Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund 2024
The Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund is accepting applications for its 2024 program, which is open to qualified African researchers. The fund, established in 2012 with support from The ALBORADA Trust, aims to promote collaboration between researchers at the University of Cambridge and African institutions across various disciplines. Grants of up to £20,000 are available for research costs, travel, and training activities.
Details:
The Fund supports pairs of researchers (post-doctoral level and above) from the University of Cambridge or an affiliated institution and African institutions from sub-Saharan Africa to initiate and /or strengthen research collaborations.
Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund 2024 | DETAILS
The Research Fund is to encourage research, training and engagement activities between Cambridge and sub-Saharan Africa. It is also to serve as seed fund/catalyst to enable the development of new research activity and further joint funding applications.
The Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund competitively awards grants of between £1,000 and £20,000 for research costs, research-related travel between Cambridge and Africa, conducting research training activities in Africa.
Eligibility:
To be eligible for the Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund program, applicants must meet the following criteria:
- There must exist a research collaboration between applicants from Cambridge and sub-Saharan African institution where both applicants agree to work together.
- Both applicants must be based at the University of Cambridge or its affiliated institution and a research institution or university in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Both applicants must be at post-doctoral level or above, and by completing an application it is understood that they are both doing so with support from their Head of Department or equivalent.
- Both applicants should have a formal link to a research group/department/faculty in their home institution.
How to Apply:
Interested applicants for the Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund 2022 are to both register and complete a savable online application form.
To access the form, the Cambridge based applicant must Register Here. Only applicants with @cam.ac.uk, @sanger.ac.uk, @babraham.ac.uk, @bas.ac.uk and @niab.ac.uk email addresses can register.
The Cambridge-based applicant must then log in to the ALBORADA Research Fund application form, where they will see the words “Invite a 2nd applicant to view/edit this submission”. Click on this link in order to invite the Africa-based applicant to register and edit the forms.
Final submissions should include the following documents:
- Case for support and a lay summary
- An itemized budget (template provided)
- A letter of support from the department/faculty of the Cambridge Principal Investigator (PI)
- A letter of support from the department/institution of the African PI
- CVs (maximum 2 pages) for both the Cambridge and Africa PI
- Details of two referees should be provided.
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