Science innovation and engineering

Advances in science, technology and engineering are helping to tackle global challenges like water scarcity and the need for cleaner, renewable energy.

Capacity strengthening in developing countries helps local communities to absorb, adapt and create solutions to problems and reduces the technological divide.


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£31.2million awarded to global alliance for livestock health GALVmed identifies vaccines, medicine and early diagnostic solutions to tackle some of the most devastating livestock diseases that affect poor farmers in the developing world. more
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Publications
Mobile Water Payment Innovations in Urban Africa This report examines mobile water payments, which offer a secure, low-cost and inclusive mechanism to improve the sustainability of water supply services, using research from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia.   more
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Funding
Closing date: 16 June 2012
Special Visiting Researcher programme This scholarship programme aims to attract foreign researchers internationally recognised as leaders in the priority areas of Science Without Borders, to conduct projects with Brazilian research groups. more
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Job
Closing date: 24 May 2012
Research Officer - Impact Evaluation ODI's Research and Policy in Development (RAPID) Programme is seeking a Research Officer to support the AusAid-funded impact-evaluation methods lab.  more
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UKCDS book, Science and Innovation for Development, has been described as 'the most important publication on development since Fritz Schumacher's 1973 classic Small is Beautiful'. more
28 May 2012
This event will discuss the impact on policy and practice of Innovative Vector Control Consortium-supported products seven years after its inception. more
20 June 2012
Drawing on the expertise of INASP partners from around the world, the symposium will explore the state of the art of research communication and research uptake for development. more






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