2025 session

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).

Language

The course will be given in French; slides and other learning materials will be in English.

Programme overview

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 process

Application deadline: 16 June 2025 23:59 (GMT) Results announcement: 1 July 2025 Places available: 15 (selection based on application files).

Required documents (PDF only)

  1. CurriculumVitae
  2. Motivation letter describing your objectives and how you will leverage the training
  3. Letter of recommendation
  4. Letter from an institutional supervisor committing to followup / cosupervise your internship

Submit all documents as separate PDFs via the online form: here


Training fees

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.


Provisional timetable images

Timetable graphics will be published soon. Stay tuned!


Contact

For further information, please email bioinfo@wave-center.org.