DRECA Training Workshop: Call for Application

  Communicating and Disseminating Research Results

A training workshop to be held at

Nigeria,August 22– 26, 2011 (Venue to be communicated).

The workshop is part of a EU ACP Science and Technology Project - Developing Research Capacity among African Environmental Scientists (DRECA). DRECA is a collaboration involving Makerere University, University of Ghana, the National Museums of Kenya, Nature Kenya, Nigerian Conservation Foundation, and the Tropical Biology Association.

The workshop targets active conservation scientists and researchers working for:

• Universities (Junior or Assistant Lecturers especially in biological science departments);
• Research institutes;
• NGOs with a research component in their work;
• Research and monitoring units of national parks service; and
• Government departments that are involved in research.

Participants will gain skills in preparing quality papers for publication in journals and other media where research results can be easily accessed by the wider community. Much of the teaching will be based on practical exercises mainly based on participants’ own work, while talks and case studies will illustrate steps in structuring scientific papers and how the publication process works. The workshop will provide follow-up support designed to ensure participants continue to apply their new skills afterwards.

Click to view details and to download application form. Deadline for applications is 15th July, 2011. Successful applicants will be notified by 5th August 2011.

For more details email: The DRECA Project Coordinator, Nigerian Conservation Foundation, km 19 Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lagos, Nigeria. Tel. 234-803-3940-666. Email: Dreca-Ng@tropical-biology.org