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Guidance and counseling workshop for IDB merit scholars
University of Nottingham
Campus, UK
Tuesday 1 April 2008
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QATAR: Research hub in progress
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| In abid to become a regional research hub, on the first week of August, Qatar has opened a world-class scientific institute for information technology research and later this year will launch another two institutes addressing biomedical as well as environmental and energy researchers. |
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Scientific, Intellectual, and Governance Cooperation on Emerging Environmental Challenges in the Muslim World
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| This new report provides a brief overview of the challenges posed by environmental change in several regions where significant Muslim populations are found: Southeast Asia, South and Central Asia, Southwest Asia/Persian Gulf, North Africa, and parts of Sub-Saharan Africa (the Sahel, coastal West Africa, and East Africa). It then discusses the major needs for improving scientific and technical research in these regions and reviews extant environmentally-focused scientific cooperation between the US and the Muslim world. Finally, the paper presents some recommendations suggesting how scientific cooperation between the US and the Muslim world could be expanded and deepened in the future. |
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Obama's science envoys for the Muslim world
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| A few months ago, President Obama announced an outreach effort to bolster science & technology in the Muslim world. Three science envoys have now been appointed and they will travel to different Muslim countries to forge collaborations and to develop a deeper understanding of the challenges facing the Muslim world. |
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Science and technology in diplomacy
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| Throughout human history, science and technology have been the backbone of innovations that have driven economic development. Yet, rather oddly, they have not been seriously invoked in the pursuit of diplomacy. This Commentary examines the important role of science in diplomacy and its soft-power in world affairs and peace. |
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Biology Image Library
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| Access thousands of online images, illustrations, movies and animations across the fields of biology and biomedicine, by signing up for a no-obligation free trial. Biology Image Library enables users to find and download important visual material for their research and educational needs that is often difficult to locate. All published work is peer reviewed , and all images are reliable, scientifically useful and properly classified. |
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SAUDI ARABIA: Rapid growth for universities
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| Saudi Arabia has announced plans to continue the rapid expansion of higher education as part of its ninth five-year development plan, for 2010-14. A nearly quarter billion dollar annual investment in science and technology research will help strengthen the country's growing international position in innovation capacity. |
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Quality Assurance in Postgraduate Education
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| This report focuses on postgraduate education in Europe, its evolution and major challenges for quality assurance. It presents national experiences and approaches to quality assurance of postgraduate education and offers viewpoints from the main stakeholders in higher education, namely higher education institutions, doctoral candidates, and quality assurance agencies. This report contributes to the important debate on quality assurance of postgraduate education and will hopefully provide insight into the future direction of this dynamic topic. |
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ISID Grant, SSI/ISID Fellowships, Scientific Exchange Fellowships
International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID) is to enhance research, prevention, and treatment of infectious diseases, particularly in low resource countries. The Society##$$s programs emphasize the transfer of information and appropriate technology through training and education of health care professionals. These programs include conferences, workshops, training grants, and fellowships. ISID is committed to improving the care of patients with infectious diseases, the training of clinicians and researchers in infectious diseases and microbiology, and the control of infectious diseases around the world.
ITTO Fellowships
The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) offers fellowships through the Freezailah Fellowship Fund to promote human resource development and to strengthen professional expertise in member countries in tropical forestry and related disciplines. The goal is to promote the sustainable management of tropical forests, the efficient use and processing of tropical timber, and better economic information about the international trade in tropical timber.
Erasmus Mundus - OpSciTech Scholarships
Application for academic year 2011-12 will reopen on November 2010. Deadline: 02 January 2011. MSc OpSciTech is a unique European Master’s Course providing a comprehensive and multidisciplinary coverage of the field of Optics, from upstream scientific aspects to engineering and applications in major sectors of the economy. OpSciTech is one of the Master Courses selected by the prestigious Erasmus Mundus framework of the European Commission through which students from non-European Union countries are eligible for two-year grants of € 24,000 per year |
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