[Community] Register now for the DS-I Africa Virtual Symposium Platform

[Effah Amponsah]

Dear Community,

The National Institutes of Health is launching “Harnessing Data Science 
for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa) 
<https://commonfund.nih.gov/AfricaData>,” a new NIH Common Fund program 
that will leverage existing data and technologies to develop solutions 
to the continent’s most pressing clinical and public health problems. 
The program will issue $58 million to support awards in four areas: an 
Open Data Science Platform and Coordinating Center, Research Hubs, 
Research Training Programs and Ethical, Legal and Social Implications 
Research. The funding opportunity announcements are expected to publish 
this summer, with the first application due date estimated for November 
2020.

In association with the launch of the NIH Common Fund’s DS-I Africa 
program, NIH is hosting an online-only Virtual Symposium Platform 
beginning in July 2020. We are pleased to announce that registration is 
now open! Please visit https://commonfund.nih.gov/africadatasymposium 
<https://commonfund.nih.gov/africadatasymposium> to learn more about the 
platform and register to participate in the interactive components of 
the platform at: https://bit.ly/nih-dsiafrica-register 
<https://bit.ly/nih-dsiafrica-register>.

The DS-I Africa Virtual Symposium Platform will be open from July 
through November 2020 with several online events and networking tools 
available to participants during that time frame, including:

Online Events
Key Dates
Keynote Videos
Watch inspiring videos from leaders in health and data science

July 2020
Funding Opportunity Information Session
Learn more about DS-I Africa funding opportunities and participate in 
live Q&A

August 10, 2020
Interactive Panel Discussions
Participate in panel discussions with experts on cross-cutting topics of 
importance to the initiative

August 11-12, 2020 and
August 17-19, 2020
Partnership and Innovation Marketplace
A virtual marketplace where participants can meet and interact with 
other participants in virtual breakout rooms

August 13, 2020
State of Data Science Series
A series of interactive discussions featuring deeper dives into a few 
relevant scientific topics on a weekly basis

September – October 2020

Networking Tools
Key Dates
Virtual Forum
Meet and interact with other participants, speakers and potential 
collaborators

July – November 2020

NIH Consultations
Request a phone or video consultation to learn more about the funding 
opportunities

August – November 2020


Please visit the symposium website for more details, including an 
updated schedule of events 
<https://commonfund.nih.gov/africadatasymposium/events-schedule>. Be 
sure to register to participate in the interactive components of the 
platform at: https://bit.ly/nih-dsiafrica-register 
<https://bit.ly/nih-dsiafrica-register>.

  
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More information at https://commonfund.nih.gov/africadatasymposium 
<https://commonfund.nih.gov/africadatasymposium>.
Submit questions to DSIAfrica.Symposium at mail.nih.gov 
<mailto:DSIAfrica.Symposium at mail.nih.gov>.

If you were forwarded this message, please subscribe to our Listserv 
<https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?SUBED1=DSIAFRICA&A=1> for the 
latest information on the new program and the symposium.

We look forward to your participation in the symposium!
-DS-I Africa team/am


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Effah Amponsah
Communication & Marketing Officer,
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