ARCIS Receives MacArthur Foundation Grant

African Regional Centre for Information Science (ARCIS), University of Ibadan, has received a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to strengthen staff and infrastructural Capacity through a collaboration between University of Ibadan and the Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario, Canada. The major components of the grant are:

• Junior Academic Staff exchange for six months for training and research.
• Senior Academic Staff exchange (Snr Lecturers and above)- The exchange involves the scholars spending 3 months abroad while the scholars in the University of Western Ontario will come to Nigeria for 3 months.
• Upgrading the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure at ARCIS. The book and journal facilities of the ARCIS library will be improved.
• Development of the curriculum of a proposed undergraduate programme in Information Science, to be delivered online through the distance learning centre.

Cambridge/Africa Collaborative Research Programme 2011-12

The Centre of African Studies, University of Cambridge, invites applications for the Collaborative Research Programme around the theme of Citizenship, Belonging and Political Community in Africa from candidates in all the disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. Applications from scholars working in NGOs, research institutes, academia, libraries, and museums are all welcome. The appointments will take place from 1 October, 2011 - 31 March, 2012 and are non-renwable. Fellows will be affiliated to Wolfson College, Cambridge. Each award is worth up to 10,000 pounds; out of which travel, accomodation, maintenance costs and medical insurance will be paid by the Centre on behalf of the fellow. An application package can be downloaded from : www.african.cam.ac.uk

The closing date for applications is 1 October, 2010