Roads to funding
PIE presents an overview of funding sources for education and research programmes with Southern partners.
Implementing the climate action pillar of the EU-African Union Partnership on Climate Change and Sustainable Energy
EU: HORIZON-CL5-2025-03-D1-07 Total indicative budget for the topic is € 4 million
Building a Long-Term Africa-EU R&I on Sustainable Renewable Energies joint collaboration
EU: HORIZON-CL5-2025-02-D3-15 € 4 million
GenAI for Africa
EU: Cluster 4 of Horizon Europe Budget € 1-2 million, total budget € 5 million, Research and Innovation Action, TRL 4 - TRL 6
Mother-Child Health / 1st 1000 days in LMICs
NWO: NWA-ORC Grant: €6,5 million Call open in 2025
The Water-Food nexus in rainfed agri-food systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: socio-economics and governance
NWO Deadline: 25 October 2024 (pre registration) & 13 May 2025 (full application) Budget: €8,545,000 Consortia with researchers from CGIAR Research Centres, Sub-Saharan African knowledge institutes and Dutch knowledge institutes (including universities of applied...
Long-term Europe – Africa WEF Nexus (LEAWEF) Multilateral Research Programme
NWO Deadline: 11 February 2025 (Concept notes); 14 July 2025 (Full proposals) Grant: €4 392 930 This call for proposals is the first call launched within the ‘Long-term Europe – Africa WEF-Nexus Multilateral Research Programme’ (LEAWEF). It invites broad consortia...
Call for Proposals 2024 (open) – EIT HEI Initiative
European Union (EU) Application deadline: 12 December 2024 Grant: Up to €540,000 (Phase 1), Up to €800,000 (Phase 2) The EIT HEI Initiative Call for Proposals 2024 has a strong focus on enhancing the quality and competitiveness of European higher education. It will...
Cross-Border Plant Health Support in Africa
Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), US Deadline: August 9th, 2024 Grant:$2,000,000 The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is a trade agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) with the mission to promote U.S. agricultural exports. FAS seeks to liberalize...
Thrive Global Impact Challenge
SVG Ventures, US Deadline: July 18th 2024 Grant: $1,000,000 The THRIVE Global Impact Challenge is a global search for the most innovative startups that are advancing a more sustainable future for agriculture. The urgency of the climate crisis is more apparent than...
The Water-Food nexus in rainfed agri-food systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: socio-economics and governance
NWO Deadline: October 15th, 2024 (pre-proposal) & May 13th, 2025 (full proposal) Grant: €1,400,000 Consortia with researchers from CGIAR Research Centres, Sub-Saharan African knowledge institutes and Dutch knowledge institutes (including universities of applied...
ADM-LAB: Livings Labs for Adaptive Delta Management in Bangladesh
NWO Deadline: October 1st, 2024 (phase I) & September 2nd, 2025 (phase II) Grant: €950,000 (phase I) and €970,000 (phase II) The Netherlands and Bangladesh, as densely populated delta countries, are susceptible to the effects of climate change. Effective natural...
COST: Open Call 2024
COST Deadline: October 10th, 2024 Grant: €575,000 spread over 4 years Participants are invited to submit COST Action proposals contributing to the scientific, technological, economic, cultural or societal knowledge advancement and development of Europe. Multi- and...
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