IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT AND INFORMATIONS
EAGLES Health Lecturer Tour Grants
The European Action on Global Life Sciences (EAGLES) Health Programme is offering grants of up to €5,000 to leading biomedical scientists and other health specialists, including commentators and journalists, from developing countries to undertake lecture tours around Europe to communicate the needs of developing countries to the European public and European institutions. Applications should be submitted before 11 June 2007. Further details can be found on the EAGLES website: www.efb-central.org/eagles/site.

International Workshop on Cities, Science and Sustainability
An international workshop examining successful approaches to 'cities, science and sustainability' will be held at TWAS's headquarters in Trieste, Italy, from 20 to 22 September 2007. Institutions in developing countries are invited to respond by 1 July 2007 indicating their interest in participating in the workshop and presenting a report highlighting successful initiatives in using science and technology in solving problems of sustainability associated with large urban areas, including (but not limited to) access to safe drinking water, sanitation, air pollution, housing and construction, land use planning, transport, traffic congestion and waste disposal in a city in the developing world. The project 'Cities, Science and Sustainability' is a collaborative effort between TWAS, the Consortium for Science, Technology and Innovation for the South (COSTIS) and the United Nations Development Programme's Special Unit for South-South Cooperation (UNDP-SSC).

African Materials Research Conference in December
The 4th International Conference of the African Materials Research Society will be held in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, from 10 to 14 December 2007. Main topic of the conference: "Cementing Collaborations in Materials Research in Africa." Deadline for pre-registration and abstracts: 30 June 2007


Award in Medical Sciences in the UAE
The 'Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Awards for Medical Sciences' (SHAMS) are accepting nominations in three categories: international, Arab world, and UAE. The awards honour "medical researchers worldwide who enrich scientific research and enhance the nature of scientific exchanges among medical doctors in UAE and medical centers abroad." Deadline for nominations is November. For more information on the Awards, please visit: www.hmaward.org.ae