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 2. Research Grants - Grants will be awarded to individual scholars, 

 teams of scientists, or institutions for applied research in the area 

 of S&T for development. Research must be a high priority for African 

 human and econoaiic development as determined by peer review teams of 

 US and African scholars (perhaps supplemented on occasion by experts 

 from international agencies). All awards shall be made on a 

 competitive basis and generally without regard to geographical 

 distribution in order to reward excellence in research efficiency, 

 administration, and execution. 



Research awards may be spent for any of a variety of projects; 

 however, salary and stipend costs for scientists would be supported by 

 the Fund only in unusual circumstances. Ordinarily, the developing 

 country would be exi>ected to provide the space and salary support, as 

 well as the basic infrastructure of physical plant and administration, 

 for the research project. Thus, awards from the Fund would primarily 

 support the direct costs of the project and especially those parts of 

 the project requiring foreign currency, such as the purchase of 

 equipment, materials, supplies, services, consultancy, and travel 

 which are not available in the African country due to foreign currency 

 shortages. Should local currency funds be made available to the Fund 

 by agencies of the US government, local costs could be more liberally 

 supported. 



Research funding may be sought also by teams or pairs of US and 

 African scholars for collegial cooperation. 



Criteria for Awards - Although particular topical and disciplinary 

 priorities will be developed by the governors of the Fund and the 

 teams of peer reviewers of proposals, projects would be ranked highly 



