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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#222222">With this email, I would like to inform you that as part of the 5-year <a href="https://www.icsu.org/what-we-do/funding-programmes/leading-integrated-research-for-agenda-2030-in-africa" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">“Leading
Integrated Research for Agenda 2030 in Africa”</span></a> (LIRA 2030 Africa) programme, the International Council for Science (ICSU), in partnership with the <a href="http://nasaconline.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">Network of African Science
Academies (NASAC)</span></a> and the <a href="http://www.worldsocialscience.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">International Social Science Council (ISSC)</span></a> will
<b>support up to 11 collaborative research projects across Africa</b> (to the value of up to 90,000 Euro each over two years) that will that explore integrated approaches for sustainable urban development in Africa.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#222222">We are inviting African early career scientists to submit collaborative research proposals that apply a systems approach to analyzing
urban processes in Africa. These projects are expected to examine the inherent complexity of cities, to explore the interconnections, trade-offs and synergies between different dimensions of urban systems, e.g. governance, human and social capital, environment,
economic systems and infrastructure.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#222222">The call for pre-proposals aims to identify collaborative research projects in Africa that bring together African early career
scientists from different scientific disciplines and key stakeholders (e.g. local authorities, policy makers, built environment professionals, the private sector, civil society and citizens) in research co-design and co-production.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#222222">Applicants should have no more than 10 years work experience following their PhDs or equivalent research experience.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#222222">The deadline for pre-proposal submission is <span class="gmail-aqj"><b>14 May 2018</b></span><b> (<span class="gmail-aqj">18:00
CET</span>)</b>. Submission of pre-proposals and relevant documents may only be made using the <a href="http://bit.ly/2GWhl6N" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">online application form</span></a>, following instructions provided in <a href="https://www.icsu.org/cms/2018/03/LIRA2030_call_for_pre-proposals_2018.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">the
call for pre-proposals</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#222222">More information about call can be found here <a href="http://bit.ly/2FeJA4g" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">http://bit.ly/2FeJA4g</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#222222">We would very much appreciate if you could disseminate the call through your relevant networks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#222222">What has CODATA delivered recently? See the CODATA Prospectus: Strategy and Achievement, 2015-2016 <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.165830" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.165830</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#222222">Asha Law | Program Assistant, CODATA | <a href="http://www.codata.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">http://www.codata.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#222222">E-Mail: <a href="mailto:asha@codata.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">asha@codata.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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