<div><div dir="auto">Dear Effah,</div></div><div dir="auto">Received with thanks, for sharing.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Stephen.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, 27 Mar 2020 at 3:48 PM Effah Amponsah <<a href="mailto:effah.amponsah@wacren.net">effah.amponsah@wacren.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear all,<br>
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Please see the attached guidelines for application.<br>
<br>
Thank you<br>
<br>
---<br>
Effah Amponsah<br>
Communication & Marketing Officer,<br>
WACREN<br>
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On 2020-03-27 10:10 am, Effah Amponsah wrote:<br>
> Please see the message below.<br>
> ----------------------------<br>
> <br>
> Dear all,<br>
> <br>
> We are contacting you regarding the Junior Faculty Development program<br>
> of the *Excellence in Africa initiative*, jointly launched by Mohammed<br>
> VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) <<a href="https://www.um6p.ma/en" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.um6p.ma/en</a>> in Morocco<br>
> and the École Polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)<br>
> <<a href="https://www.epfl.ch/en/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.epfl.ch/en/</a>> in Switzerland.<br>
> <br>
> Due to the Covid-19 situation, many universities campuses are closing<br>
> and applicants may not be able to meet the submission deadline. For<br>
> this reason, the first call for proposals for the Junior Faculty<br>
> Development<br>
> program has been postponed to *15th April 2020* (originally set for<br>
> 31st March 2020). We would kindly ask you to *communicate the<br>
> extension of the application deadline* to your network.<br>
> <br>
> We believe that now more than ever, it is fundamental to increase<br>
> access to funding for scientific research, and that is why we thus<br>
> hope that you will contribute to disseminate this information.<br>
> <br>
> The Excellence in Africa initiative<br>
> <<a href="https://www.epfl.ch/research/domains/exaf/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.epfl.ch/research/domains/exaf/</a>> is designed to support<br>
> the<br>
> training of promising early-stage researchers in Africa, enabling them<br>
> to have a significant economic and societal impact on the African<br>
> continent.<br>
> <br>
> The Junior Faculty Development program<br>
> <<a href="https://www.epfl.ch/research/domains/exaf/excellence-in-africa-2/presentation-of-the-programme-excellence-in-africa/junior-faculty-development-program-2/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.epfl.ch/research/domains/exaf/excellence-in-africa-2/presentation-of-the-programme-excellence-in-africa/junior-faculty-development-program-2/</a>><br>
> will pair up early-stage professors in Africa with EPFL professors. It<br>
> will provide funding for a jointly-designed research project over a<br>
> period of 4 to 5 years. In the course of every project, the<br>
> Africa-based professor will complete a secondment of up to one year in<br>
> the laboratory of their colleague at EPFL.<br>
> <br>
> More information is available on our website<br>
> <<a href="https://www.epfl.ch/research/domains/exaf/excellence-in-africa-2/presentation-of-the-programme-excellence-in-africa/junior-faculty-development-program-2/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.epfl.ch/research/domains/exaf/excellence-in-africa-2/presentation-of-the-programme-excellence-in-africa/junior-faculty-development-program-2/</a>><br>
> and in our application guidelines<br>
> <<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/117ZQCvJiqi_x2YZe3EkbpIWurEQ80Rsg/view" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/117ZQCvJiqi_x2YZe3EkbpIWurEQ80Rsg/view</a>>.<br>
> <br>
> Please feel free to contact us for more details (<a href="mailto:exaf@epfl.ch" target="_blank">exaf@epfl.ch</a>).<br>
> <br>
> With best regards,<br>
> <br>
> __________________________________________________________________________<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Madame, Monsieur,<br>
> <br>
> Nous nous permettons de vous contacter au sujet du programme «<br>
> Développement du corps professoral junior » de l'initiative Excellence<br>
> in Africa<br>
> <<a href="https://www.epfl.ch/research/domains/exaf/fr/excellence-en-afrique/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.epfl.ch/research/domains/exaf/fr/excellence-en-afrique/</a>>,<br>
> lancée conjointement par l'Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique (UM6P)<br>
> <<a href="https://www.um6p.ma/en" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.um6p.ma/en</a>> au Maroc et de l’EPFL, l’École polytechnique<br>
> fédérale de Lausanne <<a href="https://www.epfl.ch/fr/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.epfl.ch/fr/</a>>en Suisse.<br>
> <br>
> En raison de la situation liée au Covid-19, de nombreux campus<br>
> universitaires ferment leurs portes et des candidats potentiels<br>
> pourraient ne pas être en mesure de respecter la date limite de<br>
> soumission. Pour cette<br>
> raison, le délai du premier appel à propositions du programme «<br>
> Développement du corps professoral junior » - initialement fixé au 31<br>
> mars 2020 - a été reporté au *15 avril 2020*. Nous vous saurions gré<br>
> de bien vouloir communiquer la prolongation de ce délai à vos<br>
> contacts.<br>
> <br>
> Maintenant plus que jamais, il est fondamental d'élargir l'accès au<br>
> financement de la recherche scientifique, et nous espérons ainsi que<br>
> vous contribuerez à diffuser cette information.<br>
> <br>
> L'initiative Excellence en Afrique a été conçue pour soutenir la<br>
> formation de chercheurs au début de leur carrière et leur permettre<br>
> ainsi d'avoir un impact économique et sociétal significatif en<br>
> Afrique.<br>
> <br>
> Le programme est basé sur la création de tandems scientifiques, chacun<br>
> composé d’un professeur en début de carrière basé en Afrique et d’un<br>
> professeur de l’EPFL. Il est destiné à financer des projets de<br>
> recherche<br>
> conjoints d’une durée de 4 à 5 ans. Au cours de chaque projet, le<br>
> professeur basé en Afrique effectuera un détachement d’une durée<br>
> maximale d’un an dans le laboratoire de son collègue de l'EPFL.<br>
> <br>
> De plus amples informations sont disponibles sur notre site internet<br>
> <<a href="https://www.epfl.ch/research/domains/exaf/fr/excellence-in-africa-2/presentation-of-the-programme-excellence-in-africa/junior-faculty-development-program/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.epfl.ch/research/domains/exaf/fr/excellence-in-africa-2/presentation-of-the-programme-excellence-in-africa/junior-faculty-development-program/</a>><br>
> et dans nos directives de candidature<br>
> <<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/134Oq5Mmr5NgZksu-vO8QWTv1hg3SjV0j/view" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/134Oq5Mmr5NgZksu-vO8QWTv1hg3SjV0j/view</a>>.<br>
> N'hésitez pas à nous contacter pour toute question (<a href="mailto:exaf@epfl.ch" target="_blank">exaf@epfl.ch</a>).<br>
> <br>
> Avec nos remerciements, nous vous prions d’agréer, Madame, Monsieur,<br>
> nos salutations les meilleures.<br>
> <br>
> --<br>
> Effah Amponsah<br>
> Communication & Marketing Officer,<br>
> WACREN<br>
> 233243922502<br>
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