Press releases Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/press-releases/ Astronomy for a better world! Tue, 24 Feb 2026 09:12:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://astro4dev.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-03_OAD_symbol_colour_2-32x32.jpg Press releases Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/press-releases/ 32 32 IAU OAD and RIIS Partner to Advance Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Sustainable Development Across Africa https://astro4dev.org/iau-oad-and-riis-partner-to-advance-innovation-entrepreneurship-and-sustainable-development-across-africa/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:07:42 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=31007 PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Cape Town, South Africa – 23 February 2026. The Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD), a partnership of the National Research Foundation (NRF) with the International Astronomical Union (IAU) under the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with RIIS to establish a [...]

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]]> IAU OAD Supported Initiative Wins Europlanet Prize for Public Engagement https://astro4dev.org/iau-oad-supported-initiative-wins-europlanet-prize-for-public-engagement/ Wed, 15 Oct 2025 08:40:40 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=30556 Red de Estudiantes Colombianos en Astronomía (RECA) Educación, a Colombian non-profit that brings science, astronomy and planetary science to schools and communities across Colombia has been awarded the 2025 Europlanet Prize for Public Engagement. The award was presented at the the Europlanet Science Congress and the American Astronomical Society’s Division for Planetary Science (EPSC–DPS) Joint [...]

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]]> MOA Signed between African Astronomical Society and OAD https://astro4dev.org/moa-signed-between-african-astronomical-society-and-oad/ Thu, 03 Jun 2021 13:40:27 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=23052 MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT TO STRENGTHEN DEVELOPMENT THROUGH ASTRONOMY IN AFRICA Cape Town, 26 May 2021 — The African Astronomical Society (AfAS) and the Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD) have signed a five-year partnership Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) that sees the two collaborating towards bringing together complementary resources, networks and expertise to advance development through [...]

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]]> Results of the 2015 Annual Call for Proposals https://astro4dev.org/results-of-the-2015-annual-call-for-proposals/ Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:05:27 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=14238 The IAU-Office of Astronomy for Development’s (OAD) fourth annual call for proposals has concluded and 18 projects have been selected to receive funding in 2016. The call for proposals received a total of 124 applications between June and September 2015. The three Task Forces reviewed all the completed applications and submitted recommendations to the Steering [...]

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