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News & Updates
December 2024 Edition, Issue 84
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Welcome to another edition of the CARTA monthly updates. Read on to keep abreast with what is new. |
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◘ Program News
◘ Partner News
◘ Fellows News
◘ Publications
◘ Reads
◘ Opportunities
◘ Resources
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Thank you for a Great Year! | |
As 2024 comes to a close, we extend our heartfelt gratitude for your unwavering support in advancing CARTA's mission of transforming postgraduate and research training in Africa. Your participation and collaboration, direct or indirect, have been instrumental in the success of our initiatives. Looking on to 2025, we are optimistic that our collective efforts will continue to shape vibrant academic and research environments. Wishing you a joyful holiday season!
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Enhancing Partners’ Financial Reporting and Accountability | |
On December 10, CARTA held a virtual training session for key personnel: finance, procurement, and grants officers, etc., of its African partner institutions. The training sought to enhance the participants' accounting and financial reporting skills to meet donor expectations and strengthen institutional accountability. The session covered essential topics such as project cost tracking, revenue recognition, Good Financial Grant Practices (GFGP), and risk management in project finance. The participants engaged in discussions and aligned their understanding of financial reporting standards, developed and planned for risk mitigation, and identified opportunities to improve processes across institutions. This training is part of CARTA’s ongoing commitment to strengthening financial accountability and ensuring compliance with funder expectations. Watch the recording here.
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Showcasing at the 60th Anniversary of Kenya’s Diplomatic Journey | |
CARTA co-exhibited its work alongside the Science for Africa (SFA) Foundation and Wellcome during the 60th anniversary of Kenya’s diplomatic journey. With the theme, ‘Kenya’s Diplomatic Journey in Contributing to a Secure, Sustainable, and Prosperous Future’ the event was held at the Kenya International Conference Center (KICC) on December 2 - 4, 2024. A series of organizations, partners, and institutions creating impact and highlighting diplomatic excellence showcased their work.
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CARTA at the DELTAS Africa II M&E and CPE Workshop | CARTA participated in an M&E workshop that was organized by the Science for Africa (SFA) Foundation for its grantees' M&E and Community and Public Engagement (CPE) focal points on November 27 - 28 in Nairobi. The program was represented by Marta Vicente Crespo (Program Manager), Cavens Kithinji (Program Coordinator), and Naomi Njenga (M&E Officer). The workshop focused on reviewing and providing feedback on the monitoring, evaluation, and learning tools and approaches for DELTAS Africa II and the program. | |
Re-opened: Postdoctoral Fellowships for the CARTA Discourse Research Hub | |
CARTA has re-opened the call for applications for postdoctoral fellowships for the DISCOURSE CARTA Research Hub. Up to three fellowship positions (2025-2026) are available. The CARTA research hubs serve as centers for conducting multidisciplinary, policy-relevant research, aligned with regional development agendas. Details
Deadline: December 30, 2024
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CARTA is committed to sharing its experiences and insights. Over the past few years, we have published several papers documenting key outcomes and lessons learned from our work. We look forward to producing more knowledge products as resources allow.
To explore our publications, visit our article list on Semantic Scholar
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Makerere School of Public Health Marks 70 Years | |
This year, Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) is celebrating 70 years of transformative impact on public health in Uganda and beyond, an eventful milestone that was marked on December 13. Over the decades, MakSPH has been a leader in research, community engagement, and health innovation, contributing significantly to Makerere’s global recognition. In a landmark development, MakSPH has been granted autonomy to become a stand-alone School of Public Health, operating at the level of a College effective January 2024. This transition empowers the School to amplify its contributions to research, sustainable health solutions, and public health education. As a critical link in the CARTA-Makerere partnership, MakSPH continues to foster global collaborations and strengthen its role in addressing critical health challenges. Congratulations to the visionary leadership, dedicated staff, and partners who have driven MakSPH’s remarkable journey! Read more | |
University of Rwanda and Makerere Shine at the Prestigious Google PhD Fellowship Awards | |
Makerere University and the University of Rwanda continue to reaffirm their status as leading institutions in Africa, demonstrating academic excellence and advancing innovative research. Their global recognition through the prestigious Google PhD Fellowship Awards highlights their contributions to critical areas of study. Makerere University’s focus on natural language processing advances artificial intelligence and its application to African languages, while the University of Rwanda’s work in security, privacy, and abuse prevention addresses key challenges in the digital era, promoting safer and more inclusive technology. These achievements underscore the growing impact of African universities in global research and innovation, with Makerere University and the University of Rwanda at the forefront of shaping solutions for the continent’s and world’s most pressing issues. Read More | |
We celebrate nine CARTA fellows on their PhD completions and subsequent graduations. Eight of the fellows were registered at the University of the Witwatersrand while one was registered at the University of Nairobi. They graduated on December 9 and 13, 2024, respectively. | |
Early Career Researchers in Action | |
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Rose Opiyo, cohort 1, University of Nairobi, was awarded a Community Engagement (CE) grant by the Science for Africa (SFA) Foundation on December 3, 2024. The CE grants were open to trainees and faculty members of the DELTAS Africa II Initiative. She will be participating in a 4-day in-person meeting from January 19 to 24, 2025. The meeting aims to provide CPE and MEAL training, outline expectations, and grant terms and conditions, support grantees to refine their engagement projects, and pilot a mentor-mentee initiative for grantees to obtain ongoing support during project implementation.
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Funding: Research in Mental Health Nursing
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
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Funding: Evidence-Informed Policy-Making Grants
The British Academy invites proposals for evidence-informed policymaking in Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and/or Least Developed Countries. In the context of this call, funding from the International Science Partnerships Fund is funded by Official Development Assistance (ODA), therefore, applications for this funding must be ODA-eligible. Details
Deadline: February 19, 2025
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Funding: Wellcome Early-Career Awards
This scheme provides funding for early-career researchers from any discipline who are ready to develop their research identity. Through innovative projects, they will deliver shifts in understanding related to human life, health and wellbeing. Details
Deadline: February 25, 2025
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Funding: Wellcome Career Development Awards
This scheme provides funding for mid-career researchers from any discipline who have the potential to be international research leaders. They will develop their research capabilities, drive innovative programmes of work and deliver significant shifts in understanding related to human life, health and wellbeing. Details
Deadline: April 3, 2025
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Funding: Wellcome Discovery Awards
This scheme provides funding for established researchers and teams from any discipline who want to pursue bold and creative research ideas to deliver significant shifts in understanding related to human life, health and wellbeing. Details
Deadline: April 8, 2025
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Fellowship: IHEA 2025 Research Program
International Health Economics Association (IHEA) has launched a new fellowship program, which will pair an early-career researcher (ECR) with an experienced researcher for support throughout a research project distinct from IHEA’s professional development mentoring program. Details
Deadline: February 17, 2025
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Fellowship: Public Voices Fellowship on the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse
The Public Voices Fellowship is a global initiative to diversify public knowledge and discourse. Launched by The OpEd Project in partnership with leading mission-aligned organizations and funders, it is a collective investment in changing the demographics of voice at scale, in a world where we now face challenges and opportunities that can only be unlocked with a diversity of knowledge sets, expertises, and voices. Each fellow joins a unique cohort of highest-caliber thinkers, supported by extraordinary resources and training over the course of a year, including cutting-edge programming, high-level coaching, and access to a prestigious network of journalists and fellows at peer institutions nationwide. Emphasis is on thought leaders who are underrepresented in the public sphere, including women. Details
Deadline: January 12, 2025
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Call for Applications: Building Capacity in Mathematical Modeling of Depression and Related Mental Health Conditions
Early to mid career researchers and policy makers and invited to apply for a certificate course aimed at Building Capacity in Mathematical Modeling of Depression and Related Mental Health Conditions with a primary emphasis on depression among adolescent girls and young women in Sub Saharan Africa. Email your application to wealthforwomeninafrica@gmail.com
Deadline: January 3, 2025
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Call for Papers: Health in Africa Collection
Nature Communications, Communications Medicine, and Scientific Reports are launching an open call for papers to support and showcase research related to all aspects of health in Africa. They aim to promote high-quality research that advances our understanding of health issues in Africa, and advocates for better healthcare on the continent in line with the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, specifically, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Submissions that are focused on both intra- and inter-regional health are encouraged. Details
Deadline: December 31, 2024
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Call for Abstracts: New Ways of Transcribing, Visualizing, Publishing, and Providing Access to Data on Epidemics and Contagious Diseases
The International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) Scientific Panel on ‘Epidemics and Contagious Diseases: The Legacy of the Past’, will be hosting a one-day online-only workshop on the topic of ‘New ways of transcribing, visualizing, publishing, and providing access to data on epidemics and contagious diseases” at the University of Zurich (Switzerland) on 18 June 2025. The event aims to bring together experts from various disciplines working directly or indirectly on methodological questions of transcribing, visualizing, and publishing tabular or otherwise structured or unstructured data in research with handwritten or printed historical sources as effectively as possible using innovative and modern methods. Abstracts can be submitted here
Deadline: March 1, 2025
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Access a wide range of opportunities related to the National Institute for Health and Care Research here:
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Disclaimer:
The opportunities CARTA shares are mostly from external parties. Linking to an external site does not constitute endorsement by CARTA.
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Training: EU Projects’ Design and Management - January 30 - 31, 2025
The training aims at providing a thorough understanding of the basic techniques for designing a project proposal for an EU program, including the Logical Framework Approach which is mandatory in many EU programs, and will allow the participants to acquire the hands-on experience and practical knowledge on how to write winning project proposal and how to implement/manage successfully obtained projects. Details
Deadline: January 29, 2025
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Training: Proposal Writing and Project Management for the New Erasmus+ - February 20-21, 2025
The training aims at providing a thorough understanding of the basic techniques for designing a project proposal for the EU Erasmus+ programme, and will allow the participants to acquire the hand-on experience and practical knowledge on how to identify the most appropriate funding opportunities, to write successful project proposals and how to implement/manage successfully obtained projects. Details
Deadline: February 19, 2025
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