Funder
Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA: 2023 Call for Applications
Added date
08/06/2023
Closing date
04/09/2023
Call summary
The Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund competitively awards grants of between £1,000 and £20,000, for:
research costs (such as reagents, fieldwork and equipment)
research-related travel between Cambridge and Africa (bearing in mind feasibility of travel due to COVID restrictions)
conducting research training activities in Africa (e.g. setting up courses/workshops).
Scientific scope
All disciplines.
PI eligibility
The Fund supports pairs of researchers (post-doctoral level and above) from the University of Cambridge (or an affiliated institution such as the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, NIAB and British Antarctic Survey) and sub-Saharan African institutions, across all disciplines, to initiate and/or strengthen research collaborations. To date, 300 awards have been made, to enable Cambridge researchers to engage with African colleagues from 34 African countries. Some awardees have been able to use the preliminary results from their seed fund / research collaboration to apply for and win significant funding (e.g. Royal Society/Leverhulme Awards, Global Challenges Research Fund, etc.). For this round, we may be able to consider applications from North Africa.