We are happy to announce the following Fall 2009 WARC Travel Grants Awards.
Five (5) Researchers were awarded for this session:

Selected grantees for Fall 2009

• Miss Amy NIANG
  University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
  State and Social Processes in Pre-colonial West Africa: elements of power, office devolution and agency in the Mossi states.
  Burkina Faso, Mali Jan 15-March 15 2010
  Email : a.niang@sms.ed.ac.uk
  
  
• Dr. Edem Kodzo Ekpe
  University of Central Florida
  Evaluating biocomplexity: Livelihoods Support activities and their effects on forest biodiversity in Southeastern Ghana
  Ghana January - June 2010
  Email : edemekpe@knights.ucf.edu
  

• Dr. Bala SAHO
  Michigan State University
  Islam, Gender and authority: Social and Religious Transformations in the Muslim Courts of the Gambia, 1905 - 1965
  The Gambia Jan 2010-Dec 2010
  E-mail: sahobala@msu.edu
  
  
• Dr Gladys Barkey Asiedu
  Kansas State University
  Unheard voices: Impacts of HIV/AIDS- Related Stigma on individuals and families in Ghana
  Ghana February - April 2010
  Email: gbasiedu@ksu.edu

• Dr Asi Eugene NDUM
  Brandenburg Technical University of Cottbus
  Bottom-up approach for sustainable solid waste management in Cameroon
  Cameroon Jan 1st - June 30th 2010
  Eamil: asindum@yahoo.com
  

Alternates:

• Dr. Ziblim Abukari
  University of Denver
  Risk and Protective factors associated with Academic Achievement among Ghanaian youth
  E-mail: zabukari@du.edu
  
  
• Dr Ugochukwu Nzewi
  Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
  Art biennales, Global Art World and Transformations in Contemporary African Art
  E-mail: unzewi@emory.edu
  
  
• Dr. Emmanuel Nji Abatih
  Institute of Tropical Medicine
  Capacity Building: Applied Statistical Analysis with the R Program
  E-mail :enjiabatih@itg.be

The Association de Recherche Ouest Africaine (AROA), on behalf of its member associations (The West African Research Association (WARA), the West African Research Center (WARC), and the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) ) would like to thank you for your recent submission to the grant committee. The Travel Grant awards were generally of a high quality. Unfortunately, we have limited funds, and are able to award only a few per academic year.
We would like to encourage researchers who are not among the grantees to re-apply for future consideration (candidates should send their application from January 1st to March 15th 2010). As this is our tenth year it is up to us to demonstrate that there is a great demand for these grants by consistently demonstrating the significant demand coming from West Africa, we have a better chance of securing additional funding to increase the amount available for grants.

Write us if you have any questions, at warc_croa@warc.sn

Awardees should contact Jennifer Yanco the WARA Director for the continuation related to the grants.