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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> CODATA-international <codata-international-bounces@lists.codata.org> on behalf of Asha CODATA <asha@codata.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 27 March 2018 15:44<br>
<b>To:</b> codata-international@lists.codata.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [CODATA-international] ICSU/NASAC/ISSC call for pre-proposals: Pathways towards Sustainable African Urban Development</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">With this email, I would like to inform you that as part of the 5-year<span> </span><a href="https://www.icsu.org/what-we-do/funding-programmes/leading-integrated-research-for-agenda-2030-in-africa" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" id="LPlnk661778" previewremoved="true">“Leading
Integrated Research for Agenda 2030 in Africa”</a><span> </span>(LIRA 2030 Africa) programme, the International Council for Science (ICSU), in partnership with the<span> </span><a href="http://nasaconline.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" id="LPlnk750091" previewremoved="true">Network
of African Science Academies (NASAC)</a><span> </span>and the<span> </span><a href="http://www.worldsocialscience.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" id="LPlnk263421" previewremoved="true">International Social Science Council (ISSC)</a><span> </span>will
support up to 11 collaborative research projects across Africa (to the value of up to 90,000 Euro each over two years) that will that explore integrated approaches for sustainable urban development in Africa.</span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">We are inviting African early career scientists to submit collaborative research proposals that apply a systems approach to analyzing urban processes in Africa.
These projects are expected to examine the inherent complexity of cities, to explore the interconnections, trade-offs and synergies between different dimensions of urban systems, e.g. governance, human and social capital, environment, economic systems and
infrastructure.</span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">The call for pre-proposals aims to identify collaborative research projects in Africa that bring together African early career scientists from different scientific
disciplines and key stakeholders (e.g. local authorities, policy makers, built environment professionals, the private sector, civil society and citizens) in research co-design and co-production.</span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Applicants should have no more than 10 years work experience following their PhDs or equivalent research experience.</span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">The deadline for pre-proposal submission is<span> </span><b><span class="x_gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="x_gmail-aQJ" style="top:2px; z-index:-1">14
May 2018</span></span><span> </span>(<span class="x_gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="x_gmail-aQJ" style="top:2px; z-index:-1">18:00 CET</span></span>)</b>. Submission of pre-proposals and relevant documents
may only be made using the<span> </span><a href="http://bit.ly/2GWhl6N" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" id="LPlnk669924" previewremoved="true">online application form</a>, following instructions provided in<span> </span><a href="https://www.icsu.org/cms/2018/03/LIRA2030_call_for_pre-proposals_2018.pdf" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" id="LPlnk10027" previewremoved="true">the
call for pre-proposals</a>.</span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">More information about call can be found here<span> </span><a href="http://bit.ly/2FeJA4g" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" id="LPlnk472080" previewremoved="true">http://bit.ly/2FeJA4g</a></span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<div>Asha</div>
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<div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">What has CODATA delivered recently? See the CODATA Prospectus: Strategy and Achievement, 2015-2016 </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.165830" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px; color:rgb(17,85,204)" id="LPlnk437185" previewremoved="true">https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.165830</a><br>
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<div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">Asha Law | Program Assistant, CODATA | <a href="http://www.codata.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" id="LPlnk126123" previewremoved="true">http://www.codata.org</a></div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">E-Mail: <a href="mailto:asha@codata.org" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" id="LPlnk624693" previewremoved="true">asha@codata.org</a><br>
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