The CIBiG team is pleased to welcome applicants for its 2025 cohort.
Training period: November 17 December 12, 2025 Venue: WAVE, Pole Scientifique et d’Innovation, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny (Bingerville, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire).
The course will be given in French; slides and other learning materials will be in English.
| Phase | Dates | Workload | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online introductory courses | November 10-14 2025 | ~12h | One week of synchronous & asynchronous sessions to prepare for the facetoface block |
| Onsite intensive modules | November 17 December 12 2025 | ~153h | Handson training at WAVE |
| Tutored internship on a bioinformatics platform | January-February 2026 | 2 months | Conducted in your host institution under joint supervision |
The curriculum covers biology, NGS sequencing, Linux, Python/R, scientific reproducibility (conda, Singularity, Git, Snakemake), data analysis and visualisation.
Detailed module descriptions are available here.
Application deadline: 16 June 2025 23:59 (GMT) Results announcement: 1 July 2025 Places available: 15 (selection based on application files).
Submit all documents as separate PDFs via the online form: here
| Participant status | Fee (FCFA) | Includes |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | 2,000,000 | Tuition, course material, daily lunch during onsite block |
| Sponsored (grant holder) | 2,500,000 | Tuition, course material, daily lunch during onsite bloc |
Travel to Abidjan, accommodation and personal expenses are not covered and remain the participants responsibility.
Timetable graphics will be published soon. Stay tuned!
For further information, please email bioinfo@wave-center.org.