Flagship 3 Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/flagship-3/ Astronomy for a better world! Fri, 11 Jul 2025 09:44:31 +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 Flagship 3 Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/flagship-3/ 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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]]> SKA Data Challenge: Training the Next Generation of African Scientists https://astro4dev.org/ska-data-challenge-training-the-next-generation-of-african-scientists/ Tue, 01 Apr 2025 08:01:35 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=29821 Source: Hack4dev In March 2025, the Hack4dev initiative successfully ran the SKA Data Challenge at the AfAS (African Astronomical Society) 2025 Data Science Hackathon. This marked a significant milestone in preparing African postgraduate astronomers to tackle the data challenges of  the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). To support the global astronomy community in preparing for the massive data volumes [...]

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]]> IAU OAD and Partners to Support 13 Hackathons Globally in 2025 under the Hack4Dev collaboration https://astro4dev.org/iau-oad-and-partners-to-support-13-hackathons-globally-in-2025-under-the-hack4dev-collaboration/ Tue, 04 Feb 2025 08:26:24 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=29602 Hack4dev, a collaboration between the IAU OAD and partners, is pleased to announce that it will host 13 Data Science hackathons across 12 countries between February and April 2025. Hackathons will take place in Kenya, Ghana, Ethiopia, Botswana, South Africa, Madagascar, Rwanda, Namibia, Mozambique, India, Brazil, and Chile. The events will offer participants the opportunity [...]

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]]> Light Pollution Workshop Trains Nigerian Students in Scripting and IoT https://astro4dev.org/light-pollution-workshop-trains-nigerian-students-in-scripting-and-iot/ Tue, 14 Jan 2025 12:55:37 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=29243 A team at the Centre for Basic Space Science and Astronomy (CBSS) in Nigeria organized a training workshop titled Astro-IoT, as a remedial approach to light pollution. The aim was to proffer solutions to light pollution using Internet of Things (IoT) based automation and control system. The event recorded a total of two hundred and [...]

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]]> Pan-African Astronomy School Influences Career Choice of Students https://astro4dev.org/pan-african-astronomy-school-influences-career-choice-of-students/ Tue, 22 Oct 2024 08:21:47 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=29052 The Pan-African School for Emerging Astronomers (PASEA) 2024 was the sixth in the series of this school which was first hosted in Abuja, Nigeria as the West African International Summer School for Young Astronomers (WAISSYA) in 2013. This edition of the Summer School was hosted by the Monastir Science Palace, Tunisia from 28th August 2024 [...]

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]]> Tactile Astronomy Workshop for BVI Students in Nigeria https://astro4dev.org/tactile-astronomy-workshop-for-bvi-students-in-nigeria/ Sat, 12 Oct 2024 10:36:06 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=29066 The Astro-Tac project reached out to students with special needs, especially the blind and visually impaired, in Nigeria through tactile experience. It aimed at increasing the participants’ knowledge in astronomy, space science, and engagement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) activities. The Astro-Tac project engaged 125 participants, mainly undergraduate and postgraduate students with special [...]

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]]> Workshop for Developing Science Education in Timor-Leste https://astro4dev.org/workshop-for-developing-astronomy-education-in-timor-leste/ Sun, 22 Sep 2024 09:15:02 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=29056 Timor-Leste National Commission for UNESCO (TLNCU) and its science division, known as SESIM, organized the project “Strengthening the Knua Prátika and nurturing future astronomers for Lorosa’e Land (Timor-Leste)”. Through this project, we ran a workshop with the theme “Workshop for Developing Astronomy Education for the future astronomers and scientists in Timor-Leste”. The workshop is specifically [...]

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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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]]> Astronomy Clubs in Nigeria Increase Interest in Science https://astro4dev.org/astronomy-clubs-in-nigeria-increase-interest-in-science/ Sun, 07 Apr 2024 13:06:31 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=28963 The AstroClub project, funded by OAD and supported by other local contributors worked with four secondary schools in Amichi and Awka-Extiti – Nnewi-South Local Area in Nigeria. The project’s goal was to spark interest in STEM education by providing engaging tools for exploring astrophysics and by facilitating interactive learning to cultivate curiosity and critical thinking [...]

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]]> Science engagement in Remote Areas of Pakistan https://astro4dev.org/science-engagement-in-remote-areas-of-pakistan/ Mon, 23 Oct 2023 12:58:53 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=28373 All children have a right to a high-quality education and equitable access to educational opportunities, regardless of their ethnicity, religion, or socioeconomic condition. Through informal physics and astronomy-related blended learning encounters, “Astro-Phy Quench” has engaged the students from marginalized and underprivileged backgrounds to develop science identity.  The project engaged a) secondary and higher secondary school [...]

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