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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT: ​​​​​​​Motsepe Presidential Research Accelerator Fund for Africa: Application Deadline
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SUMMARY: ​​​​​​​Motsepe Presidential Research Accelerator Fund for Africa: Application Deadline
DESCRIPTION:<p>	<strong><a href="https://harvard.communityforce.com/Funds/FundDetails.aspx?496F49596D593768464E3537506B6F754D5442315A3843774E763231306E4F774245495752677662415542776A4E4F6D446D69714E647371722B3739514F31414B6462784E2B52585632673D" target="_blank" title="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__fas.bmetrack.com_c_l-3Fu-3DCDB6496-26e-3D131C87B-26c-3D139A85-26t-3D0-26l-3D53E76DDE-26email-3Di4rVmVYuB-252B89BnLJwJ8quvU5LaZCMlV5NyIeD9VsXLU-253D-26seq-3D1&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&amp;r=VHwH8ESjPq-niX1eKkhAyzoKS2UwgLnLQRq6leCLIOQ&amp;m=lXJz5IXyWu_CCxEx8geSXqaxeRUjMSEkZB1ktlNgshk&amp;s=aDmYFIagjKYu91gxSIlI7NQplLMEvaDsnDV_pAeL7ho&amp;e=">Motsepe Presidential Research Accelerator Fund for Africa</a><br>Deadline: November 12, 2021 <span style="color:#b22222;">(Deadline Extended)</span><br>Award Amount: Up to $100,000 in direct costs for one or two years. A total of $350,000 is available in funding for the current cycle, and it is anticipated that 4-7 grants will be awarded.</strong></p><p>	The primary purpose of the Motsepe Presidential Research Accelerator Fund for Africa is to support faculty-led and student-driven research projects that focus on advancing key challenges and opportunities facing Africa, including, but not limited to, the following areas:</p><ul style="margin-left: 40px;">	<li>		emerging technologies and the Fourth Industrial Revolution	</li>	<li>		climate change and its effect on health, agriculture, water, and/or sanitation	</li>	<li>		renewable energy and its benefit to infrastructure and/or society	</li>	<li>		health	</li>	<li>		aging	</li>	<li>		materials science	</li>	<li>		governance and policies needed for an entrepreneurial economy	</li></ul><p>	Activities the Fund may support include but are not limited to research; associated travel costs; and the publication and dissemination of findings. Special consideration will also be given to projects that propose multidisciplinary collaboration between Harvard faculty across more than one school and Africa-based academics.</p><p>	 </p><p>	 </p>
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