Applications have opened for the Nairobi-based Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI) startup accelerator, which will provide mobility startups with support worth US$20,000. The TUMI accelerator is an initiative of the Computing for Development Lab (C4DLab) at the University of Nairobi in Kenya, and will provide technical and financial support towards provision of transformative solutions to […]
Swiss – sub-Saharan Africa Business Development Program
Bring your science based startup to next level! Maximise the potential of your booming startup with a fast-track Afro-Swiss acceleration program. If you are an entrepreneur or a startup from an Sub-Saharan African innovation hub in the field of Mobile health, Pharmacometrics, Innovative Financing or Digital Humanities then join the Swiss Sub-Saharan business development program. If you think […]
Africa research in Switzerland: Call for papers
1) Namibia Research Day (Basel, 5 October 2018) Further information: zasb.unibas.ch/call-namibia-research-day 2) Swiss Researching Africa Days (Bern, 26 – 27 October 2018) Further information: zasb.unibas.ch/call-swiss-researching-africa 3) Empire and globalisation(s). Circulations, exchanges and trans-imperial cooperation in Africa, 19th-20th centuries (Lausanne, 9 – 10 May 2019) Further information: zasb.unibas.ch/call-empire
Innovation Hub News: Across the African Continent
AfriLabs.com provides news for entrepreneurs and connects to innovation hubs all over Africa: mailchi.mp/c19631725b62/4qw0dwnqro-1340829?e=bae51faa28
African Union – EU Research Grants II
The African Union together with the European Union have launched the second Research Grants call in the thematic area of food nutrition security and sustainable agriculture (FNSSA). Focus is on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition. All relevant documents can be found at this weblink: au.int/en/aurg/2018?utm_source=RUFORUM+Mailing+List&utm_campaign=bde367ad7c-RUFORUM+Weekly+-+Vol.3+No.25&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcfbb8a0b-bde367ad7c-346988929&ct=t()&goal=0_1fcfbb8a0b-bde367a…? Deadline is imminent with 22nd of May 2018.
Call for Swiss – African research projects
Within the framework of Swiss research cooperation with scholars in South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa a call for advanced PhD students and early postdoctoral researchers has been launched. Applicants can apply for a visiting fellowship between 3 and 15 months. Eligible costs include equipment costs, research funds and mobility stipends. Projects should address any of […]
Call for seed money for cooperation with Mediterranean countries
In its function as the Swiss Leading House for the MENA region, the HES-SO is pleased to launch a new call for seed money for cooperation with Mediterranean countries. The goal of the seed money for cooperation with Mediterranean countries is to initiate larger joint activities or consolidating existing partnerships between Switzerland and Mediterranean countries […]
Call for Projects Switzerland-Russia, Program Starter & Innovation Seed Grants
The University of Geneva as Leading House for Russia and the CIS region is pleased to announce the launch of a Call for Projects. This Call is designed to provide seed funding for projects between academic stakeholders in Switzerland and Russia. Two types of projects will be considered, covering all scientific disciplines: – Program Starter Grants – Innovation Seed Grants The application […]
Bridging grants India
The Swiss Leading House for research cooperation with India announces bridging grants for already ongoing projects between Swiss and Indian scientists: www.zhaw.ch/en/research/leading-house-south-asia-and-iran/funding-instruments-india/ Application deadline: 20 January 2018 Contact for additional information: ZHAW School of Management and Law, Department International Business Stadthausstrasse 14, CH-8401 Winterthur, Switzerland leadinghouse@zhaw.ch
Voices of the Global South – UNESCO Conference at EPFL Lausanne, 27-29 June 2018
Are you interested in the development of innovative technology solutions to advance inclusive social and economic development in the Global South? The Second call for Papers (Extended Abstracts) for the 5th International Conference of the UNESCO Chair in Technologies for Development has been officially launched. Tech4Dev 2018, gives you an opportunity to: Ø Present your research at a unique multidisciplinary Conference […]