Boosting Africa's science economy by investing in early career researchers

Target group: Early Career Researchers

The African Academy of Sciences (AAS) announces a call for applications for the ARISE pilot programme, funded by the EU through the Pan-African Programme with a commitment of €25 million (~USD30M) to empower early career African researchers to deliver cutting-edge research across Africa.

The ARISE pilot programme is aligned to the EU and the AU priorities of cooperation, through the Pan-African Programme, with the aim of building the capacity of at least 40 emerging African researcher leaders across 40 African countries. The ARISE grantees will be awarded grants of up to €500,000 to start their own independent research teams and deliver cutting-edge research in any area of scientific endeavour, over a period of five years.