TWAS-DFG Cooperation Visits Programme 2025 for Sub-Saharan Africa (Funded) – YOA

Deadline: May 19, 2025

Applications are open for the TWAS-DFG Cooperation Visits Programme 2025 for Sub-Saharan Africa. The TWAS-DFG Cooperation Visits Programme offers postdoctoral researchers dwelling and dealing in sub-Saharan Africa with the OPPORTUNITY to make a 3-month ‘Cooperation Visit’ to a analysis institute in Germany. Such visits have to be undertaken inside 12 months of the award.

The intention of the go to is to provoke analysis collaboration between African and German scientists with the last word purpose of growing longer-time period hyperlinks, maybe via different Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, or German Research Foundation) programmes.

Benefits

• DFG will cowl journey bills and supply subsistence prices for the keep in Germany. The administration and monetary operation of TWAS is undertaken by UNESCO in accordance with an settlement signed by the 2 organizations.

Eligibility

• Applicants want to carry a PhD obtained not sooner than 2020; nonetheless, for feminine candidates the 12 months restrict for the PhD could be prolonged by two years per child, i.e. for a girl with one child the PhD 12 months can be 2018 or later. This exception for feminine candidates has a restrict of three kids which equals a most of six years. Therefore, the PhD of a feminine applicant with three or extra kids shouldn’t have been obtained earlier than 2014.
• Applicants have to be engaged in a science system (together with graduate and postgraduate coaching, analysis, educating) in a sub-Saharan African nation for at the very least 5 years previous to the decision.
• Applicants already on website in Germany usually are not eligible.
• Applicants with a longtime collaboration with the supposed host usually are not eligible. Examples of established collaboration embody one frequent publication with the host Professor; the host Professor was beforehand the applicant’s MSc or PhD supervisor; or different varieties of intensive collaboration. Preparatory interactions (reminiscent of digital conferences, together with different types of communication) previous to the deliberate visitor go to are inspired.
• Previous recipients of a TWAS-DFG Cooperation Visit can’t reapply. For a second go to, the German host can apply for funding below the DFG Initiation of International Collaboration Programme.
• Women scientists are particularly inspired to apply.
• All tutorial fields will probably be thought of.

Application

Applicants should full the net application kind. While filling within the on-line application, candidates additionally must add the next documentation:

• scanned copy of your passport, even when expired (web page together with your identify and surname);
• a current invitation letter from a German host:
  • most two pages on the host establishment’s letterhead paper,
  • it ought to include the proposed time of the go to (as much as 3 months) and will discuss with the proposed cooperation. The outcomes of the choice will probably be obtainable in January/February 2026. Therefore, the go to can happen between February 2026 and February 2027.
  • It must be made evident that the applicant and the proposed host have mutually agreed on the analysis proposal that will probably be submitted;
  • affirmation that the mandatory analysis services can be found;
• two reference letters from senior scientists aware of your work. The letters have to be on headed paper and signed;
• copy of the PhD certificates;
• proof of proficiency in both English or German;
• supporting assertion from the Head/Director of the applicant’s home institute: it should affirm that the Head/Director is beneficial to the application and that the applicant will probably be granted go away to take up the cooperation go to in Germany if awarded.

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For extra info, go to TWAS.