Cenca Bridge Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/flagship-3/cenca-bridge/ Astronomy for a better world! Tue, 27 May 2025 14:26:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://astro4dev.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-03_OAD_symbol_colour_2-32x32.jpg Cenca Bridge Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/flagship-3/cenca-bridge/ 32 32 IAU-OAD Project Wins $1.5 Million Grant From Simons Foundation https://astro4dev.org/iau-oad-project-wins-1-5-million-grant-from-simons-foundation/ Tue, 27 May 2025 14:26:24 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=30039 Source: IAU announcement An IAU-OAD funded project providing research opportunities to marginalised students has won a $1.5 million grant from the Simons Foundation to further expand its work. The Cenca Bridge project, which is making scientific research more accessible for students in Central America and the Caribbean, exemplifies how IAU support can help new initiatives [...]

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]]> IAU Astronomy Outreach, Development and Education (ODE) Prizes https://astro4dev.org/iau-astronomy-outreach-development-and-education-ode-prizes/ Sat, 15 Jun 2024 18:38:57 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=28869 IAU Press Release The IAU Astronomy Outreach, Development and Education (ODE) Prizes have been created with generous funding from IAU Past President Ewine van Dishoeck. The three awards recognise individuals and organisations who have made outstanding contributions to the fields of astronomy outreach, development and education. The OAD is pleased to share that the 2024 prize winners are [...]

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]]> Project Develops Astronomy Research Capacity in Central America and Caribbean https://astro4dev.org/project-develops-astronomy-research-capacity-in-central-america-and-caribbean/ Thu, 25 May 2023 09:54:02 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=27809 The Cenca Bridge remote internship program provided astronomy research opportunity for undergraduate students from Central America and the Caribbean. The project admitted 9 students to the remote internship program, and trained them to perform astronomy research with a faculty from an established institution. Each student was paired with a mentor. The remote research internship was [...]

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]]> Overview: Cenca Bridge https://astro4dev.org/overview-cenca-bridge/ Mon, 13 Dec 2021 14:07:54 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=24330 The mission of Cenca Bridge (CB) is to provide opportunities to marginalized students from Central America and the Caribbean (cencabridgeastro.weebly.com). The main challenge revolves around scientific research being inaccessible or completely absent. We believe that astronomy research can help students obtain versatile tools and transferable skills to increase employment options and create leaders. CB is [...]

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