With the support of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), TWAS launches a new programme to strengthen the capacity of African countries lagging in science and technology: “Seed Grant for New African Principal Investigators”
The programme is specifically aimed at PhD graduates from selected African countries, who obtained their PhD abroad within the last 5 years and returned home within the last 36 months or will return home before the end of 2021.
Grants are awarded to promising high-level research projects in Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Information Computer Technology, Mathematics, Medical Sciences and Physics carried out in African countries lagging in science and technology identified by TWAS.
Grants will be provided to purchase scientific equipment, consumables and specialized literature.
Awarded PIs may also support MSc students as part of the project, request funding for international conference participation, industrial link grant, mobility grant and open access publication grant.
The call for 2021 will remain open until 27 July 2021.
Full details about the SG-NAPI Programme are available on the TWAS website.
Please note that this information has expired.
