Resources for scientists
This page is a collection of links to resources on the Internet which may be of interest to our Grantees and other scientists working in developing countries.
Access to scientific journals and literature
PERI Programme at INASP
[PERI - Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information
INASP - International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications]
If you are at an institution in a developing country your institution is eligible for free access to a very large number of scientific journals on the Internet - the normally high subscription costs have been waivered through this programme.
» PERI Programme
» INASP website
African Journals Online (AJOL)
Free full-text articles for PERI-Programme eligible countries (see above).
TEEAL Electronic Library
TEEAL, or The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library, is a full-text and searchable database of articles from 200 high-quality research journals in agriculture and related sciences spanning several years.
Check if the TEEAL Library is available through your institution’s library – if not you could encourage them to make it available.
If you are at a smaller institution, that institution may be eligible for a substantial discount to make the TEEAL Library available, and in eligible ACP countries funding assistance is available through CTA, Netherlands.
Funding sources (other than IFS)
SciDev.net links to Grants
SciDev.net publishes grant notifications from a wide variety of sources.
The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS)
TWAS gives Research Grants in scientific areas which are not covered by the IFS Granting Programme (such as basic sciences).
Forestry funding database
FAO and other organisations have combined resources to produce a database of funding sources within forestry:
Research Methods Resources
ICRAF-ILRI Research Methods Group (Nairobi)
A website with many resources on the different steps in a research project: initial problem analysis, current understanding and literature review, setting objectives and hypotheses, research designs, handling data, formal analysis, publication, etc.
» ICRAF-ILRI Research Methods Group
Free professional statistical software for researchers
The GenStat Discovery Edition is a free version of GenStat developed by VSN International. GenStat Discovery Edition 2 is available to non-commercial users throughout Africa and a range of developing countries outside Africa. Examples of users who qualify are students and lecturers of universities and staff of government research organisations or NGOs. The site contains user guides and documentation about the software and information how African users can pick up a free CDrom with the software.
» ICRAF-ILRI GenStat page
» An overview of some training recources
Resources for women scientists
CGIAR'S Gender & Diversity Programme
This programme has many initiatives supporting women in science in developing countries and lots of relevant informatin and links.
» CG Gender & Diversity Programme
OWSD - Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World
OWSD (formerly TWOWS) is an international forum uniting women scientists from the South with the objective of strengthening their role in the development process and promoting their representation in scientific and technological leadership.
