The Open Door Fellowship Program, developed by the International Plant Biotechnology Outreach (VIB-IPBO), targets post-doctoral and mid-career women researchers conducting agricultural research in African (inter)national research centres. It is a two-year training and mentoring program that aims to contribute to the consolidation of mid-career researchers and avoid them leaking from the scientific pipeline.

The ODFP fully covers the expenses derived from the fellows' SRS in Belgium, including travel, stipend, travel insurance, and bench fees for the hosting labs. The period for the SRS in Belgium is from May to July 2023.

Are you willing to Open Doors?

https://www.africaplatform.ugent.be/news/open-doors-fellowship-program-call-host-african-female-scholars

In the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding  for science and technology cooperation between Belgium and South-Africa signed in January 2017, a third call for networking proposals is organized in July 2022. The call is jointly launched by BELSPO and NRF (National Research Foundation, South Africa).

Areas of Cooperation

    Cultural heritage
    Marine sciences
    Microbiological biobanks research and biotechnology
    Natural heritage
    Space

https://www.belspo.be/belspo/organisation/call/BSARTC_2022_en.stm

4Brain is a multidisciplinary research group at Ghent University and the Department of Neurology of Ghent University Hospital.

Since more than 10 years Prof. Dr. Paul Boon, programme director and founder of 4Brain has developed an ongoing brain health cooperation with Dr. Fidele Sebera, medical director of CARAES neuropsychiatric hospital Ndera, Rwanda as well as several other Rwandan partners.

In light of several ongoing projects within the North-South cooperation, our team is currently looking for volunteers to assist in several ways during ongoing projects. The task of a volunteer is very diverse: from logistical support during preparation of research projects to assisting the medical team during their outreach in rural areas.

https://www.africaplatform.ugent.be/news/4brain-research-group-looking-volunteers-rwanda

De provincie Oost-Vlaanderen hecht veel belang aan de internationaliseringsinitiatieven van de kennisinstellingen en geeft deze al meerdere jaren een duwtje in de rug.

Projecten kunnen tot € 5.000 per deelnemende Oost-Vlaamse kennisinstelling krijgen. De geografische focus van de projecten moet strategisch zijn voor zowel de kennisinstelling als voor de provinciale speerpuntclusters.

Het ingevulde aanvraagformulier moet bij de Provincie ingediend worden vóór 30 september 2022.

https://www.africaplatform.ugent.be/news/provincie-oost-vlaanderen-internationalisering-kennisinstellingen%C2%A0projectoproep-2022

Koleka Putuma, the South African writer and poet of Collective Amnesia (2017) and Hullo Bu-Bye Koko Come (2021), is our guest in the faculty room of the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy (first floor, Blandijnberg 2, Gent) on Monday October 10th (16h30).

Join us for an invigorating afternoon in which this extraordinary author will perform a selection of her poetry, and reflect on her work in conversation with Prof. Caroline Janssen.

Registration is free - please send an email to afrikaans@UGent.be

https://www.africaplatform.ugent.be/news/conversation-south-african-author-and-poet-koleka-putuma

Na zes succesvolle edities vindt het UGent Colloquium over het Afrikaans 2022 plaats op donderdag en vrijdag 27-28 oktober 2022.

De thema's die zullen worden behandeld zijn 'De studie van het Afrikaans in 2022: nieuwe databronnen, nieuwe methodes' op het vlak van de taalkunde en 'CLI-FI. Dialogen over klimaat en milieu in Afrikaans en Nederlands' wat betreft de letterkunde.

https://www.africaplatform.ugent.be/news/7de-colloquium-over-het-afrikaans-aan-de-universiteit-van-gent

On Monday, 12 December 2022, the fifth Young Researchers Overseas Day is organized by the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences. This event is aimed at researchers younger than 40 who are working overseas in various research fields. These fields should fit into one of the scientific disciplines of the 3 sections of the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences. The Young Researchers’ Day is an opportunity to meet one another, discuss, exchange ideas and know more about the Academy (www.kaowarsom.be) and its activities.

Deadline for the submisison of abstracts: 3 October 2022.

https://www.africaplatform.ugent.be/news/royal-academy-overseas-sciences-young-researchers-overseas-day-2022