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Meeting with African humboldtians at Humboldt award winners’ forum
Former and current AGNES chair persons (Prof. Dr. Romain Glèlè Kakaï and Dr Heather Marco) met with African alumni of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation on the sidelines of Humboldt award winners’ forum in Bonn (16-20 October, 2020). This meeting aimed to update...
Current and Past AGNES chairs met with Dr Daniela Kneissl at Humboldt award winners’ forum
On October 17th, current and former AGNES chairs (Prof. Dr. Romain Glèlè Kakaï and Dr Heather Marco) met with Dr Daniela Kneissl during the Humboldt award winners’ forum held in Bonn from 16-20 October, 2019. They took the opportunity to discuss organization of the...
Call for Applications: 2020 Mawazo PhD Scholars Programme – deadline 22 November
Dear members of AGNES Network, We would like to inform you that the Call for Applications is now open for the Mawazo Institute <http://www.mawazoinstitute.org>'s 2020 PhD Scholars fellowship programme. This programme is a non-residential fellowship for African...
Application for MIASA fellowships: Deadline extended (Only for members of the AGNES Network in humanities and social sciences)
Dear members of the AGNES, It is our pleasure to inform you that the deadline for MIASA fellowship applications has been extended to 15 November 2019. This extension is exclusively for members of the AGNES Network and only for applications in the Humanities and...
Workshop on African-German Cooperation in Education, Science and Research
On official invitation of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Prof. Romain Glèlè Kakaï, President of AGNES governing board has participated in the Expert Workshop on Future African-German Cooperation in Education, Science and Research on...
Selection for AGNES-PAWS and AGNES-GENERAL mobility grants
On August 5 and 6, 2019, a meeting of the international selection committee for the AGNES mobility grants (photo 1a-b) was held to finalize the selection process of the 2019 AGNES mobility grantees. Fifteen doctoral students from 8 countries were selected for the...
Awareness raising programme at the University of Parakou, Benin
On May 23 and 24, 2019, Prof. Dr. Romain Lucas Glèlè Kakaï organized an awareness session with Master and PhD students of the University of Parakou. As part of this sensitization program, The AGNES President presented AGNES, its goal and objectives, and its four...
2019 Call for Applications: Intra-Africa Mobility Grants for Junior Researchers
We are pleased to announce the “Call for Applications” for two of our funding programmes:1. AGNES-PAWS Intra-Africa Mobility Grant for Junior Female Researchers’. This Grant is designed for “Programme Advocating Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and...
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