African institutions gain
support networks
African research, by many measures
the least competitive in the world, got a
financial pick-me-up this week.
On 2 July, the UK Wellcome Trust
launched a £30-million (US$50-million)
plan to support more than 50 institutions
across the continent, organized in
themed networks that will study water
and sanitation, infectious diseases and
population health.
“There are other collaborations and
networks but the lack of research capacity
in Africa is a huge problem and it’s going
to take more than one initiative to achieve
this,” says Jimmy Whitworth, the Wellcome
Trust’s head of international activities.
The funding will be used to revamp
laboratories, to train laboratory personnel
and to support competitive grants aimed at
encouraging African scientists to remain
working in their home countries.
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