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Swiss Funding Initiatives
Collaborative Research with Africa has a long tradition in Switzerland. With 20% of all federal research-related funding invested into international cooperation, Switzerland established a strong global knowledge network. The basis for this network is a multitude of research projects across all scientific disciplines connecting professional experts and institutions alike. On a governmental level, the international collaboration efforts are coordinated by the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI. Swiss science and technology counsellors implement the networking capacities abroad through the global framework of Swissnex offices.
KFPE is the information hub for «North-South» research in Switzerland, both for researchers and for the target audience of the research. It promotes efficient, effective and equitable research cooperation with developing and transition countries. By doing so, KFPE contributes to sustainable development and to solving global problems.
The most important research funding agency is the semi-governmental Swiss National Science Foundation SNF/FNS with programmes on all scientific career levels. There is also a copious amount of smaller often more specific foundations and agencies in Switzerland providing research funding. A starting point for finding a relevant Swiss funding institution can be this link.
Collaborating Research
Institutions
The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF, German: Schweizerische Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung, SNF; French: Fonds national suisse de la recherche scientifique, FNS) is a science research support organisation mandated …
Swiss Institutions
Several higher education institutions in Switzerland are fulfilling a key role as leading houses for certain thematic or geographic areas in the cooperative efforts between research undertaken collaboratively in African countries and Switzerland:
Swiss TPH
Leading House for Swiss-African Research Cooperation SARECO
Public Health, Epidemiology and Infectiology
(Focus Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya and Uganda)
University of Basel
Leading House for the Swiss-South Africa Joint Research Programme SSAJRP
(Focus South Africa and Namibia)
HES-SO
The Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) commissioned the HES-SO as the Leading House for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The mandate will last from 2017 to 2020 and its overall goal is to develop scientific collaborations between Switzerland and countries of the MENA region.
African Institutions
There are numerous African Higher Education Institutions collaborating with Switzerland to perform research. A good entry point for your investigation are the programs of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS).
Collaborative Research
Projects
Vambo Academy, a South African startup company, provides tools and spaces for learners to explore, experience, and learn about African languages, cultures, traditions, people, and more at their own pace. Vambo Academy offers language learning and trans …
2. June 2023Zaio, a South African startup company, offers an Online Learning Management System (LMS) with various learning journeys in coding education. Zaio also creates and delivers customized learning programs for companies to upskill their employees or aid the …
16. May 2023Trail NG is a Nigeria-based ed-tech startup company that has created a platform enabling companies to identify skills gaps in their employees. The owner is Mr Mubarak Lawal of the University of Ibadan. Winner of the AIT-SASBI Spring Conference 2023.
16. May 2023Rwanda Green Lighting, a startup from Rwanda, harnesses airborne electrical energy to power street lights and areas still off the grid in Rwanda. The Chief Executive Officer is Ms Diane Mumararungu. Winner of the AIT-SASBI Spring Conference 2023 and pa …
16. May 2023
Fair Research Contracting
Based on KFPE’s 11 Principles and 7 Questions for fair and transparent cooperation in global research for development the Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED) and the Swiss Commission for Research Partnerships with the Global South (KFPE) have launched a new self-assessment tool for researchers and science institutions. This tool helps to validate key elements of research contract negotiations and contributes to establishing an equitable access to legal information.
COHRED Self Assessment Tool