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The British Council announces that a new round of Institutional Links funding call under the Newton Mosharafa Fund is now available for application in the field of Cultural Heritage. Unlike other Newton Mosharafa calls this one has specific focus on Archaeology and Cultural Heritage only.

Cultural Heritage Institutional Links offers grants of up to £300,000 to set up joint partnership between institutions in Egypt and the UK for up to 2 years in the field of Archaeology and Cultural Heritage.

Please note that this call is not in partnership with the Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF) and hence it is not co-funded in country; Egyptian applicants will need to provide evidence of matched funding contributions. These contributions can be in-kind or cash.

Deadline: 19 September 2016 16:00 UK time.

Guidelines and application via: https://www.britishcouncil.org/education/science/current-opportunities/newton-institutional-links-july-2016.

Under the auspices of Prof. Dr. Ali Shams El Din, the University President and Prof. Dr. Gamal Ismail, the University Vice-president for Community Service and Environment Development Affairs; the University has participated in the Week of (You're Beautiful, My Country) Initiative for cleanliness and beauty with coordination of the Executive Bodies in Qalyoubia and Dar Akhbar Elyom. 

  The Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) announces for the Program of “Integrated Leading Researches of Africa Agenda 2030” which offers grants of up to £90,000 for 2 years.
     The Program focuses on global environmental change, disaster risk reduction, sustainable energy, human health and well-being in urban environments as well as future earth. The Program aims to promote scientific exchange and provide opportunities for young researchers in Africa. Outstanding early career scientists will also have opportunities for career development through participation in international scientific committees and conferences, working groups, and inter-governmental policy processes. For more information: http://www.icsu.org/news-centre/news/top-news/icsu-signs-a-five-year-agreement-with-sida-to-support-integrated-science-in-africa

Referring to its role a meeting point for cultures and civilizations, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) has established an African Research portal to improve research publications for professors and students as well as raising the digital challenge in order to develop African innovation through the use of science and technology in networks that extend throughout Africa. The new goal set by the BA is to connect those with common interests and expertise to hasten the development of knowledge and enable immediate sharing of knowledge and contributions.
For more information:
http://afn.bibalex.org/GeneralPortal.aspx 
The Library just produced a wonderful video on BA Africa which describe our efforts to build research capacity in Africa. Please review this at: https://www.facebook.com/1712811632308154/videos/1746414095614574/ . 
It is this backbone we are using to build statistical capacity in Africa and Arab countries. 

     The Faculty of Science, Tanta University is very pleased to invite you to take part in the Ninth International Symposium on Geophysics (ISG-9) which will be held in the duration from 21 to 22 November, 2016 under the title of “Geophysical Advances in Prospection for Conventional and Unconventional Economic Resources”. It is worth mentioning that the Symposium will be held under the auspices of Prof. Ashraf El Shihy, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

   The Cultural Affairs and Missions Sector in the Ministry of Higher Education announces for launching a new application to facilitate the applying to the Egyptian universities for the foreign students throughout the free service at the Sector website

    Benha University and the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) have organized training courses to introduce the “Children University Project” and form the team work from the concerned faculty members under the auspices of Prof. Dr. Ali Shams El Din, the University President and Prof. Dr. Soliman Mustafa, the University Vice-president for Education and Students' Affairs.

The Royal Academy of Engineering announces that the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation is now open for applications. The Africa Prize is generously supported by the Shell Centenary Scholarship Fund, Consolidated Contractors Company, ConocoPhillips and the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Deadline for applying is 30 May 2014. 
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   The Mexican government has introduced three scholarships for 2016. The submitted scholarships are at knowledge fields and the last date for nomination is 31\12\2016. For more details, you can see the following link

 The Indian government announces about introducing training courses in frame of the Indian program for cooperation at economy and technical fields for the academic year 2016\2017.