Visit to FARA of a delegation of the International Foundation of Science

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Dr. Michael STAHL, director of the International Foundation for Science, explains how IFS provides some 300 grants per year. But the main activity of IFS has become to train scientists in how to write a good research proposal and how to communicate their research findings through a good publication

Professor Yola Verhasselt, Member of the Board Trustees of the International Foundation for Science, explains how young African researchers need to be trained in writing for international scientific journals. For her there is no ambiguity between reaching those international standards and the need to use research findings for vulgarisation. But researchers need to have specific financial means to be able to disseminate their research findings.

IFS is a research council with international operations and the mission is to build the scientific capacity of developing countries in sciences related to the sustainable management of biological and water resources.

IFS Announcement:

Proposal Writing Workshop on Underutilized Crops
Workshop: Nairobi, Kenya 24th - 29th Nov, 2008

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