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MENA NWC Update
MENA NWC Welcomes New Centers
MENA NWC continues to
welcome new institutional
members to the Network.
In the past six months, six
Centers from six countries
have been added:
Cadi Ayyad University
in Morocco
Water and Environment
Center at Sana’a
University in Yemen
Marine Science Center at
University of Basrah
in Iraq
Ain Shams University
in Egypt
Zuckerberg Institute for
Water Research at
Ben-Gurion University of
the Negev in Israel
Pan African University
Institute of Water and
Energy Sciences
(PAUWES) at the
University of Tlemcen
in Algeria
MENA NWC is working
closely with these
institutions to integrate
them into Network
research activities and
programs. The Network
now links 23
participating technical
institutions across the
Middle East and North
Africa with each other,
U.S. counterparts,
governments, and the
private sector to solve
critical water problems
confronting the region.
MENA NWC Research Funding Opportunities
MENA NWC has three
opportunities to fund new
research. The Network’s
two small grants
programs—Water
Innovation Fellowships
(WIF) and Young Water
Scientist Partnerships
(YWSP)—are accepting
applications until January
2, 2015.
WIF provides up to
$25,000 for individual
research. Applicants must
be citizens and residents
of a Middle Eastern and
North African country, and
full-time employees of an
institution or entity based
in the Middle East and
North Africa. YWSP
provides up to $50,000 for
two collaborating
researchers. YWSP small
grants are open to full- or
part-time employees of
the MENA NWC Centers
who are between the ages
of 21 and 40. (See page 5
for a list of YWSP
awards.)
The Policy, Research &
Development (PR&D)
grants program is
accepting concept notes
and/or Technical and Cost
Proposals from its
Centers. MENA NWC will
work closely with
applicants to obtain
funding from outside
sources. As before,
proposals must be
submitted by a research
team of at least two
MENA NWC Centers
from at least two
countries, or one
international Center and
one national
Center. (See page 6 for
a list of PR&D awards.)
Application materials for
each of the grants
programs are available
on MENA NWC’s
website,
www.menanwc.org.