MINRESI ENDORSES GRANTS AWARDED BY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT TO 25 RESEARCHERS
Dr Madeleine TCHUINTE meets the 25 researchers who were awarded grants by the French Government during the Cameroon Science Week in France on 5 August 2024 at MINRESI’s conference room.
The Minister of Scientific Research and Innovation, Dr Madeleine TCHUINTE, chaired an important meeting on Monday 5 August 2024with the 25 researchers who received the mobility grants awarded by the French Government . In attendancewasMINRESI’s Secretary General, Pr EBELLE ETAME Rebecca Madeleine, the representative of the French Embassy, Madame Amel AHMED-BOUBOUDA, Directors General of Institutes under MINRESI’s technical supervision and Directors of the Ministry’s central administration.
Grant winnersendorsed by their hierarchy
This meeting was an occasion to commemorate the cooperation between Cameroon and France. During the Cameroon Science Week in France, led by the Minister, from 3 to 7 April 2023, 25 mobility grants were awarded by the French government to Cameroon researchers. Thanks to these grants the recipients were able to have access to prestigious French university laboratories, enabling them to complete their doctoral theses.
Following the launch of the call for applications, grantwinnerswere selected based oncriteria taking into account both the relevance of the research topics and gender approach. Based on the latter, 14 women and 11 men from 8 research institutes under MINRESI’s supervision were selected. By the end of the mobilityperiod, some had defended their doctoral theses and several were in the process of finalising them. Given all the facilities they had benefited from, the grant winners’spokespersons expressed their gratitude and appreciation to the Minister for her unwaveringinvolvement and commitment, which made it possible not only to award grants but also tocomplete the process.They also commended the generosity of France and the collaborative spirit of the French researchers, who had added value to their work.
An occasion to commemoratethe scientific cooperation between France and Cameroon
In her speech, the Minister set out the purpose of the meeting. The 25 recipients were gathered, after they returned, to be honoured for their efforts and the added value of their work. She expressed her satisfaction with the seriousness with which the recipients had conducted their work during their stay in France. Dr Madeleine TCHUINTE acknowledged the longstanding ties between Cameroon and France, extolled the cooperation between the two countries and expressed her sincere gratitude to the French Government, and to the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research in particular.
The representative of the French party, speaking on behalf of the French Ambassador to Cameroon, H.E. Thierry MARCHAND, expressed his admiration for the quality of work carried out by the 25 grant winners. He underscored that all these, strengthens Cameroon’s position as a true hub for research in Central Africa.
The meeting ended on a happy note, with some family pictures and one-to-one discussions between the Minister and each of the grant winners. Celebrations continued at the Ministry’s restaurant, where a cocktail was offered in honour of the recipients.
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