We are happy to announce the following Spring 2010 WARC Travel Grants Awards.
Five (5) Researchers were awarded for this session:

Selected grantees for Spring 2010

• Oluwaseun Olawale Kolawole
  University of Ibadan, Ibadan Nigeria
  Determination and molecular characterization of possible alternative indicator Bacterium (Bacteria) for detection of fecal contamination in water sources in Ibadan communities- Southwest Nigeria
  Ghana August 16th -November, 2010
  Email : frenxymails@yahoo.com
  
  
• Taiwo Akanbi Olaiya
  Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
  A Comparative Study of Tax Administration and Burden of Governance in Nigeria and Ghana (1990-2009)
  Ghana July/ August, 2010
  Email : olaiyapoju2@yahoo.co.uk
  

• Jummai Othniel Yila
  Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)
  Migration, environment and livelihood in North Eastern Nigeria: Gender-based analysis of vulnerability and adaptability to climate change among peasant households in semi-arid Nguru District, Nigeria
  Nigeria July 15-Dec15, 2010
  E-mail: jummai.yila@ait.ac.th
  

• Gbenanmin Lidwine Prisca Tossa
  Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
  La Protection Juridique de l'Enfant au travail en Afrique de l'Ouest Francophone : Cas du Bénin, du Burkina Faso, du Sénégal et du Togo
  SENEGAL 1er Août -30 Novembre 2010
  Email: ptossa@gmail.com

• Brahima Ouattara
  Université Cheikh Anta Diop Dakar
  Commerce à longue distance et pénétration de l'Islam en Côte d'Ivoire (XVe-XIXe Siècle)
  Mali 4 Aout - 30 Septembre 2010
  Eamil: kanfolo@yahoo.fr
  

Alternates:

• Raphael Chijioke Njoku
  University of Louisville, Alvan Ikoku College Nigeria
  African Masking Tradition and African Diaspora Masquerade Carnivals: History, Memory Symbols and Transnationalism
  E-mail: rc.njoku@louisville.edu
  
  
• Nelson Olubusayo Ayoola Abila
  University of VAASA, Finland
  Bio-Economic and Environmental modeling of biofuels adoption in the petroleum sector in Nigeria
  E-mail: nelson.abila@uwasa.fi
  
  
• Awa Simone Marcos
  Université d'Abomey- Calavi (U.A.C)
  Le Mariage Islamique à l'épreuve des codes de la famille en Afrique Subsaharienne : Cas du Bénin, de la Côte d'Ivoire et du Sénégal
  E-mail :awa.marcos@gmail.com

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 July 1st to September 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.