Awards Valued at 100,000$ for African Scientists from The African Union 2018

The African Union opened applications to the African Union Kwame Nkrumah Awards for Scientific Excellence. This competition was made to award the top African scientists for their achievements and valuable discoveries and findings in science, technology and innovation. AUKNASE reflects and underscores a success story and the critical role of science and technology in the development and integration of Africa. Under this programme prizes are awarded to top African scientists in each of the following two sectors: Life and Earth Science and innovation; and Basic Science Technology and Innovation at the national, regional and continental levels. 

Eligibility criteria:

[1] Nominations will be invited from any institution in the continent, from universities, research institutions, professional bodies, academies, industrial establishments, and so on.

[2] Nominations may be received from:

• Individuals who may be senior individuals of the same or higher rank than the nominee.
• Heads of institutions who may have their own formalized procedure for nomination, chairpersons of committees who review the achievements of scientists in their institutions.

[3] The nominator is required to show the importance and impact of the research of the applicant.

[4] The nominator should provide a narrative presentation (up to five pages) of the importance, relevance, quality and impact of the work.

[5] Nominees shall be African scientists who have made remarkable achievements, demonstrated by number of publications, number of trained research graduate students, applicability of the scientific work to Africa's challenges, and its patentability.

[6] Only nationals of the African Union (AU) Member States are eligible to participate in these Awards.

[7] Nominees shall be Africans residing in any of the AU Member States and can be nominated only for achievements based on work conducted in an African country.

[8] Self nomination will not be accepted.

[9] If the nominees are employees of any an AU organ or employees of the Regional Economic Communities, applications won't be accepted.