The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy in Cameroon is pleased to inform interested scholars that Cameroon is now among eighty-seven countries eligible for the Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) Science program, a partnership between the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Eligible research areas include:

Food security, including topics such as agricultural development, fisheries, and plant genomics; Climate change impacts, such as water sustainability, hydrology, ocean acidification, climate process and modeling, and environmental engineering; Other development topics, including disaster mitigation, biodiversity, water, and renewable energy. Details on the application process are available online at: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/dsc/peerscience/index.htm.

The deadline for project submission is January 13, 2014.