Biennial African School on Fundamental Physics and its Applications

Michigan State University, East Lansing MI

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Abstract

This award provides partial support for US students and lecturers to attend the second "Biennial African School on Fundamental Physics and its Applications" to be held in KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana, from July 15 to August 4, 2012. There will be three main topics at the school: 1) theoretical physics, 2) experimental sub-atomic physics and 3) accelerators and technologies. The contents will be aimed primarily at doctoral students and on students finishing their last year of university studies, but young researchers will also be encouraged to apply. This school will serve as an opportunity for US students and professional physicists to interact with their counterparts in sub-Saharan Africa and to form collaborations and partnerships. The program is supported jointly by NSF Division of Physics, through its programs in Elementary Particle Physics Experiment and Theory, and the NSF Office of International Science and Engineering through its Global Venture Fund.