AWHF Moses Mapesa Research Grant 2026/2027 for Young Professionals (5,000 USD) – Opportunities For Africans

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Application Deadline: 31 July 2025

Applications at the moment are open for the 2025 AWHF Moses Mapesa Research Grant. The AWHF is happy to announce the Moses Mapesa Research Grant, established to assist African doctoral and grasp’s college students conducting analysis within the area of pure and cultural heritage. This grant goals to advance scholarly work by offering monetary assist—significantly for fieldwork-related actions—centered on World Heritage Sites and properties included on nationwide Tentative Lists throughout Africa. Through this initiative, AWHF seeks to strengthen educational engagement and construct a brand new era of African consultants devoted to the safety, conservation, and sustainable administration of the continent’s wealthy heritage.

Eligibility

The name is open to college students who’re:

1. Currently or shall be registered in 2026 in a Doctoral or Master’s programme (Masters 2 for Francophone international locations) at an African college and conducting dissertation analysis within the area of both pure or cultural heritage at an African World Heritage Site, or website listed on a nationwide tentative checklist,
2. Fluent in English, French, or Portuguese,
3. Citizens of an African Union Member State which is occasion to the 1972 World Heritage Convention.

Grant Support

Grant quantities will differ relying on analysis proposals, with a most award of USD Five Thousand (5,000.00). The fieldwork analysis must be carried out in not than 9 months from the signature of the contract (May 2026 to February 2027). The award will assist analysis tasks centered on the next subjects associated to a World Heritage or a tentative listed website in Africa:

1.  Traditional (custodianship) administration techniques,
2. Heritage danger administration and preparedness,
3. Heritage in battle and post-conflict conditions,
4. Heritage administration and conservation,
5. Heritage and local weather change,
6. Heritage presentation and interpretation,
7. Heritage and economics/entrepreneurship,
8. Heritage and sustainable improvement,
9. Heritage promotion and consciousness,
10. Heritage, authorized/police frameworks, and human rights,
11. Heritage and digital applied sciences and synthetic intelligence,
12. Heritage and Authenticity
13. Heritage, Youth, and Intergenerational Knowledge Transmission

Please observe that the subject needs to be related to World Heritage (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/) or tentative listed (http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/) websites in Africa. Please view the hyperlinks above for a listing of web sites per nation.

Application Package

All candidates ought to submit the next application package deal:

The accomplished application kind (co-signed by the supervisor);

1. A letter of motivation by the applicant (1 web page most),
2. Applicant’s up to date curriculum vitae (2 pages most),
3. Proof after all registration and /or letter of acceptance from increased studying institute or University,
4. Research proposal (2 pages most) together with the next:
   • Full title, affiliated college, nation, diploma stage, title of analysis and associated World Heritage or tentative listed website,
   • Description of analysis (Goal/targets, analysis query/s, relevance, significance, justification , scope, and anticipated outcomes),
   • Research methodology (method, timeframe, evaluation),
   • Bibliography,
   • Budget (point out funds from all sources, stating particularly the sector work objects this grant could be for with justifications as to the necessity).
   • Budget that features sources and quantities of supportive funds, if any.

Incomplete functions and functions that don’t fulfill all necessities said above won’t be thought-about.

Application Procedures

1. The application kind (English, French and Portuguese variations) may be downloaded beneath.
2. Completed functions ought to be submitted through the Moses Mapesa Grant 2026/27 Application Link earlier than the deadline. No bodily copies shall be accepted.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the AWHF Moses Mapesa Research Grant