List of projects funded, in alphabetical order: 1. AMANAR 2.0: A refuge in the stars, Algeria, Spain, Italy 2. Asteroids workshop: A rocky adventure, Chile 3. Astro Sprint, India 4. Astrobus, Nigeria 5. Astrolab Distant Training, Southern, Eastern and West African countries 6. Astronomy for Environmental protection in Gobi desert, Mongolia 7. Astronomy […]
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Target location: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka Target audience: Our primary target audiences are teachers and students from South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC). The project will continue our outreach efforts and keep it more engaging through different online webinars, training/workshop, interaction, classes, etc. The target audience is […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought science to the fore. While medical and health-related sciences are directly involved in fighting this pandemic, other sciences are contributing in their own ways. Three astronomy organizations – the International Astronomical Union/National Research Foundation Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD), the African Astronomical Society (AfAS), and the African Planetarium Association […]
In May 2020, the IAU Office of Astronomy for Development issued an Extraordinary Call for Proposals that could use astronomy in any form to help mitigate some of the impacts caused by COVID-19. Of the 123 proposals received, below are the ones which could not be funded. These proposals were all reviewed by an international […]