Getting involved with IAP
ABOUT
Join the IAP to connect with scholars conducting research in, about or relevant to Africa. The IAP offers the opportunity to find co-publishers, research collaborators and co-proposers.
You may also participate in the IAP BrainRetain program which supports the retention and growth of intellectual capital in African universities and the wider participation of African scholars in global knowledge development by enabling:
• Collaboration between international and African researchers
• A mentoring service to research students from African countries
• And providing online workspaces and research resources
Specifically the program provides mentoring and professional support specifically in the areas of
1. PhD / Research Masters application proposals
2. PhD funding proposals
3. Conference abstracts & papers
4. Publication peer-reviewing
5. Professional support and career advice
6. Pointers to literature and online sources
BENEFITS
The mentoring program provides a win-win service to all engaged.
Advantages to mentors:
• High value academic service
• Professional development
• Co-publication opportunities
• Extended academic networks
• Spaces to discuss and sanity check research ideas with African researchers
Advantages to African supervisors:
• Links to diaspora and international academics
• Opportunities to arrange study visits
• Wider sources of information on funding
• Potential bidding partners
• Potential increased publication / conference paper rate
• Faster completion PhD completion rate for students (although dissertations not supervised)
Advantages to mentees:
• Extended academic networks
• Academic and professional support during long PhD process
• Support for PhD/funding proposal writing (where research method, writing skills etc are targeted)
• Acceptance of conference abstracts
• Publication support
• Co-authorship opportunities
• Conference alerts (by website for each field of study)
• Pointers to new literature by mentors and resources online where mentees have little online time to source these. (Site will host online repositories also.)
• Decrease in time to complete PhD