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The National Commission for Science and Technology, today, 26th October, received a donation of 8,050,000MK from the Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS) towards the 3rd National Research Dissemination Conference that the National Commission for Science and its partners are organizing. The theme of the conference is “Research innovations and entrepreneurship towards a productive and resilient nation”. The conference will take place at Sunbird Nkopola Hotel from 18th to 20th November, 2020.   The objective of Read more…

3RD NATIONAL RESEARCH DISSEMINATION CONFERENCE (NRDC)  18th – 20th November 2020                                                               Venue: Sunbird Nkopola Hotel, Mangochi Preamble The National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) wishes to inform all stakeholders and invited researchers that the Third National Research and Dissemination Conference, whose theme is Read more…

Call Opening Date: 7th August 2020 Call Closing Date: 4th September 2020 1.0       BACKGROUND The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) of the Republic of Zambia, the National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) of the Republic of Malawi and the Fundo Nacional de Investigação (FNI) of the Republic of Mozambique are Science Granting Councils (SGCs) participating in the Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI) for Sub Saharan Africa. The SGCI seeks to strengthen the capacities Read more…

1.0 BACKGROUND The Department of Research of the Ministry of Health (DR-MOH) and the National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) are in partnership for the management of a small grant scheme to support research proposals in health systems operations research as one of the identified national research priority areas in Malawi. This scheme has been instituted as part of the implementation efforts of the Health Research Policy of December 2019. The Policy calls for Read more…

1.0 BACKGROUND The National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) of the Republic of Malawi and the Research Council of Zimbabwe (RCZ) are participating in Phase Two of the Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI). This continuation builds on Phase One’s SGCI objective of seeking to strengthen the capacities of Science Granting Councils (SGCs) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to support research and evidence-based policies that will contribute to socio-economic development. During this phase, NCST and RCZ Read more…