News & Updates

August 2024 Edition, Issue 80

Welcome to another edition of the CARTA monthly updates. Read on to keep abreast with what is new.

CARTA holds the  Academic, Professional, and Administration Staff (APAS) Workshop and the APAS ToT Workshop at Makerere

Appointments and Promotions

Dieudonne Uwizeye, cohort 1, University of Rwanda, was promoted to the Rank of Associate Professor effective July 1, 2024, in the Department of Demography. Before his promotion, he served as a Senior Lecturer since November 2022.

Sunday Adedini cohort 1, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, was promoted to the rank of Professor of Demography and Social Statistics on August 23, 2024. Before his promotion, he served as an Associate Professor since January  2020.

Godwin Anywar, cohort 6, Makerere University, was appointed to the editorial board of Discover Molecules—Springer Nature on August  15, 2024. The journal aims to be a resource for researchers, policymakers, and the general public on recent advances in molecular science and its uses in research development and society.

Godwin Anywar, cohort 6, Makerere University, moderated a session for two regions (Africa and Europe) at the Global Indigenous Youth Summit on Climate Change (GIYSCC) on August 9, 2024. He also presented a paper titled “Indigenous Knowledge at the Nexus between Climate Change and Emerging Infectious Diseases in Africa.“

Alice Muhayimana, Cohort 10, University of Rwanda, made an oral presentation titled ‘’Respectful Maternity Care in Rwandan Health Facilities: Prevalence, Insights and Strategies from Women, Healthcare Providers and Experts Through Appreciative Inquiry” at the Africa Interdisciplinary Health Conference (AFIH) held at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, from August 21 to 23, 2024.

Kganetso Sekome cohort 10, University of Witwatersrand, made an oral presentation titled “Feasibility and acceptability evaluation of a contextualized physical activity and diet intervention for control of hypertension in adults from rural South Africa”  and won the best poster presentation award at the Southern African Hypertension Society biennial congress in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa, from August 16 to 18, 2024. He also made two oral presentations titled “ Sociocultural perceptions of physical activity and dietary habits for hypertension control: voices from adults in rural north-east of South Africa” and “Feasibility and acceptability evaluation of a contextualized physical activity and diet intervention for control of hypertension in adults from rural South Africa” at the Africa Interdisciplinary Health Conference at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa from August 21 to 23, 2024.

CARTA/ARUA Institutions to Lead New ARUA Strategic Collaborative PhD Programs 

The University of Nairobi, Makerere University, and the University of the Witwatersrand will be leading some of the new collaborative PhD programs recently approved by ARUA. The strategic move announced through University World News in March by the former ARUA Secretary General Ernest Aryeetey aims at graduating 7000 PhDs in the next 10 years. This initiative is very close to CARTA’s core, and we wish our partners all the best in this endeavor. The Consortium remains open to collaboration in this and other initiatives to strengthen postgraduate training in the continent. Our digitized curricula materials are published with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License. Our consortium is ready to run ToTs for faculty and staff in partner and non-partner institutions who may benefit from the CARTA interventions.

ARUA has also launched the 3rd ARUA Research profiles report, which adds the profiles of our partners OAU and KUHeS to those previously described.

Funding: Global Health Research – Researcher-led bands 1 to 3

Global Health Research (GHR) – Researcher-led programs are seeking applications for this new annual funding opportunity. GHR – Researcher-led funds research aims to improve health outcomes for the most vulnerable people in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Research must address evidence needs that are locally identified and prioritized and must promote health equity, aligning with the aims of Sustainable Development Goal 3. Details

Deadline: November 6, 2024

Funding: Public Health Research (PHR) Program

The Public Health Research (PHR) Program is accepting Stage 1 applications to their commissioned workstream for this topic. Details

Deadline: December 13, 2024

Funding: Research on Interventions for Global Health Transformation (RIGHT) 

NIHR's Research on Interventions for Global Health Transformation (RIGHT) program is launching its 8th call that will support targeted research to develop and evaluate interventions to strengthen and improve prevention, management, and response to unintentional injuries and accidents arising from any cause in ODA-eligible countries. In this call, we are especially interested in interventions relevant to unintentional injuries and accidents occurring in relation to climate change and natural hazards. Details

Deadline: October 23, 2024

Funding: Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB)   

The NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) program is inviting stage 1 applications for research proposals that are concerned with the day-to-day practice of health service staff and that have the potential to have an impact on the health or well-being of patients and users of the NHS. As a researcher-led program, RfPB does not specify topics for research but instead encourages proposals for projects that address a wide range of health service issues and challenges. Details

Deadline: November 6, 2024

Funding: Research in Mental Health Nursing (HSDR Program)

The National Institute for Health and Care Research is interested in funding high-quality applied health and social care research to increase and improve the evidence base about mental health nursing and the mental health nursing workforce under the Health and Social Care Delivery Research (HSDR) Program. Details

Deadline: January 8, 2025

Funding: Research in Mental Health Nursing (HTA Program)

The National Institute for Health and Care Research is interested in funding high-quality applied health and social care research to increase and improve the evidence base about mental health nursing and the mental health nursing workforce under the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Program. Details

Deadline: January 8, 2025

Funding: Program Development Grants - Competition 40

Program Development Grants are available for researchers to undertake preparatory work to develop a future program of research (Stream A) and also for researchers to develop and enhance the quality and value of an ongoing or recently completed Program Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR) award (Stream B). Details

Deadline: September 18, 2024

Funding: The ATLAS Transnational PhD Program

The ATLAS Program (Talent Academy for Trans-Lational Science) is a joint PhD Program focused on translational medicine, immunotherapy, and computational biology. Join this life-changing PhD program to change the lives of others.  The main research topics at ATLAS evolve around the following fields: immunotherapy of cancer, infectious diseases, and autoimmunity; RNA biochemistry; Protein engineering; Bioinformatics and systems biology; Biomarker research as well as Antimicrobial therapies. Details

Deadline: September 30, 2024

Fellowship: Accelerating African Women’s Leadership in Climate Action Fellowship

The fellowship launched by African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) is accepting applications from women climate change professionals in Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, and Senegal – some of the countries most impacted by climate change yet most dependent on small-scale agriculture. Details

Deadline: September 10, 2024

Fellowship: The Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program

The CADFP is accepting Project Requests from African host universities and Scholar Applications from qualified African academics in the diaspora in the United States and Canada. The CADFP is a scholar exchange program for African higher education institutions to host a diaspora scholar for 14-90 days for projects in curriculum co-development, collaborative research, graduate student teaching, and mentoring. The CADFP is a two-sided application: a project request submitted by the African institution and a scholar application submitted by the diaspora scholar. Details

Deadline: September 18, 2024

Fellowship: Global Fellows Program in Demography

The Population Studies and Training Center (PSTC) at Brown University invites applications for its Global Fellows Program. The PSTC has a long-standing tradition of hosting scholars, researchers, and practitioners from diverse corners of the globe. The Center is a hub for exchanging ideas, methodologies, and insights into population studies, demography, and related fields. The Global Fellows Program in Demography invites global scholars worldwide to join their academic community and immerse themselves in Brown University’s vibrant intellectual environment. Details

Deadline: October 1, 2024

Fellowship: 2025–26 National Humanities Center Residential Fellowships

The National Humanities Center invites applications for year-long or semester-long residential fellowships. Mid-career, senior, and emerging scholars from all areas of the humanities with a strong record of peer-reviewed work are encouraged to apply. Details

Deadline: October 3, 2024

Call for Papers: Special Issue in Demographic Research

Prof Pablo Gracia from Trinity College Dublin and Prof Wiebke Schulz from the University of Bremen are announcing a special issue in Demographic Research on the theme of "Families’ Resilience and the Well-being of Children and Youth in Contexts of Global Socioeconomic Crises." 

Submissions should be made starting from July 1, 2024. Details 

Deadline: October 31, 2024.

Call for Papers: Globequity Scheme

The International Journal of Public Health (IJPH, 2022 Impact Factor: 4.6) and Public Health Reviews (PHR, 2022 Impact Factor: 5.5) - owned by the non-profit Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+) - publish all content Open Access. The journals also support first authors from low- and middle-income countries to publish without fees. The APC waivers are offered through the journals’ GLOBEQUITY program, funded by Swissuniversities (details for PHR, IJPH).

Deadline: Before the end of 2024

Call for Papers: The Strengthening the Europe-Africa Digital Ecosystem through Increased Research & Innovation Cooperation (SEADE) Project

The SEADE project is a two-year initiative funded by the European Union that aims to deepen and broaden digital cooperation between Europe and Africa and address the gaps in the research value chain. To drive meaningful digital cooperation across borders, the SEADE Project invites you to submit your past projects and initiatives in the research and innovation (R&I) sector. Participating in this initiative will showcase your accomplishments, inspire collaboration, and facilitate the exchange of valuable insights and lessons learned. Details

Deadline: September 27, 2024

Workshop: Public Health Ethics Framework for Breastfeeding Interventions -  September 18, 2024

Join the upcoming online workshop introducing a Public Health Ethics Framework for Breastfeeding Interventions developed by experts at the Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland. The workshop will introduce the framework, feature perspectives, and case studies from international experts on its application. This online workshop is part of the Forum for Global Health Ethics Webinar Series. Register here

Access a wide range of opportunities related to the National Institute for Health and Care Research here:

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Research Community of Practice for Healthcare Practitioners

The Global Health Network connects researchers and research organizations, transferring know-how between disease areas and across regions and networks. This gateway will point you to guidelines, tools, templates, web apps, databases, crowd-sourcing initiatives, webinars, workshops, training material, documents, and links to external resources relevant to health research themes, regions, and/or diseases. Details

A community of Social and Behavior Change professionals

Springboard is an online community of social and behavior change (SBC) professionals passionate about making a difference in the world. Members seek access to experts, the latest theories and tools, and the most stimulating discussions and educational opportunities to advance their knowledge and skills. Details

The Africa Online Safety Platform

This Impact Amplifier initiative addresses the critical issue of online safety across Africa. A comprehensive platform has been built to tackle the social challenges stemming from internet access across the continent. The AAU invites you to explore the AOSP as a valuable resource for your research and educational endeavors. The platform is ideal for disseminating research findings to a wide audience and collaborating with other institutions on online safety projects. Details

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