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 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 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 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 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 Read more…
LIVINGSTONE SYMPOSIUM Effective research and innovation partnerships are an increasingly strategic component in the internalization of the agenda of nations and regions, according to the African Union’s Agenda 2063 and its Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy (STISA 24) which also encourages strategic partnerships and collaborations within the region and beyond. Read more…
RUFORUM – NCST OUTSTANDING YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) in collaboration with the National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST), run the 2017 RUFORUM –NCST Outstanding Young Scientist Award competition. The competition was locally managed by the National Commission for Science and Read more…
CAPACITY BUILDING ON INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION FOR AFRICAN COUNTRIES 2017 Malawi through the National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) participated int the 2017 Seminar on”Capacity Building on Information and Communication for African Countries” in Beijing China. The Seminar was held at Academy for International Business Offices from the 6th Read more…
RUFORUM OUTSTANDING YOUNG SCIENTIST (OYS) AWARD The National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) in collaboration with RUFORUM is pleased to announce a Call for Applications for the national Outstanding Young Scientist (OYS) award. RUFORUM OYS award is designed to recognize and celebrate extraordinary Read more…
The Malawi Public Policy Research and Analysis Project (MPPRAP), a project within the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, presented a cheque of Twenty Two Million Malawi Kwacha (K22,018,500.00) to the National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) towards the cost of the 2017 National Research Dissemination Conference (NRDC). The cheque presentation was performed Read more…