of a small grant scheme to support research proposals in health systems operations research as one of the identified national research priority areas Read more…

1.0 BACKGROUND The National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) of the Republic of Malawi and the Research Council of Zimbabwe (RCZ) are participating in Phase Two of the Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI). This continuation builds on Phase One’s SGCI objective of seeking to strengthen the capacities of Science Read more…

On 3rd June, 2020, the Board and Management of the National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) joined the Government of Malawi in fighting against COVID-19. The Commission donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) worth K 5,000,000.00 to Salima District Hospital in a bid to compliment Government’s efforts to contain the Read more…

          POSTPONEMENT OF THE 3RD NATIONAL RESEARCH DISSEMINATION CONFERENCE  22nd -24th APRIL 2020 Sunbird Nkopola Hotel Mangochi The National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST)  wishes to inform all  researchers and stakeholders of the postponement of  the 3rd National Research and Dissemination Conference, which was scheduled Read more…

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Introduction The National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) was established by the Science and Technology Act Number 16 of 2003 to advise the Government and other stakeholders on all science and technology matters in order to achieve a science and technology led development. The mission of Read more…

Hosted by the Government of Uganda through the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Supported by the European Commission and African Union Commission, IEEE Africa Council, IEEE Uganda Section, IST-Africa Week 2020 (Kampala, Uganda, May) is the fifteenth in an annual series of Ministerial Level Technology Research Conferences.  IST-Africa provides a platform Read more…

The Commission of the African Union is committed to support the use and development of science, technology and innovation in Africa and has, since 2008 been running the African Union Kwame Nkrumah Awards for Scientific Excellence (AUKNASE). These awards are in memory of the Great Pan-Africanist and First President of Read more…