Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund 2025 (up to £20,000) – YOA

Deadline: September 5, 2025

Applications are open for the Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund 2025. The Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund was established in 2012, with beneficiant assist from The ALBORADA Trust. The Fund helps pairs of researchers (put up-doctoral degree and above) from the University of Cambridge (or an affiliated establishment such because the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, NIAB and British Antarctic Survey) and African establishments, throughout all disciplines, to provoke and/or strengthen analysis collaborations.

To date, 367 awards have been made, to allow Cambridge researchers to have interaction with African colleagues from 38 African nations. Some awardees have been in a position to use the preliminary outcomes from their seed fund / analysis collaboration to apply for and win vital funding (e.g. Royal Society/Leverhulme Awards, Global Challenges Research Fund, and so on.).

grant

The Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund competitively awards grants of between £1,000 and £20,000, for:

• analysis prices (comparable to reagents, fieldwork and tools)
• analysis-associated journey between Cambridge and Africa
• conducting analysis coaching actions in Africa (e.g. organising programs/workshops).

Eligibility

• Open to candidates from Cambridge and candidates from universities/institutes in Africa;
• Both candidates have to be at put up-doctoral degree or above, and by finishing an application, it’s understood that they’re each doing so with assist from their Head of Department or equal. Both candidates ought to have a proper hyperlink to a analysis group/division/college of their home establishment. It can be anticipated that each candidates stay employed past the tip date of their ALBORADA awards.
• The awards will not be supposed to assist post- graduate college students, nonetheless, restricted assist for college students (e.g. as part of a analysis undertaking or coaching go to) will likely be thought-about when there’s a clear demonstration that this may improve the connection between the Cambridge and African Principal Investigators (PIs)
• The Cambridge applicant have to be both working on the University of Cambridge, or at a Research Institute affiliated with the University. Previous profitable Cambridge candidates have included these from Wellcome-Trust Sanger Institute, National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) and British Antarctic Survey. The Cambridge candidates will act because the lead candidates, for administrative functions, because the awards have to be paid to their Cambridge Departments/Faculties/Institutes.
• The African applicant have to be primarily based in an African Research Institution or University.

Application

The on-line application kind has been designed to enable each candidates (Cambridge- and Africa-based) to log in, replace, save and ultimately submit electronically.

To entry the shape, the Cambridge primarily based applicant should Register here. Only candidates with @cam.ac.uk, @sanger.ac.uk, @babraham.ac.uk, @bas.ac.uk and @niab.com e mail addresses can register.

For extra info, go to Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund.