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Graduate Internship Program by GE Healthcare. About Us: GE Healthcare  provides transformational medical technologies and services to meet the demand for increased access, enhanced quality and more affordable healthcare around the world. GE works on things that matter - great people and technologies taking on tough challenges. From medical imaging, software & IT, patient monitoring and diagnostics to drug discovery, biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies and performance improvement solutions, GE Healthcare helps medical professionals deliver great healthcare to their patients.  Summary: Internship program to support on going GE’s primary and referral care PRC program. Essential Responsibilities: ·          Work closely with program implementation partners, schedule planning and review session and manage implementation deliverables ·          Coordinate program ...

The Johnson & Johnson Consumer Postdoctoral Training Initiative in Partnership with the African Academy of Sciences The Johnson & Johnson Consumer Postdoctoral Training Initiative in Partnership with the African Academy of Sciences Johnson & Johnson is recruiting postdoctoral researchers for a fellowship position that will include extensive, ongoing mentorship from Johnson & Johnson Consumer, Inc. and opportunities to engage in short, intensive internships at Johnson & Johnson laboratories around the world. We are seeking researchers with existing postdoctoral funding support who are driving emerging science through: 1) the exploration and validation of African natural products that can be used for topical skincare applications AND/OR 2) the exploration and validation of African natural products that can be used for topical pain management applications. Eligible researchers will be working on projects that include the identification of Afr...

CIPESA-ICT4 Democracy Academia Fellowship Programme  About the ICT4Democracy in East Africa network The network works in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda to achieve two top-line objectives: 1) Increased citizen participation in governance and the realisation of human rights through ICT; and 2) Improved transparency and accountability of governments through ICT. Partners in the network are the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA), the Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET), Transparency International Uganda, iHub Research (Kenya), the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC), the Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance (CHRAGG, Tanzania) and Toro Development Network (ToroDev). Read more about the network here:  www.ict4democracy.org .  Aim of the Fellowship Programme The  CIPESA-ICT4Democracy Fellowship (Academia)  aims to nurture university students’ and early career academics’ understanding of Information...

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: AFRICAN CAREER ACCELERATOR AWARDS The Office of Research, Innovation and Development (ORID) is pleased to inform the university community that the Crick African Network has announced a Call for Applications for the African Career Accelerator Awards. The programme is supported by the UK Government’s  Global Challenges Research Fund . The awards will provide fellowship support for African Post-Doctoral researchers whose interests are to transition to becoming independent researchers and aiming to launch their own research group. The awards further seek to invest in early-career researchers who have demonstrated strong scientific and leadership potential, as well as a commitment to continuing their research on the African continent.      RESEARCH AREAS Thematic areas of the research must focus on infectious diseases of poverty with emphasis on Tuberculosis, Malaria and HIV/AIDS, but also extending to neglected tropical ...

Commonwealth Master’s Scholarships in South Africa Why study in South Africa The Department of Higher Education and Training in South Africa says: South Africa’s universities present a wide variety of academic and research opportunities at well-resourced, multi-cultural campuses, as well as numerous opportunities for extra-curricular activities. South African university qualifications are internationally recognised. South Africa is a preferred destination for international students; international students make up about 10% of students at public universities. All of South Africa’s universities welcome international students, and institutions have a dedicated international office to support this. Universities Scholarships are tenable at: ·          North-West University ·          Rhodes University ·          Stellenbosch University ·   ...