Science Initiative Group

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RISE External Network Websites
AMSEN RISE-AFNNET SABINA SSAWRN

Related Organizations and Initiatives
ADEA: Association for the Development of Education in Africa The Africa-America Institute African Development Bank African Innovation Foundation African School of Fundamental Physics and its Applications African Scientific Institute Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) Akada Network Asian Development Bank CAAST-Net Plus Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD) CIMPA (Centre International de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées) Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) The Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) – International Initiatives DAAD: Exceed – Higher Education Excellence in Development Cooperation Duke Africa Initiative Engineers Without Borders – USA Engineers Without Borders – International Global Knowledge Initiative Global Young Academy Group of 77 (G77) Higher Education for Development (HED) IAP: The InterAcademy Partnership Initiative on Science and Technology for Sustainability Institute for Advanced Study Inter-American Development Bank International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience (IAESTE)	International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) International Science Council (ISC) International Development Research Centre (IDRC) International Mathematical Union (IMU) IMU: Commission for Developing Countries International Monetary Fund (IMF) International Science Programme (ISP) IREX Ithaka Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Millennium Challenge Corporation OECD Development Co-operation Directorate (DAC) OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) Pan Africa Chemistry Network Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) Professors Beyond Borders Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society Third World Network of Scientific Organizations (TWNSO) TReND in Africa TWAS: The World Academy of Sciences UNDP UNESCO United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) University of Michigan STEM-Africa Initiative U.S. Government: International S&T Cooperation USAID The World Bank The World Bank: Open Learning Campus World Learning
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Country or Region-Specific Sites
Africa
2iE/Groupe EIER-ETSHER (Institut International d'Ingénierie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement) Africa Portal Africa Regional Networks Database African Academy of Sciences African Development Bank Africa Institute for Capacity Development (AICAD) African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) African Leadership and Progress Network African Ministerial Council on Science & Technology (AMCOST) African Network for Internationalization of Education (ANIE) African Network of Scientific and Technological Institutions (ANSTI) African Regional Postgraduate Program in Insect Science (ARPPIS) African Science Academies Development Initiative (ASADI) African Scientific Institute Fellows African Technology Development Forum African Technology Policy Studies Network African Union Africa-U.S. Higher Education Initiative Association of African Universities (AAU) ASSAf: Academy of Science of South Africa AUST Abuja African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) B4FA: Biosciences for Farming in Africa Balancing Act Biosciences for Eastern and Central Africa (BECA) Board on African Science Academy Development (BASAD) Boston College International Network for Higher Education in Africa (INHEA) CARI (Colloque Africain sur la Recherche en Informatique) Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa (CSIR) European and Developing Countries Clinical Trial Partnership (EDCTP)		Future Africa at the University of Pretoria HERANA Gateway IMSP (Institut de Mathématiques et de Sciences Physiques, Benin) Innovative Approaches to Doctoral Education in Africa (IDEA-PhD) Institute for Agricultural Research Senegal (ISRA) International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) International Science Council Regional Office for Africa (ISC ROA) Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) Irish-African Partnership for Research Capacity Building Kenya's National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation (NACOSTI) Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV (K-RITH) Leading Women of Africa National Fisheries Resources Research Institute (NaFIRRI), Uganda National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Tanzania National Metrology Institute of South Africa (NMISA) AIST–Arusha Network of African Science Academies (NASAC) New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) NEPAD Council Nigeria ICT Forum of Partnership Institutions OER Africa Pan-African Centre for Mathematics (PACM) Partnership for Africa's Next Generation of Academics (PANGeA) Partnership for Higher Education in Africa (PHEA) Planet Earth Institute (PEI) Southern African Regional Universities Association (SARUA) Southern African Network on Biosciences (SANBIO) Southern and Eastern Africa Network of Analytical Chemists (SEANAC) SDI (Spatial Data Infrastructure) – Africa Newsletter Sub-Saharan African Medical Schools Study (SSAMS) TrustAfrica United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Knowledge Platform West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF/WECARD)
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Asia
Asian Development Bank Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS) Ministry of Science & Technology (MOST), Vietnam SDI (Spatial Data Infrastructure) – Asia Newsletter Vietnam Education Foundation (VEF) Vietnam Education Foundation Act of 2000 Fulbright Economics Teaching Program (Vietnam)
Europe		The Americas
DAAD: Exceed – Higher Education Excellence in Development Cooperation European Union (EU) The Royal Society		Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada (IMPA) Inter-American Development Bank SDI (Spatial Data Infrastructure) – The Americas Newsletter Mexico-US Foundation for Science (FUMEC)
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Foundations & Philanthropic Investment Firms
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Carnegie Corporation of New York Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Clinton Foundation The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Ford Foundation International Foundation for Science (IFS) The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Mujeres por África Omidyar Network Open Society Foundations Partnership for Higher Education in Africa (PHEA) The Rockefeller Foundation The Wellcome Trust W.K. Kellogg Foundation
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Foundations & Philanthropic Investment Firms

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Resources
AAS Open Research Academia African Journal of Biotechnology African Journal Partnership Project African Journals Online Afrika Mathematika Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA) Aluka (database of scholarly resources) Access to Research for Development and Innovation (ARDI) BASE Bentham Open Access (200 peer-reviewed open access journals) Biomed Central (open access journals in biology/medicine) Budapest Open Access Initiative Columbia University Libraries: Science & Technology in Africa Digital Library of Science Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) EdX E-Journals Delivery Service Elsevier Science Direct Funds for NGOs: Grants & Resources for Sustainability FutureLearn Getting and Using Equipment for Scientific Research in Africa Grand Challenges Canada – Free Proposal Development Resource HINARI - Research in Health INASP JSTOR: African Access Initiative Latif Ebrahim Jamal National Science Information Centre MalariaWorld MOOC Resources	MyScienceWork Open Education Database (OEDb) OER Commons OPCW Equipment Exchange P rogramme Opportunities for Africans Public Interest Intellectual Property Advisors (PIIPA) Public Library of Science (PLoS) PubMed (National Library of Medicine) Research4Life ResearchGATE Research Methods Library of Alexandria Scholarship-Positions Scholars Without Borders (low cost scholarly books) SciDev.Net Grants Listing Scientific African Scitable Seeding Labs SME Toolkit (Rwanda) START (global environmental change: regional networks, fellowships, conferences) Supercourse (lectures on public health and prevention) TEEALL: The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library Tekla Labs Terra Viva Grants Directory Thomson Reuters Global Research Report Series TWAS Fellowships TWAS: Open Access Scientific Information World Bank Data
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Resources

AAS Open Research
Academia
African Journal of Biotechnology
African Journal Partnership Project
African Journals Online
Afrika Mathematika
Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA)
Aluka (database of scholarly resources)
Access to Research for Development and Innovation (ARDI)
BASE
Bentham Open Access (200 peer-reviewed open access journals)
Biomed Central (open access journals in biology/medicine)
Budapest Open Access Initiative
Columbia University Libraries: Science & Technology in Africa
Digital Library of Science
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
EdX
E-Journals Delivery Service
Elsevier Science Direct
Funds for NGOs: Grants & Resources for Sustainability
FutureLearn
Getting and Using Equipment for Scientific Research in Africa
Grand Challenges Canada – Free Proposal Development Resource
HINARI - Research in Health
INASP
JSTOR: African Access Initiative
Latif Ebrahim Jamal National Science Information Centre
MalariaWorld
MOOC Resources

MyScienceWork
Open Education Database (OEDb)
OER Commons
OPCW Equipment Exchange P rogramme
Opportunities for Africans
Public Interest Intellectual Property Advisors (PIIPA)
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
Research4Life
ResearchGATE
Research Methods Library of Alexandria
Scholarship-Positions
Scholars Without Borders (low cost scholarly books)
SciDev.Net Grants Listing
Scientific African
Scitable
Seeding Labs
SME Toolkit (Rwanda)
START (global environmental change: regional networks, fellowships, conferences)
Supercourse (lectures on public health and prevention)
TEEALL: The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library
Tekla Labs
Terra Viva Grants Directory
Thomson Reuters Global Research Report Series
TWAS Fellowships
TWAS: Open Access Scientific Information
World Bank Data

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News Media and Blogs
Africa Can End Poverty (World Bank Blog) Africa Science News Service African Press Organization Afrik-News AllAfrica Science News Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs The Chronicle of Higher Education: Global Dynamic Africa Mind Fields (Megan Lindow's Blog) The Prepaid Economy Southern African Regional Universities Association (SARUA) News SciDev.Net Science in Africa: Africa's First Online Science Magazine TWAS Newsletter University World News

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