AMI Call for Applications: Visiting Researcher Program
The Africa Microscopy Initiative (AMI) is calling for proposals for the “Visiting Researcher Program”.
The Program makes microscopes and microscopy expertise freely available to the African research community in an effort to increase accessibility to research tools and to promote African life science research. Scientists performing not-for-profit research from any African organisation are eligible to apply to the program. While conducting experiments at the AMI-Imaging Centre (AMI-IC), successful applicants will receive sponsored accommodation for up to four weeks as well as sponsored air travel to Cape Town from anywhere on the continent.
Program details:
The AMI-IC has fully equipped lab space to accommodate the handling and growth of a variety of organisms classified as Bio-Safety Level 2 and below. This includes human cells, mammalian cells, protozoa, plants, bacteria, fungi, yeast, and small organisms such as drosophila embryos. Projects involving small animal models may be accommodated with collaborative assistance. The lab includes cell culture facilities, as well as sample preparation space for the processing and labelling of both live and fixed samples.
During a visitation, AMI staff will assist with ensuring the success of the visitor’s experiment. While working alongside each visitor, AMI staff will also teach and train visitors on how to use the microscope to perform their experiment.
Research areas:
The AMI-IC can accommodate a wide variety of research. We encourage proposals from researchers who require advanced microscopy techniques to further their research in microbiology, cell biology, histology, cancer biology, neuroscience, plant biology, soil science, immunology, infectious disease research, and other fields of life science. Equally important, we also encourage applications from biomedical researchers that do not have suitable access to light microscope equipment.
Funding details:
- up to four weeks of accommodation for up to two visiting researchers per project
- return trip air travel for up to two visiting researchers per project
- basic experimental sample and microscopy reagents
- one-on-one technical support by AMI staff
- exclusive and dedicated access to one of five AMI microscopes
- post-visitation support of image analysis and manuscript preparation
Read more here.
Application deadline May 29, 2023.
