Fellowship/Professional Development Program
U.S. - Egypt Junior Scientist Development Visit Grants
On March 26, 2025, USAID informed the National Academy of Sciences that it should terminate all work on this activity. U.S. implementation of this activity has ended and any inquiries related to Egyptian activities under this program should be directed to the Egyptian Science, Technology & Innovation Funding Authority (stdf.eg).
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Cycle 20
Awarded Projects
- Design and Development of Some Novel Fluorene-based Dopant Free Hole Transport Materials for Low-Cost and High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells
- Developing and Evaluation of Novel Recombinant Proteins Cocktail Vaccine (AQP1, AQP2, Bm86 and VgR) Targeted Against Cattle Fever Tick Infestations
- Development of a Low Head Hydro Turbine System for the Nile River Egypt
- Development of Multiplexing Point of Care Diagnostic Platform Based on 3D Printed Pipette Tip for the Early Diagnosis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) from Body Fluids
- Efficient Water Harvesting from Atmosphere Using Nano-engineered Surfaces
- Molecular and Mitochondrial Effects of Persistent Organic Perfluorinated Compounds in Aquacultured Fish
- New Nutritional Supplements as Eco-friendly Agents to Improve Performance and Prevent Emerging Disease in Chickens: A focus on Salmonella enteritidis
- New Strategy for Cancer Prevention Revealed by Studying the Action of Glucosinolates’ Treatment on Proteome and Metabolome of Cancer Cells
- Novel Architectural Assembly for Instantaneous Imaging and Photodynamic Therapy of Cancers
Cycle 19
Awarded Projects
- Application of Dual Targeted Nanoparticles for Minimizing MDRs and Enhancing the Efficacy of Anti-Cancer Drugs
- Boronic Acid-Based Azodyes as Fluorescent Probes of Biomolecular Targets
- Building the Genius Hive: Using Data Science to Save the Honey Bees by Creating an Open Analytics Platform to Collect and Analyze the World’s Bee Data
- Development of Modern Wearable Electrochemical Biosensors for Diagnosing Translational Infectious Disease
- Integrated Battery Charging Using Photovoltaics
- Interactions of the Anticancer Drug Sodium Dichloroacetate with Glutathione Transferase Zeta
- Model for Quantitatively Evaluating Solar Energy Resource Development Potential for Cairo Metropolitan Region
- Novel Pleiotropic Mechanisms of Bioactive Phospholipids in Leukemia/Lymphoma Metastasis, and Their Antagonism for Post Radio – and /or Chemotherapy Treatment
- Phenotyping of Diverse Rice Germplasm for Increased Yield Potential Under the Effective Water-Saving Technology of Alternate Wetting and Drying Irrigation
- Solar Light Driven Photocatalytic Conversion of CO2 into Renewable Energy Fuels Over High Performance Nanoclusters/TiO2/Graphene-Based Nanocomposites
Cycle 18
Awarded Projects
- Applications of Magnetic 3D Cell Culture Technology (Bioprinting) to Evaluate Biological Activities of Herbal Natural Products
- Effect of Heat Stress on Bovine Mammary Stem Cells and Subsequent Mammary Epithelial Cell's Regeneration and Milk Production
- Identification of Receptors for Insecticidal Proteins from Bacillus Thuringiensis in the Fall Armyworm for the Development of Safe and Sustainable Biopesticides
- Impact of Chronic Stress by Cocaine Self-Administration on Learning-Related Genes of Hippocampus in Laboratory Rats
- Improving Drought Tolerance of Tomato by Using CRISPR/Cas9 Technology
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging Protocol Design, Development for Hepatic Imaging and Liver Cirrhosis Detection
- Metabolic and Biotechnological Approaches to Minimizing the Impacts of Abiotic Stress on Susceptibility of Date Palm Trees to Invasive Borers
- New Era in Studying the Characteristics of Immune Response During Fungal Infection to Develop Immunotherapies
- Studying the Mechanisms of Immunopathogenesis for Evaluation of Genetically Modified Vaccine Against Pathogenic Mycobacteria
- Super-Expeditious Assessment of Food-Born Contamination Using Hyperspectral Imaging Technique and Multivariate Analyses
Cycle 17
Awarded Projects
- Genetic Diversity of Toxoplasma Gondii Isolates from Egypt
- Genetic Injury Caused by LINE-1 Transposition
- Investigating Impacts of Extreme Climates Associated with Global Warming Physiology and Growth of Field Cotton
- Molecular Mechanisms Associated with Noni Plant Product in Ameliorating Heat Stress Productivity Loss in Broilers
- Multilocus Sequence Typing and FlaA Sequencing of Campylobacter Jejuni Isolated from Human, Animal, and Poultry
- Serum Anti-Müllerian Hormone (AMH) as a Biomarker to Predict Fertility and Embryonic Loss in Mares
- Targeting of Silver Nanoparticles Decorated Somatostatin Analogue for Treatment of Lung Cancer
- The Utility of Endoscopic Assisted Removal of Anterior Skull Base Tumors through Minimally Invasive Approaches
- Utilization of Bioactive Constituents as a Natural Herbicide for Perennial Weeds
- Visiting Scholar
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