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About DELTAS AfricaDeveloping Excellence in Leadership, Training and Science (DELTAS)Africaisafive-year(2015-2020)programmebeingimplementedbytheAfricanAcademyofSciences’AllianceforAcceleratingExcellenceinScienceinAfrica.ThisiswiththesupportoftheWellcomeTrustandtheUK’sDepartmentforInternationalDevelopmenttotrainanddevelopworld class researchers and research leaders in Africa.
Vision: ThevisionofDELTASAfricaistosupporttheAfrica-leddevelopmentofworld-classresearchersandresearch leaders in Africa. This new
generationofscientistswillplayamajorpartinshapinganddrivingalocallyrelevanthealthresearchagendainAfrica,contributingtoimprovedhealthanddevelopmentonthecontinent.
Toachieveitsvision,DELTASAfricafundsprogrammesthataddressfourstrategicareas:• scientificquality• researchtraining• scientificcitizenship• researchmanagementand
environmentThesestrategicareasarerecognisedasnecessaryforstrengthening,sustaining,attractingandretainingexcellenceinresearch.
DELTAS Africa objectivesDELTASAfricaseeksto:• Produceworld-classscientific
researchtoaddressAfricanandhealthresearchpriorities.
• Supportthetrainingofscientistsandenablethedevelopmentofcareersinscientificresearchtohelpthemdeveloptheircareers.
• Nurturementorship,leadershipandequitablecollaborationinscience,andengagementwithpublicandpolicystakeholders.
• Cultivateprofessionalenvironmentstomanageandsupportscientificresearch.
1. MALI• Developing Excellence in
Leadership and Genetic Training for Malaria Elimination in Sub-Saharan Africa (DELGEME)
2. SENEGAL• Malaria Research Capacity
Development in West and Central Africa (MARCAD)
3. COTE D’IVOIRE• African Science Partnership for
Intervention Research Excellence (Afrique One-ASPIRE)
4. GHANA• West African Centre for
Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP)
6. UGANDA• Makerere University UVRI
Centre of Excellence for Infection & Immunity Research and Training (MUII-plus)
• THRIVE to Research Excellence (THRIVE-2)
7. KENYA• Initiative to Develop African
Research Leaders (IDeAL)
• Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA)
8. ZIMBABWE• African Mental Health
Research Initiative (AMARI)
5. SOUTH AFRICA• Sub-Saharan Africa Network for TB/HIV
Research Excellence (SANTHE)
• Sub-Saharan Africa Advanced Training Programme for Leadership and Excellence in Biostatistics (BIOSTATS)
Developing Excellence in Leadership Training and Science (DELTAS Africa) funded programmes
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WACCBIP Fellows
Contact: Alphonsus Neba | Programme Manager, [email protected] | [email protected]
Tel: +254 20 896 0674/5 | African Academy of Sciences | No. 8 Miotoni Lane, Karen, Nairobi P.O. Box 24916–00502, Nairobi, Kenya
NearlyUS$100millionhasbeenawardedto11leadingAfricanresearcherstoimplementcuttingedgecollaborativeresearchandtrainingprogrammesspanning54
leadandpartnerinstitutionsfromacrossthecontinent.
AllDELTASAfricaprogrammeshavecollaborationswith24
Europeaninstitutions,andaimatimprovingresearchcapacitiesinvariousdisciplines.
Programme Programme FocusAfrique-One ASPIRE Researchandtraininginanimal-human-environmentinterfaceAMARI Mental,neurologicalandsubstanceusedisordersresearchBIOSTATS TrainingformastersandPhDstudentsacrossAfricainbiostatisticsCARTA+ DoctoralandpostdoctoraltraininginpublicandpopulationhealthresearchDELGEME Doctoralandpost-doctoraltrainingingenomicsandbioinformaticsacrossAfricaIDeAL TrainanddevelopoutstandingyoungAfricanscientistsintoworld-classresearchleadersMARCAD Trainingearlyandseniorpost-doctoralfellowshipsinresearchareaspertinenttomalariaeliminationMUII Plus TrainingAfricanresearchleadersinbioinformatics,immunityandinfectiousdiseasesSANTHE DevelopanetworkfortrainingHIVandTuberculosisresearchersTHRIVE-2 PhDtrainingandpostdoctoralfellowshipsininfectiousdiseasesorneglectedtropicaldiseases,
maternal,neonatalandreproductivehealthandnon-communicablediseasesWACCBIP PostdoctoralandPhDtrainingandtodevelopagraduateinternshipprogrammeinpathogenbiology
andhumangenetics
DELTAS Africa grant holders in Africa
The AfricanAcademy of Sciences
11 DELTAS Africa Consortia
3Number of DELTAS Africa programmes
8 Women programme directors
54 African countries covered by DELTAS Africa lead institutions
11 Partner institutions in Africa and the North UK partner institutions
$100mTotal investment in DELTAS Africa over 5 years
DELTAS Africa in figures
1,660DELTAS Africa: Research Training
669Target number of trainees over 5 years
50% Enrolled trainees
20 Gender parity in recruitment of trainees
161 Number of African countries hosting DELTAS Africa Fellows
60 MSc and PhD Fellows, Postdocs and Senior Fellows
DELTAS Africa: Scientific Citizenship
$16m
Total amount of awards and prizes received by DELTAS Africa programmes
18 Number of formal policy processes undertaken
33Number of public engagements
244
Number of communications and research dissemination activities