Grants for Computer Science in African Countries- Scholarships

With funds provided by Microsoft Research Ltd, TWAS and AAS encourage the organization of scientific activities related to computer science in Africa by offering financial assistance to the organizers of conferences, workshops, symposia and special meetings held in Africa. Deadline extended to 1 March 2011 - for meetings held between July and December 2011.

The support is normally provided in the form of travel grants for principal speakers from abroad and/or participants from developing countries other than the country where the meeting is held. Supported speakers should be from not-for-profit research organizations. The amount provided does not exceed Euro 4,000.
Deadline extended to 1 March 2011 for meetings to be held between July and December 2011.

Subject Areas

Grants are offered for meetings in the field of Computer Science.

Eligibility of Applicants

TWAS, AAS and Microsoft Research Ltd. only consider applications made by the organizers of international and regional scientific meetings being held in Africa.
Employees of TWAS, AAS and Microsoft Research Ltd., as well as employees of other industry research laboratories and anyone involved in the administration of this award, are not eligible.
TWAS, AAS and Microsoft Research Ltd. do not provide support to individual scientists wishing to attend a scientific event, even if the event is taking place in a developing country.
Local authorities must share in the responsibility for the event and should give proper support. Each application must show at least a (conditional) matching contribution from local sources.


Agreement

TWAS, AAS and Microsoft Research Ltd. must be acknowledged as co-sponsors in all material and websites related to the supported activity.
The grant is intended only for air tickets.
Funds can only be released after the meeting and upon receipt of the original used ticket stubs and boarding passes of the participants benefiting from the grant.
Immediately after the meeting, organizers should send TWAS a final narrative and financial report, the final scientific programme and the list of participants and lecturers.

All documentary evidence needed to release funds from TWAS must be submitted by the organizers within six months from the end of the meeting.


How to apply

Download the application form (Word document; see link at the bottom, under "Related Content") and complete it on your computer.
Complete the electronic application form using any word-processing programme.
The first page of the application must be signed.
Incomplete and/or unsigned applications cannot be considered.
The application form should be completed in all its parts and sent by email to mahdavi@twas.org

TWAS will acknowledge receipt of an application within two weeks. If you do not receive an acknowledgment within this period please contact:
Mrs M.T. Mahdavi
TWAS, ICTP Campus
Strada Costiera 11
34014 Trieste, Italy
Phone: +39-040-2240325; Fax: +39-040-224559; E-mail: mahdavi@twas.org


When to apply

Deadlines for receiving applications are:

1 June 2010 for meetings to be held between January and June 2011;

[1 December 2010 for meetings to be held during between July and December 2011.]
UPDATE: Deadline extended to 1 March 2011 for meetings to be held between July and December 2011.

We strongly recommend that you do not wait until the deadline but submit the application as early as you can to enable us to process your application as fast as possible.

Applicants will be informed of the outcome of their requests within three months of each deadline.