Dear all,

The call for the 2022 Intra-Africa Mobility program of ASESMANET is open. Please apply at the following website:   
https://forms.gle/5TdMhvDorhK8zYMy8
Please pass the message on to others that may be interested.
Details are below. The program funds researchers in Africa to visit another African country for research collaboration.

Thank you.

Dr. O. Akin-Ojo
ICTP-EAIFR

ASESMANET: Intra-Africa Mobility 2022

Background:
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ASESMANET (Atomistic Simulations, Electronic Structure, Computational Materials Science and Applications: the African Network) is a network  
connected to The African School of Electronic Structure Methods and Application (ASESMA)[1], ASESMANET is opening  a call for scientists working in Africa and  
active in research in electronic structure calculations that want to spend a period of time visiting and doing research at a research group  
located in an African country different from their country of residence. The visit needs to start in 2022 -- the latest date to  
start the visit is November 2022.
Funding for this intra-Africa program is provided by the Office of External Activities (OEA) of the Abdus Salam International Centre for  
Theoretical Physics (ICTP) Trieste Italy in collaboration Centre Européen de Calcul Atomique et Moléculaire (CECAM), the National  
Centre for Computational Design and Discovery of Novel Materials MARVEL funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, and the Psi-k  
network. The funds are to promote intense scientific exchanges between researchers within Africa who are working in electronic structure  
methods and applications and to support Africa – Europe interactions between researchers in Europe and those in Africa. This network  
(ASESMANET) will fund African researchers to visit other researchers or research groups in Africa for focused research collaboration for  
two months or more at a time.


What the ASESMANET Intra-Africa funds will cover:
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* Travel/flight tickets [from African home country to African  host/collaborating country].
* Accommodation at host country
* Living allowance at host country


Who Should Apply?
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Lecturers at Institutions in African countries who carry out research in atomistic/molecular modeling. These include those who use  
electronic structure methods (DFT, HF, etc.) or sampling methods such as Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics in different fields: Condensed  
Matter Physics, Materials Science, Computational/Quantum Chemistry, Quantum Dynamics, Computational Drug Design and others areas.  
Postdoctoral fellows and advanced post-graduate students at the doctoral level working in Africa may also apply. Women are  
particularly encouraged to apply.


How to Apply
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1) First fill the Google Form below
2) Then, after #1 above, send an email to [email protected] with the following documents:
   a) a 1-2 page description of the research project that will be carried out at the host institution: motivation, state of the art,  
research goals, methods to be employed, research plan, relevance for scientific progress, reasons for choosing the hosting research group.  
Email a pdf with the name: My_Name_Proposal.pdf
   b) Acceptance letter from the hosting scientist, stating that the host institution will provide the infrastructure for the visitor to  
conduct research, the proposed topic, and confirmation of dates of visit (this letter should be sent directly by the hosting scientist to  
the e-mail above). Moreover, the letter should describe the work of the hosting scientist of relevance for the proposed project. Email a  
pdf with the name:  My_Name_Acceptance.pdf
   c) CV of applicant.   A pdf with the name: My_Name_CV.pdf
   d) CV of the hosting scientist:   A pdf with the name:  My_Host_Name_Proposal.pdf

You may also put all these documents into a single pdf file and email it to us.

Deadline for Submission:
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Deadline for application: June 15, 2022


Contact for additional information:
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For further information contact: [email protected]

Websites of sponsors:
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https://www.ictp.it
https://www.cecam.org
http://nccr-marvel.ch
http://psi-k.net

[1] ASESMA is the African School of Electronic Structure Methods and Application, a bi-annual two-week school that brings together students  
from countries in Africa. See https://sites.google.com/site/asesmasite/