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RUFORUM – NCST OUTSTANDING YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) in collaboration with the National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST), run the 2017 RUFORUM –NCST Outstanding Young Scientist Award competition. The competition was locally managed by the National Commission for Science and Technology, while the prize money, certificate and trophy were provided by the RUFORUM. Specifically the NCST: Published a call for nominations for nominations Received nominations Read more…

CAPACITY BUILDING ON INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION FOR AFRICAN COUNTRIES 2017 Malawi through  the National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) participated int the 2017 Seminar on”Capacity Building on Information and Communication for African Countries” in Beijing China.  The Seminar was held at Academy for International Business Offices from the 6th  September to 26th September 2017. Zacheous Kantchowa;  an  ICT Officer from NCST represented Malawi at the  seminar which was  designed for Information and Communication Experts Read more…

            RUFORUM OUTSTANDING YOUNG SCIENTIST (OYS) AWARD The National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) in collaboration with RUFORUM is pleased to announce a Call for Applications for the national Outstanding Young Scientist (OYS) award.  RUFORUM OYS award is designed to recognize and celebrate extraordinary contributions of young scientists (<40 years). The award is sponsored by RUFORUM to recognize substantial achievement and encourage the important work of young scientists and Read more…

The Malawi Public Policy Research and Analysis Project (MPPRAP), a project within the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, presented a cheque of Twenty Two Million Malawi Kwacha (K22,018,500.00) to the National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) towards the cost of the 2017 National Research Dissemination Conference (NRDC). The cheque presentation was performed by the Secretary to Treasury (ST), Mr. Ben Botolo and was received on behalf of the NCST by the Secretary for Education, Science and Technology Read more…