WOTRO Newsflash December 2014

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WOTRO Newsflash December 2014
Personalia
Henk Molenaar leader of secretariat
National Science Agenda
As of January 2015, NWO-WOTROs Executive Director, Henk
Molenaar, will be engaged in managing the secretariat of the
National Science Agenda (NWA).
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Deadlines
Call for Proposals
5
jan
Deadline Letter of
Intent Sexual and
Reproductive Health
and Rights (SRHR)
Launch call Sexual and
Reproductive Health and Rights
(SRHR)
6
Jan
Deadline Talent
Scheme Veni
12
Jan
Deadline Food &
Business Applied
Research Fund (ARF)
3
Feb
Deadline full
proposals Sexual and
Reproductive Health
and Rights (SRHR)
This research programme aims
to generate insights in and a
better understanding of
processes that determine and
strengthen the sexual and
reproductive health of people, as
well as their ability to claim their
sexual and reproductive rights.
The call has been developed in
close collaboration with the
Knowledge Platform Share-Net
International and solicits
proposals for research to be
carried out in Bangladesh or
Burundi. The deadline to submit
a Letter of Intent is 5 January
2015.
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Call for Proposals
Road shows Urbanising Deltas of
the World
Urbanising Deltas of the World
(UDW) organised road shows to
specify a new call for proposals
and to develop ideas between
potential partners. The meetings
were based on Expressions of
Interest, in which business
challenges and call conditions
were outlined. The next step will
be to launch a call for proposals.
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Events
Launch book ‘Agriculture Beyond
Food’
At a concluding symposium in
Jakarta on 27 November, the
book ' Agriculture Beyond Food:
experiences from Indonesia', is
offered to the Indonesian
Deputy Minister of Research,
Technology and Higher
Education, Agus Hoetman, by
NWO-WOTRO Director Renée
van Kessel.
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Grants
Three strategic research projects on
Employment for Stability
NWO-WOTRO recently awarded
three research proposals for the
Security & Rule of Law (SRoL):
Strategic Research Fund. The
projects are centered around the
theme ‘Employment for
Stability’.
New calls within the SRoL
research programme will be
launched end 2014 / in the
beginning of 2015. Keep an eye
on the NWO-WOTRO website!
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Events
Conference WOTRO 50 Years
On 15 October the symposium
WOTRO 50 Years- Forward
Thinking took place at Museum
for Communication in The
Hague. Two keynote
presentations, panel discussions,
interactive breakout sessions
and a student competition - the
Battle of Ideas - formed the
basis for an inspiring day.
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Events
Battle of Ideas
‘Solar powered streetlight as a
solution for burglaries in Zambia’
wins the Battle of Ideas, a
student competition at WOTRO’s
50th anniversary.
Congratulations Oluwaseyi
Alalade (WUR), Camilla Ponte
(WUR), Lavinia Plataroti (WUR)
and Marisol Amador (UT)!
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Personalia
Rifke Jaffe member of Young
Academy
NWO-WOTRO congratulates VIDI
laureate Rivke Jaffe with her
membership of the KNAW Young
Academy.
Overview of all new members (in
Dutch) >
Personalia
Mirjam de Bruijn at VPRO’s ‘Dwars
door Afrika’
For the VPRO programme ‘Dwars
door Afrika’, Bram Vermeulen
visited Mirjam de Bruijn’s
Integrated Programme ‘Mobile
Africa’ on 30 October!
You can also check out the VPRO
website for her ‘Connecting in
Times of Duress’ project in four
episodes.
Website VPRO >
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