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ROYAL SOCIETY RISING STAR AFRICA PRIZE

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Application Deadline: Friday 23 February 2024 at 23:59 GMT

LOCATION: England

The Royal Society is encouraging nominations of joint collaborations, groups or teams for almost all its medals to better represent how contemporary science is undertaken. In addition, the Society is extremely keen to broaden the diversity of those nominated for its awards, so do please consider all contacts and colleagues. You do not have to be a Fellow of the Royal Society to nominate or to be nominated for any of the Royal Society medals and awards. The call for nominations is now open. Please ensure you read through the guidance document fully.

ELIGIBILITY:

The Royal Society Rising Star Africa Prize is open to African citizens. It is restricted to early career scientists with no more than 15 years since achieving their PhD (not including career breaks) and nominations will remain valid and shall be considered by the award selection committee throughout three nomination cycles.

The terms and conditions of the Royal Society Rising Star Africa Prize (PDF) should be read before submitting a nomination.

BENEFIT:

Winners will receive a grant of £14,000 to support their research and a personal gift of £1,000

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ROYAL SOCIETY AFRICA PRIZE NOMINATION

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Application Deadline: Friday 23 February 2024 at 23:59 GMT

LOCATION: United Kingdom

The call for nominations is now open. The Royal Society is encouraging nominations of joint collaborations, groups or teams for almost all its medals to better represent how contemporary science is undertaken. In addition, the Society is extremely keen to broaden the diversity of those nominated for its awards, so do please consider all contacts and colleagues.

ELIGIBILITY:

The Royal Society Africa Prize is open to African citizens. The Prize is intended for researchers at a senior stage of their research career with the potential to build a research project to follow on from the prize. Nominations will remain valid and shall be considered by the award selection committee throughout three nomination cycles.  Please ensure you read through the guidance document fully.

BENEFIT:

The Royal Society Africa Prize is to recognise research scientists based in Africa who are making an innovative contribution to the sciences. The medal is of bronze, awarded annually and is accompanied by a gift of £2,000. 

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