Grant Opportunities for New African Principal Investigators

With the assist of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), UNESCO-TWAS introduces the Seed Grant for New African Principal Investigators (SG-NAPI). This programme is designed to strengthen the capability of African international locations lagging in science and expertise by supporting early-career researchers who’ve obtained their PhD overseas and have lately returned or are about to return to educational positions of their home international locations.

About the Grant

SG-NAPI gives monetary assist to promising high-level analysis initiatives throughout varied scientific fields, together with Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Information Computer Technology, Mathematics, Medical Sciences, and Physics. Grants are awarded to Principal Investigators (PIs) working in African international locations recognized by TWAS as lagging in science and expertise.

Funding Details:

• Maximum Grant Amount: USD 67,700
• Grant Duration: Typically 24 months
• Eligible Expenses: Scientific gear, consumables, partial fieldwork prices, upkeep of kit, and specialised literature. Salaries, journey unrelated to conferences/mobility elements, gasoline, consultancy charges, laptops, tablets, drones, or laboratory animals should not supported.

In addition to analysis funding, awarded PIs can apply for:

• MSc pupil assist
• International convention grants
• Industrial hyperlink grants
• Mobility grants
• Open entry publication grants
• Scientist-after-child grants (to assist feminine scientists returning after maternity go away)

Full particulars of every element can be found within the programme tips.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants should meet the next circumstances:

• Be a nationwide of an eligible African nation recognized as lagging in science and expertise.
• Hold a PhD obtained throughout the final 5 years from a rustic aside from their home nation.
• Be 40 years outdated or youthful on the time of application.
• Have returned to their home nation throughout the final 36 months or be planning to return earlier than the top of 2024.
• Hold or be within the technique of accepting an instructional or analysis place of their home nation.
• Must not presently maintain an energetic analysis grant with TWAS or the OWSD Early Career Women Scientists (ECWS) Fellowship.
• Submit a powerful analysis proposal (steering out there through AuthorAID).

Applications from girls scientists and researchers from Least Developed Countries are strongly inspired.

Important Note: Applicants can solely apply for one programme per 12 months from the TWAS and OWSD portfolio and should not eligible to take part in different TWAS Visiting Scientist or Visiting Professor programmes in the identical 12 months.

Agreement Terms

If chosen, a trilateral settlement shall be established between TWAS, the Principal Investigator, and the home establishment. The establishment commits to administering the grant, offering laboratory area, overlaying salaries, and making certain the required amenities for the venture. All gear, consumables, and literature bought via the grant will stay the property of the establishment upon venture completion.

Grant funds are managed by TWAS, which can course of purchases based mostly on authorized budgets and proforma invoices submitted by the PI. The settlement additionally outlines the method for activating different grant advantages, comparable to pupil assist and mobility grants. A last report is required inside one 12 months of the final buy.

How to Apply

1. Review the programme tips completely.
2. Submit your application on-line through the “Apply Now” hyperlink.
3. Each researcher might submit just one application at a time and should not apply for a number of TWAS programmes throughout the similar 12 months.

For any queries, please contact: sgnapi@twas.org

Application Deadline

The deadline for functions is 27 March 2025. Applicants are inspired to submit early to permit for well timed processing.

Notification

The SG-NAPI Grants Committee will overview functions by the top of the 12 months. Successful candidates shall be notified shortly after the committee assembly. Please be aware that present award holders of any TWAS programme should not eligible to apply till their ongoing initiatives are accomplished.

More Information

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