Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) Science Program

The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy in Cameroon is pleased to inform interested scholars that Cameroon is now among eighty-seven countries eligible for the Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) Science program, a partnership between the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Eligible research areas include:

Food security, including topics such as agricultural development, fisheries, and plant genomics; Climate change impacts, such as water sustainability, hydrology, ocean acidification, climate process and modeling, and environmental engineering; Other development topics, including disaster mitigation, biodiversity, water, and renewable energy. Details on the application process are available online at: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/dsc/peerscience/index.htm.

The deadline for project submission is January 13, 2014.