New ECA-Sponsored Initiative Offers African Scientists Training in U.S.
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The new initiative, African Science to Business Challenge will solicit proposals in the biomedical engineering and water quality fields from researchers who are interested in receiving additional training in the United States to commercialize their proposals. The deadline for submitting entries is 31 May 2009. To strengthen the foundations of science and business development in Africa, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the US-based Research Triangle Institute (RTI) have established a program to help promising research reach the commercial market place in Addis Ababa, 1st December 2008.