The global change System for Analysis, Research and Training (START) seeks to enhance scientific capacity for global environmental change (GEC) research in developing regions.

START’s Africa Initiative (AI) seeks Pre-Proposals from African scientists for one-year projects on global environmental change in Africa.

Proposed research must be field-based and should seek to address substantive policy-relevant challenges facing African policymakers in one or more of the AI areas of conflict resolution, energy, food security, health, migration, and the cross-cutting theme of climate change.

Special consideration will be given to proposals that are amenable to cross-country comparison and develop benchmarks for measuring policy outcomes.

Particular attention will be given to proposals that deal with one or more of the following topics:

• Distribution of food and water as a public good
• Financing for innovative solutions to challenges in the areas of climate change and energy
• Emerging donors in Africa, such as India, China and Brazil
• Implications of demographic change and urbanization
• Policy implementation gaps in local health care delivery and treatment of infectious diseases
• Sources of funding for rebel movements

The Africa Initiative encourages proposals from relevant fields of physical sciences and social sciences. Eligible applicants are African-based scholars, and early-to-mid-career Canadian-based researchers.

Applicants must have a post-graduate degree or be in the advanced stages of a doctoral program.

While the Africa Initiative will give due consideration to any proposal consistent with the overall aim of this project, special consideration will be given to proposed research that:

• Aims to develop innovative approaches to addressing policy challenges in the Africa Initiative’s thematic areas
• Seeks to collect data that can be used by policy makers in Africa
• Attempts to inform both policy makers and academics
• Involves questions that are especially amenable to cross-national comparison

African Small Grants Amount: CAD$15,000

Deadline: Varies

For further details, see: African Small Grants – Small Research Gran

Global change offers research and Training  in Africa

The global change System for Analysis, Research and Training (START) seeks to enhance scientific capacity for global environmental change (GEC) research in developing regions.

START’s Africa Initiative (AI) seeks Pre-Proposals from African scientists for one-year projects on global environmental change in Africa.

Proposed research must be field-based and should seek to address substantive policy-relevant challenges facing African policymakers in one or more of the AI areas of conflict resolution, energy, food security, health, migration, and the cross-cutting theme of climate change.

Special consideration will be given to proposals that are amenable to cross-country comparison and develop benchmarks for measuring policy outcomes.

Particular attention will be given to proposals that deal with one or more of the following topics:

• Distribution of food and water as a public good
• Financing for innovative solutions to challenges in the areas of climate change and energy
• Emerging donors in Africa, such as India, China and Brazil
• Implications of demographic change and urbanization
• Policy implementation gaps in local health care delivery and treatment of infectious diseases
• Sources of funding for rebel movements

The Africa Initiative encourages proposals from relevant fields of physical sciences and social sciences. Eligible applicants are African-based scholars, and early-to-mid-career Canadian-based researchers.

Applicants must have a post-graduate degree or be in the advanced stages of a doctoral program.

While the Africa Initiative will give due consideration to any proposal consistent with the overall aim of this project, special consideration will be given to proposed research that:

• Aims to develop innovative approaches to addressing policy challenges in the Africa Initiative’s thematic areas
• Seeks to collect data that can be used by policy makers in Africa
• Attempts to inform both policy makers and academics
• Involves questions that are especially amenable to cross-national comparison

African Small Grants Amount: CAD$15,000

Deadline: Varies

For further details, see: African Small Grants – Small Research Gran

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Talking before the parliamentary ad hoc committee investigating the alleged saga in the energy sector, the Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Managing Director Joseph Katera said that these four government organs owe the government over 30 billion shillings.

Katera noted that Uganda Prisons owes 4 billion shillings, Uganda Police 6 billion shillings, UPDF 19 billion shillings and UBC 2 billion shillings.

Talking to the media after the committee meeting Hon. Medard Segona said that the committee has directed UEDCL and UMEME to ensure that that money is recovered.

Hon. Segona says that the parliament approves the budget for those organs annually adding that it is surprising that they do not pay for power when they have a vote for power in there budgets.

Hon. Segona adds that the parliament has reports that the police officers who stay in houses with electricity pay for their bills and he wonders where that money goes after collecting it.

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