The Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD) will support 19 projects around the world in 2023, funded by the International Astronomical Union, for a total of €124,011. These projects will address various socio-economic and sustainable-development challenges using astronomy and basic sciences based interventions. The OAD is organizing an onboarding session for the project teams to…
The AfAS annual conference focuses on the science, outreach, communication, and education activities emanating from Astronomy in Africa. It seeks to enhance further collaborations among countries in Africa and the rest of the world. It also focuses on the status of astronomy infrastructure, the International Astronomical Union General Assembly in Cape Town in 2024 (IAU-GA2024),…
This training workshop will be presented to school learners, facilitators and university students. It will cover 3D Design in drone building and drone racing. What is World Space Week? World Space Week is an international celebration of science and technology, and their contribution to the betterment of the human condition. The United Nations General Assembly…
The initiate is to form a network from different discipline in basic science. Networking or collaborations among different groups are necessary for the development of sciences. Our plan is to invite researchers from different field such as chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacy, botany, microbiology, engineering, medicine and public health expert. Experts will be invited for their potential…
This is a collaborative project which aims at obtaining the map of the Earth’s magnetic field. It started in Taipei, China, where they have already been measuring since July 2022. In Argentina and, hopefully, other South American countries, the measurements will begin in March-April 2023. The proposal consists of inviting high school students and professors…
Panel para abordar la experiencia de la mujer en ciencia desde la perspectiva de dos investigadoras de alto nivel.
Every year, the Office of Astronomy for Development, through the International Astronomical Union, provides grants and supports projects around the world that apply astronomy in the pursuit of sustainable development. In 2022, the OAD funded 17 projects for a total of €109,822. These projects were run by multidisciplinary teams and addressed local and global challenges…
Despite enormous potential that nanotechnology can hold for developing Africa, the continent is slow in implementing it. Reports say that the African continent has the basic infrastructure but lacks focus and consolidation of efforts. This proposed bootcamp aims at consolidating efforts to raise the awareness of nanotechnology and its potential industrial applications by offering training…
Es un taller que se desarrolla dentro de la Convención Cienctífica Internacional de la Universidad de Matanzas Cuba, este evento ha tenido seis ediciones anteriores, con participación de varios colegas de diferentes países y se ha discutido sobre temas importantes de las ciencias básicas, con temáticas relacionadas con la Didáctica en General y con las…
National Mathematics Day is an occasion to remember Ramanujan’s great achievements and reflect on the significance of mathematics in our everyday lives. He is considered as one of the world’s greatest-ever mathematicians, proving over 3,000 theorems. In order to inspire the life and his golden achievements of this mathematics genius to the younger generation, the…
