Opportunities in Research, Training, and Funding

National Research Foundation Awards for outstanding researchers in South Africa. Deadline: 4/30/21
Ocean Innovation Challenge 2nd Call: Sustainable Fisheries by UNDP. Deadline: 5/9/21
Training, pilot, and small/large research grants for the Study of Problems of Nutrition in the World by the Nestlé Foundation. Deadline: 5/10/21
Tiny Beam Fund Burning Questions Fellowship Awards to understand and find solutions to industrial food animal production’s negative impacts. Deadline: 5/14/21
Ekhagastiftelsen Foundation Grants to promote human health by supporting the development of better food. Deadline: 5/20/21
Islamic Development Bank Transform Fund to support Member Countries' response to recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. Deadline: 5/31/21
TWAS-CSIR Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme for young scientists from developing countries. Deadline: 7/31/21
PhD and Postdoctoral awards by ICGEB Arturo Falaschi Fellowship Programmes. Deadline: 9/30/21
Research and education projects in biodiversity & conservation funded up to $1,500 by IDEA WILD (no deadline)
Science & PINS Prize for Neuromodulation

Wageningen Graduate Schools Sandwich PhD Programme. Deadline: 5/18/21
Scholarship program by DAAD in all academic disciplines
Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa+ (CARTA+)
Africa Capacity Building Initiative (ACBI) by the UK's DFID and Royal Society
Initiative to Develop African Research Leaders (IDeAL) in Kenya by the Wellcome Trust
Sub-Saharan African Consortium for Advanced Biostatistical Training (SSACAB) in several Sub-Saharan countries by the African Academy of Sciences and the Wellcome Trust
Training Health Researchers into Vocational Excellence in East Africa (THRiVE)
African Postdoctoral Training Initiative (APTI) by the US's NIH Fogarty International Center (TBA for 2021)

World Food Prize for individual achievement that advances human development. Deadline: 5/1/21
TWAS-Fayzah M. Al-Kharafi Award recognizes women scientists from Scientifically and Technologically Lagging countries. Deadline: 5/12/21
TWAS─Samira Omar Innovation for Sustainability Award recognizes scientists from Least Developed Countries. Deadline: 5/12/21
TWAS─Abdool Karim Award in Biological Sciences to honour women scientists in Low Income African countries for their achievements in Biological Sciences. Deadline: 5/12/21
NOMIS & Science Young Explorer Award recognizes early-career researchers who ask fundamental questions at the intersection of the social and life sciences. Deadline: 5/15/21
Join the African Scientists Directory developed by ISC & ASSAf
The Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa (AESA) by the African Academy of Sciences
Sub-Saharan African Network for TB/HIV Research Excellence (SANTHE)
West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP)
Malaria Research Capacity Development in West and Central Africa (MARCAD)
Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI)
The KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Research Programme

Harnessing Science, Engineering and Medicine to Address Africa's Challenges: The Role of African National Academies (2019), a report by the InterAcademy Partnership.
Research capacity-building in Africa: Networks, institutions and local ownership (2012) by S Marjanovic et al. Request full text here.
Tackling the research capacity challenge in Africa: An overview of African-led approaches to strengthen research capacity (2019) by L Ngongalah et al. Full text available on bioRxiv.
Transforming the Institutional Landscape in Sub-Saharan Africa: Considerations for Leveraging Africa’s Research Capacity to Achieve Socioeconomic Development (2019) by the Center for Global Development. Download the PDF here.
Sustainability Science in a Global Landscape report (2017) by ⁦‪the Elsevier Foundation & SciDev.Net highlights examples of scientific capacity addressing sustainable development.

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