National Academies Receive $20 Million to Help Build Capacity of African Science Academies

The U.S. National Academies have received a $20 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help African academies of science – and the continent's scientific, engineering, and medical communities as a whole – strengthen their ability to provide evidence-based advice to inform government policy-making and public discourse.  The initiative will be carried out over the next 10 years, focusing on efforts to improve human health.  Later this year, the U.S. National Academies will select three science academies in Africa as partners for the initiative.

The complete announcement can be viewed on the National Academies Web site.