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 f ) Commerce and Business Administration - Applied scientific re- 

 search is needed concerning African business, public and private, in 

 order to encourage the commercial expansion and efficiency of the 

 African economies. 

 B. Eligible Recipients for Funding S&T Research 



Funding will be granted in small amounts to individuals and institu- 

 tions which distinguish themselves with creativity, efficiency, and 

 particular projects of research or with creation of infrastructure for 

 research. Peer panels in various S&T areas will provide rigorous 

 competitive review. 



The range of types of entities which could receive funds would 

 include: 



- individual researchers proposing a research project 



- teams, groups, or laboratories, possibly geographically dispersed, 

 with a common project of research 



- research institutes or departments thereof 



- university departments or institutes of research and their 

 libraries, laboratories, and computer centers 



- government ministries or subdepartments and institutes 



- disciplinary and professional associations which facilitate the 

 regional or continent-wide cooperation in S&T 



- US scientists, teams/groups of scientists, universities, colleges, 

 departments, laboratories, libraries, computer centers, research 

 institutes, or professional associations for the purpose of 

 expanding collegial cooperation in African S&T research 



- international agencies and associations which provide needed 

 services of the same character. 



