Carnegie Corporation Announces Grant to SIG/IAS for RISE

The African Regional Initiative in Science and Education (RISE) will prepare PhD- and MSc-level scientists and engineers in sub-Saharan Africa through university-based research and training networks in selected disciplines. Its primary emphases will be on training new faculty to teach in African universities and on upgrading current faculty. With its focus on human capacity development, RISE complements ongoing efforts of Carnegie Corporation and other foundations to strengthen Africa’s universities by meeting the needs of individual scholars. Carnegie Corporation will support the initial three-year phase of the Initiative with a $3.3 million grant. Press release here.