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Deadline 15 February 2018 ISP Uppsala Universitet Box 549SE-751 21 Uppsala, Sweden

Activity Report for 2017ISP-supported research groups and networks

Please develop your answers to the required extent in this form. Guidelines are incorporated in each section, please read them carefully. Guidelines for in-kind contributions are given separately at http://www.isp.uu.se/documents . The information you provide is crucial for ISP’s own reporting and for future evaluations. For any information given separately, please refer to a corresponding enclosure or web address. The completed form with enclosures must be emailed to the responsible program director, and must be sent as an MS Word file (not as converted to pdf).Pictures are welcome, for possible inclusion in ISP’s Annual Report.

1. Organization

Program (Physics / Chemistry / Mathematics) Research Group code/ Network acronym

Leader(s) (Research Group leader/Network coordinator/Deputy leader: title, given name, family name)

AddressDepartment/unit:University/institute:Street (visiting address):P.O Box number:City:

Post/zip code:Country:

E-mail address(es):Website:Telephone and telefaxOffice Home Mobile Fax

Full title of Research Group/Network

Report seen by Head of Department/Chairperson:

………………………………………………………………………………………………/ Signature/Name in printing

Network Structure (Networks only. E.g. list of participating nodes/countries)

The following enclosures are submitteda) RBM log frame with follow-up1

b) Publications and theses (abstracts) c) Certified/Audited2 statement of accounts for 2017 d) Revised budget for 2018e) Other (specify):

Yes / No Date

Leader’s signature

1 See RBM guidelines at www.isp.uu.se/documents.2 If applicable, see Financial reporting instructions at www.isp.uu.se/documents.

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http://www.isp.uu.se/documents

http://www.isp.uu.se/documents

Deadline 15 February 2018

2. Background

a) Describe the overall goals of the activity, and the strategy to achieve them.

b) Give a brief history of the project/network.

c) Give the scientific background, relevance and justification. Indicate how activities align with applicable policy/strategy (e.g. at University and National level).

3. Research Results (NOTE that details of awarded degrees are to be listed in 5c and dissemination in sections 7-9)

a) Give an overall description of research activities carried out in 2017.

b) Give the main research results in 2017.

4. Overall Results Analysis

a) Relate all results in 2017 to the specific objectives of the research group/network. If applicable, list the RBM log frame objectives, including overall objective and specific objectives. (See RBM guidelines). For each objective, write briefly about what was done to achieve it and which were the results – or whether results were not yet achieved.

b) Analyze why, or why not, results have been achieved. Comment on the (limiting or favorable) conditions for reaching the results.

c) Were the results in line with expected/planned outcomes? Motivate your answer.

d) Give an estimate of how far the group/network has come in the fulfillment of the stated objectives.

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5. Staff and students

a) List all staff in the group/network working with research within the activities reported. Networks list members of Board or Management Committee, node coordinators, etc. Note that “support staff” (Supp.) comprises all non-academic and undergraduate staff, e.g. laboratory assistants, technicians, secretaries, etc. For each person listed, indicate gender (F = Female; M = Male). Staff members who also are active students must also be listed under 5b.

Gender (F/M)

Given name, family name Position held/ Function3

Staff qualifications PhD Other Ac. Supp.

(Insert more rows as needed, or just write below the table)

b) List all students in the group/network actively working with research within the activities reported. Students to be included should be both those who benefit directly from the ISP support (fellowships) and those who benefit indirectly by using consumables and equipment provided through the ISP grant. Indicate type of postgraduate programs for the students; i.e. Sandwich type (training at home institute alternating with training abroad) or Local (only at home institute). Staff members, who also are active students, must also be listed here. Please delete examples before entering own data.

Gender(F/M)

Full name and email

Target degree (PhD/MPhil/MSc)

Tentative title of thesis/ subject

Start. year

Grad. year

Staff Sandwich/local

(If sandwich: state period, place and supervisor of the abroad training in the reporting yearIf local: state direct or indirect benefit of ISP grant)

M José Karga, [email protected]

PhD Physical characterization of atmospheric aerosols: application to radiative forcing

2012 2018 Sandwich , Direct benefitMarch-May 2013,Uppsala UniversitySuperv. Prof Peter Andersson

F Aida Solomon,Aida. [email protected]

PhD Modelling thermal convection in solar tower systems

2014 2019 x LocalIndirect benefit

(Allow this and the following lists to expand over page boundaries as necessary)

3 Indicate deputy leader/coordinator, if applicable

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mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]


c) List all students awarded degrees in 2017 (MSc/MPhil and PhD). Note that title of thesis should be listed under the table (Full abstracts in Enclosure b). Please delete example before entering own data.

Gender(F/M)

Full name and email

Awardeddegree

Start. year

Grad. date

University of graduation

Students have published results before graduating(Yes/No)

Sandwich/local

F Betty Mamba,[email protected]

PhD 2009 4 April2017

University x Yes Sandwich


List title of theses as: Given name, Family name (Gender). Title of thesis. Degree awarded.

1. Betty Mamba (F). Analysis of residual amount of DDTs in different parts of Ruhi and Catla fish samples from Chalan Beel area and fatty acid composition of the fish oil. PhD

d) Follow-up question: Is the number of yearly Master’s and Doctoral graduations over or under the expected number of graduations? Please comment and explain the reasons for any deviations.

e) List all students who left the program in 2017 without graduating. If known, state for what reasons, and details of their present position/situation. Please delete example before entering own data.

Gender(F/M)

Full name and e-mail Target Degree(PhD/MPhil/MSc)

Start year

Reasons for leaving the studies, if known

New affiliation, if known

M Joe [email protected]

PhD 2013 Got accepted for a PhD position in US, and left the group half a year after starting.

PhD student at University x in USA.


f) Follow-up questions: Comment on any trend of leaving/staying students in perspective of previous years. Are there common reasons? Which? What strategy could be adopted to reduce any loss of students?

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6. Gender distribution

a) Comment on the gender balance among staff and students in the group, compared to previous years. Has it changed? If so, how?

b) State what you believe is the reason for the gender distribution.

c) State your research group’s planned strategy to achieve gender balance (if not already the case). Could ISP be helpful for reaching this goal? How?

d) Does you university/institution/department have a documented gender policy?

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7. Publications

List under the correct category publications that were published in 2017. Please list information in the order given in the tables, as it will be pasted into the ISP Annual Report for 2017. Do not list material published in 2016 or earlier, or submitted manuscripts even if accepted, only what was actually published in 2017.

a) Publications in scientific journals in 2017. (Provide full abstracts in Enclosure b). Please delete example before entering own data.

Author(s) (Year). Title. Journal, ISSN-number, Vol.: Pages. DOI4

Indicate how large a part of the work was performed at home University (<25%, 25-50%, >50%)

Was ISP support acknowledged (Yes/No)

Information should be given in the following format: B. Ngameni, V. Kuete, P. Ambassa, J. Kamga, LM. Moungang, A. Tchoukoua, R. Roy, BT. Ngadjui, M. Tetsuya (2017). Synthesis and evaluation of anticancer activity of Oallylchalcone derivatives. Med. Chem., 3(3): 233-237. DOI: 10.4172/2161-0444.100014 (25-50%)

Yes

(Insert more rows as needed, or just write below the table) b) Publications in conference proceedings in 2017. (Provide full abstract in Enclosure b). Note that

published abstracts of conference contributions in 2017 are given under 8b. Please delete example before entering own data.

Author(s) (Year). Title. Conference Name, Location, Date. Proceeding’s name, Pages. DOI5

Indicate how large a part of the work was performed at home University (<25%, 25-50%, >50%)


Information should be given in the following format: G. Camara, S. Despres, R. Djedidi (2017). Design of schistosomiasis ontology. Proceedings of the 14th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics, Copenhagen, Denmark, 19-23 August 2017, pp 466-470. DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-289-9-466 (25%)

No


c) Scientific books and book chapters, etc. published in 2017. (Provide full abstract in Enclosure b). Please delete example before entering own data.

Author(s) (Year). Title. Book Title, Editor(s), Pages. City of publication: name of publisher. ISBNIndicate how large a part of the work was performed at home University (<25%, 25-50%, >50%)


Information should be given in the following format: W. Mammo (2017). The role of IPICS in enhancing research on the synthesis and characterization of conducting polymers at Addis Ababa University. Chemistry for Sustainable Development in Africa, Ameenah Gurib Fakim, Jacobus Nicolaas Eloff (Eds.), pp. 195-213. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag. ISBN 978-3-642-29642-0 (25-50%)

Yes


4 Digital Object Identifier (www.doi.org) – to be provided if available5 Digital Object Identifier (www.doi.org) – to be provided if available

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http://www.doi.org/

http://www.doi.org/


d) Popular publications/technical reports in 2017.

Author, Title, Medium, DOI6


e) Follow-up question: Is the number of publications in 2017 more or less than the expected? Please comment and explain.

6 Digital Object Identifier (www.doi.org) – to be provided if available

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http://www.doi.org/


8. List of contributions to conferences etc.

List all conferences, workshops, meetings, seminars and courses arranged or attended by staff and students in your group/network in 2017, and give data about contributions as applicable.

a) List conferences/workshops/courses/meetings organized by you in 2017. Please delete examples before entering own data.

Name of event, Venue, Dates (no of participants)Information should be given in the following format:49th NITUB Training Program on HPLC, BCSIR, Dhaka, Bangladesh 24-29 Aug (19 part.)Course on Insect Plant Interactions, Cochabamba, Bolivia, 10-12 Nov (25 part.)


b) List all contributions by your group to conferences/workshops/courses/meetings in 2017, including invited lectures at external institutions/organizations. Please delete example before entering own data.

Author(s), Title of the presentation. (Oral or Poster), Name of event, Dates, Venue

Oral or Poster

Invited speakeryes/no

Information should be given in the following format: D. Fuentes, S. Halldin, K.J. Beven, C.Y. Xu, Width Function for Flood Hydrograph Estimation at Ungauged Basin. (P), European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 7–12 April 2017, Vienna

Poster No


c) Follow-up question: Is the number of contributions from your group to conferences/workshops/courses and/or meetings 2017 over or under the expectation? Please comment and explain the reasons for any deviations.

d) List all conferences/workshops/courses/meetings attended by group/network members without scientific contributions in 2017.

Participant, Name of event, Venue, Dates


e) List all seminars/courses arranged by you on the MSc/PhD/other level in 2017.Author, Title of presentation, Location, Date, Level, Number of attendees Part of seminar series, Y/N


f) Follow-up question: If seminars are not part of an organized seminar series – what are the plans with regard to introducing such series?

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9. Outreach activities and application of research

Note! This section is just as important as the reporting of research results.

a) Outreach activitiesDescribe any interaction (meetings, participation in committees, etc.) with government/ society/industry/NGOs in the country, in the region or in global conventions, etc., including unpublished reports to authorities, media exposure, public lectures and open houses etc. Were the outreach activities on your initiative or by invitation? Give account for any tangible or expected effects of outreach activities, including possibilities for policy influence.

b) Follow-up question: Can outreach activities be improved and, if so, how? Which additional outreach activities can be initiated to strengthen the activities?

c) Awards, honors and appointmentsGive examples on how activities and outcomes have strengthened and benefitted researchers and stakeholders nationally and regionally; including new assignments. E.g. list staff members, who took new positions in 2017, received awards, were given other honors, or were appointed to boards, government committees, etc. For staff members, who took new positions, please give new affiliation and email address. How have stakeholders benefitted, for example the public, collaborators, and any group affected or concerned by the research activities?

d) Follow-up question: Have your activities and outcomes led to new strengths and benefits? Which? Please comment and motivate your answer.

e) Application and use of research results and skills of group/network members and graduatesHave the research or skills of your group/network come to use in practice or influenced policy in any way? Describe the use of research results and skills, including for example consultancy services performed by group/network members, contribution to committees, any influence on policies or practices, any results used in patents or by the industry, or resulting in new products or formation of companies.

f) Follow-up question: Which results do you expect will be particularly useful? How can this best be realized?

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10. Scientific contacts and cooperation

a) List external cooperating scientists (at your own university/institute, nationally, regionally, or internationally) that were engaged in active collaboration with your research group/network in 2017.

Gender(F/M

Title Full name Affiliation and country

b) Follow-up question: Would additional collaborators be needed? In which scientific specialties?

11. Scientific exchange

a) Specify all visitors from your group in 2017. Sandwich students already listed under 5b should be excluded here. Postdocs are specified under 12b. Please delete example before entering own data.

Scientist/fellow name (Gender) purpose of visit, visited institute, host, country, period (yymm – yymm). Financial support.Dr. Betty Nanyonnga Kivumbi (F) paid a research visit to Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland, May-July 2017. The visit was funded by Lappeenranta University of Technology.

b) Specify all visitors to your group in 2017. Postdocs are specified under 12b. Please delete example before entering own data.

Title, Full name (Gender), Affiliation, country, period (yymm - yymm), purpose of visit. Financial support.Prof. Ingmar Persson (M) from SLU, Sweden, visited Dept. Chemistry, Univ. Ouagadougou in April-May 2017, to discuss scientific studies of arsenic issues in Burkina Faso. The visit was funded by IPICS BUF:02.

c) Follow-up question: Has scientific exchange strengthened research activities and students? How? How can scientific exchange be developed further to benefit development of activities?

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12. Other funding

a) Specify all other sources of grants, donations, and other monetary contributions available 2017, besides from what was received from ISP, including research funding from own university/institution. NOTE! If you received a three-year grant, only specify the amount available during the reporting year.

Source of grant (Besides from ISP) 2017 Amount/Currency


b) Specify any funding received for postdocs during the year, besides ISP funds. Postdocs can be either people visiting your institute or people from your institute visiting elsewhere.

Source of postdoc grant Recipient, host institution and period

Amount/Currency


c) Follow-up question: Do you have any ongoing or planned proposals for complementary funding to the group/network? Comment.

d) Provide an estimate the monetary value of the “in-kind contributions”. That is, costs covered by your own university/institution necessary to sustain the ISP supported research activities during 2017, as well as in-kind contributions by other organizations, that are used in the ISP-supported activities.

NOTE! ISP considers in-kind contributions just as important as monetary contributions because it gives the real total cost of a project. It may be the only contribution an institution can make to the project and donors may require co-funding. ISP will at this stage consider as in-kind contributions all co-funding by the institution where the research group/network coordination office (and node, if applicable) is located, as well as all non-monetary contributions by other organizations, that are used in the ISP-supported activities.

For the results to be useful, in-kind contributions will have to be estimated to reasonable accuracy. However, a rough estimate is better than no information at all. Documents that certify the value of in-kind contributions may be presented with applications for support and activity reports. Please read guidelines “Calculating in-kind contributions” before completing the table. (These guidelines can be downloaded from www.isp.uu.se/documents).

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In-kind cost Item(See guidelines for examples on calculations)

Estimate amount for reporting year only (and give currency)

Manpower costs

Manpower costs include salaries such as the salary of the leader/coordinator, the salary of other staff in laboratory and the salary of other personnel including secretaries, assistants and technicians. Include the value of any work by volunteers/ resource persons that is benefitting your activities.

Please use percentage of yearly salary, or person-day market rates in the country or district. Provide the estimate per calendar year. Examples are given in guidelines.

Value of office services/amenities

Please estimate the value of services such as electricity, water, gas, telephone, printer and internet, per calendar year. Examples are given in guidelines.

Value of premises

Please use the rental value of the availed premises where work is being done including laboratory and office space as well as meeting rooms. Provide the estimate per calendar year. Examples are given in guidelines.

Use of laboratory equipment

Please calculate the depreciation of each piece of equipment over ten years and factor down according to usage in the group/network, or do the same type of calculation for all the equipment in the laboratory. This applies to usage of equipment provided by other than ISP, and at other laboratories. If justified, do a similar calculation for office equipment. Provide the estimate per calendar year. Examples are given in guidelines.

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Use or provision of laboratory consumables

Please use market price of materials and components as supplied, per calendar year.

Use of software

Please use either the cost of the software license for the period of use or the cost depreciated over three years. Calculate the value of the share used in the ISP-funded activity. Provide the estimate per calendar year.

Use or provision of data

Where data is pre-existing, but not in the public domain then estimate the value of the data. Provide the estimate per calendar year.

Use of vehicles

If a vehicle is lent for the project please then use the average per month or day cost using the official rent price of that vehicle specific for that locality multiplied by days / months used. Please note that fuel can also be shown as in-kind – if it is not funded by ISP, or any other donor (the monetary contribution of which has already been accounted for in the report). The use of fuel is shown through a compilation of all receipts, or estimated by the milage of use related to fuel consumption and cost. Provide the estimate per calendar year.

Use of constructions or buildings

If construction or buildings are given or donated to the project activities for the period that is sufficient to fully reach planned results and impact, and will remain as property of the institution afterwards, the full price of the building(s) may be shown, supported by official document or data proving the price (Real Estate Register; Department of Statistics or other official institutions) or by the document signed by the owner or giver. If contributions or buildings are given or lent for the project activities only for time of project duration, please use the official rent price per month multiplied by amount of months. Provide the estimate per calendar year.

Other, specify:Other, specify:


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e) Follow-up question: Are there difficulties finding out these figures, and, if so, what are the difficulties? If figures cannot be estimated, please describe in words how the research group and the activities benefit from institutional services, etc. Are overhead costs paid on money transferred for local use? What percentage is withheld and at which administrative level?

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13. Equipment

a) To what extent does the group/network have access to equipment needed to perform research at the home institution, via collaboration with other institutions, or via external facilities?

Fully To a large extent To some extent To a small extent Not at all☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐

b) Follow-up on a): What are the main hindrances for access to equipment and how can they be overcome?

c) List all relevant equipment available, and used by the research group, at the department in 2017. Start with the most important equipment. Indicate whether properly functioning or not, and if the cause for any malfunction is known or suspected, and if the equipment needs to be substituted or repaired.

Equipment type, model, and name of manufacturer

Funded or donated by whom?

Year acquired

Fully functional, yes/noIf no, indicate why and the need for repair or substitution


d) Comment on needs of maintenance and repair.

e) List below new equipment needed in the near future, with justification. Specify as far as possible.

Equipment needed Justification Estimated cost (Currency)

Foreseen source of funding


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14. Environmental impact

a) Indicate which of the following measures your group/network already has implemented to reduce negative natural environmental impact.

Does your group/organization: Yes No

A strategy to reduce negative environmental impact caused by travelling and transportation?

The use e-meeting techniques?A strategy to reduce the use of electric power?Considering environment impact criteria in procurement?Practicing sorting of waste categories for recycling?A system for scrapping decommissioned equipment?A management system for chemical and hazardous waste?Internal discussion of how any negative environmental impact of your activities can be reduced?Engagement in external activities – in research, dissemination and/or society outreach – on how negative environmental impacts may be reduced?

b) Follow-up question: Comment on the no-answers in the previous question, if any. What are the reasons why some measures have not been implemented? Are there plans to do it in the future? Are there structural obstacles, such as regulations or lack of regulation/technology, etc.? Also comment on the practicing of measures in general to reduce negative natural environmental impact.

15. Future

a) Describe general plans for the future.

b) Describe any planned changes in the strategy for development of activities.

c) Have you taken any measures to increase the sustainability of your activities? If so which?

16. Other information

a) Mention any problems or challenges, which may have impeded or delayed work.

b) Provide any additional information. E.g. separate internal reports, pictures, or comments from performed activities, and such. Attach additional pages if necessary, or list additional enclosures provided or web pages referred to. If possible, adapt the resolution of any inserted pictures to reduce the size in order to facilitate electronic transfer of documents.

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17. ISP Gender Equality Grant

Note! Only for groups and networks awarded the gender equality activity grant (applied for together with project funds).

a) Give a description of the gender activities carried out with the Gender Equality Grant during 2017, including which needs/issues you are addressing with your activities.

b) Provide a financial report of the carried out gender activities 2017.

c) Was the activity successful? Did you get the results you expected?

d) What did you learn? And how and what do you think will be important to address in future activities?

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