The British Academy is inviting proposals for the next round of its International Interdisciplinary Research programme. Projects will be led by UK-based researchers in the humanities and social sciences working with international partners and wishing to develop genuinely interdisciplinary projects that range across all SHAPE and STEM disciplines on the theme of Transnational and Planetary challenges. The total funding available per award in this call is up to £300,000 over 2 years. Within that limit of £300,000 over 2 years the award is offered at 80% FEC (i.e. the total contribution requested from the Academy may not exceed £300,000 and the total project value at 100% FEC may not exceed £375,000). Funding can be used to support the time of the Principal Investigator and Co-Applicants; postdoctoral (or equivalent) research assistance; travel, fieldwork and related expenses; and networking costs. Awards are offered on an 80% full economic costing basis. Projects must begin in March/April 2026.Read more: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/knowledge-frontiers-international-interdisciplinary-research/    Read more

 The African Critical Inquiry Programme has named Maja Jakarasi as recipient of the 2025 Ivan Karp Doctoral Research Award. Jakarasi, a Zimbabwean student in the Anthropology Department, is working on his PhD at the University of the Western Cape. Support from ACIP’s Ivan Karp Award will allow Jakarasi to pursue significant research for his dissertation. He will do ethnographic research in Rushinga District, Zimbabwe and across the border in Mozambique as well as archival work in Harare, Zimbabwe for his project, Spiritual Transformation, Healing, and Mental Illness in Contemporary Zimbabwe.             Founded in 2012, the African Critical Inquiry Programme (ACIP) is a partnership between the Centre for Humanities Research at University of the Western Cape in Cape Town and the Laney Graduate School of Emory University in Atlanta. Supported by donations to the Ivan Karp and Corinne Kratz Fund, the ACIP fosters thinking and working across public cultural institutions, across disciplines and fields, and across generations. It seeks to advance inquiry and debate about the roles and practice of public culture, public cultural institutions, and public scholarship in shaping identities and society in Africa through an annual ACIP Workshop and through the Ivan Karp Doctoral Research Awards, which support African doctoral students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences enrolled at South African universities. About Maja Jakarasi’s project: Jakarasi’s research project, Spiritual Transformation, Healing, and Mental Illness in Contemporary Zimbabwe, will address how healing practices have transformed from the Second Chimurenga to the political and socio-economic challenges that Zimbabwe is facing today. (The Second Chimurenga (1964-79) was Zimbabwe’s War of Independence.) Jakarasi’s research will explore the transformations of practices, meanings, and rituals that are apprehended as traditional against the backdrop of the current socioeconomic crises bedeviling Zimbabwe, crises that are traced back to the 1990s when the Zimbabwean government adopted the market-oriented Economic Structural Adjustment Programme (ESAP). ESAP liberalised, deregulated, and privatised the economy, which resulted in rapid and adverse sociocultural changes and inequalities. Through ethnographic work, Jakarasi will investigate traditional healing practices among the Shona people in Rushinga district, Mashonaland Central Province in Eastern Zimbabwe. What has been the significance of traditional healing practices to people on the ground and to society at large? How has this changed over the four decades since Zimbabwean independence in 1980? Which forms of spiritual transformation have been relevant to healing practices in Zimbabwe? Historical and archival research will expand the ethnographic work in order to capture the trajectories of change in traditional healing from the time of the second Chimurenga to the 21st century. Jakarasi will draw insights on the forms and importance of spiritual transformations and healing practices by synthesizing theoretical frameworks related to indigenous knowledge systems (IKS), explanatory models of illness, and comparative work on spiritual transformation and healing.  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *                   Information about the 2026 Ivan Karp Doctoral Research Awards for African students enrolled in South African Ph.D. programmes will be available in November 2025. The application deadline is 1 May 2026.             For further information, see http://www.gs.emory.edu/about/special/acip.html and https://www.facebook.com/ivan.karp.corinne.kratz.fund. Contact Email ckratz@emory.edu URL https://gs.emory.edu/about/special/acip.html Read more

African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) is pleased to announce the launch of the inaugural African Women in Data Science Fellowship. This timely initiative responds to the growing demand for data-driven leadership to tackle the pressing challenges of food insecurity and climate change across Africa. We invite ambitious African women with foundational experience in data-related work and a strong motivation to deepen their skills and apply data science for transformative impact in agrifood systems and climate resilience. The Fellowship aims to enhance the leadership and technical capabilities of African women professionals utilizing data science to foster inclusive, evidence-based innovation in agrifood systems and climate resilience. Building on AWARD’s proven track record in cultivating African women leaders in agricultural research and development, the program adapts our Fellowship model to meet the demands of an evolving data and technology landscape. The program targets African women from Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Malawi with demonstrated experience in data-related roles and a commitment to applying data for development. Fellows will be drawn from diverse sectors, including government, academia, research, civil society, development agencies, and the private sector. A Transformative Learning Experience Inspired by the AWARD Fellowship model, the African Women in Data Science Fellowship offers a rigorous 12-month career-accelerating journey for African women working at the intersection of data science, agriculture, and climate resilience. As a Fellow, you will engage in the following core activities: Participate in a 7-day, face-to-face women’s leadership course designed to strengthen your confidence, influence, and capacity to lead data-driven solutions (November 2025). Join a 2-week immersive in-person data science training course covering Python programming, machine learning, data wrangling, visualization, and statistical analysis (February 2026). Complete a 2-month virtual course focused on the application of data science tools to real-world challenges in agrifood systems and climate resilience (April – May 2026). Design and implement a data-driven capstone project addressing a practical issue in agriculture or climate. You will receive modest seed funding and technical guidance for project execution (February – September 2026). Undertake a competitive short-term institutional placement (1–3 months), known as Advanced Science Training (AST), within your home country. This placement provides an opportunity to apply your skills in a real-world setting and further deepen your technical expertise (May – September 2026). Receive ongoing guidance from senior data science professionals through structured mentoring relationships, including orientation, check-ins, and goal setting (March – November 2026). Participate in knowledge-sharing sessions, storytelling activities, and professional engagement opportunities through AWARD’s network (Throughout the fellowship). By the end of the Fellowship, participants will be better equipped to lead data-driven initiatives, advocate for inclusive innovation, and serve as visible role models in Africa’s growing data science and development ecosystem. Application Deadline: July 31, 2025, at 11:59 PM East Africa Time (GMT+3). applications will NOT be accepted after this deadline. Applicants should carefully read the application guidelines for more information on eligibility criteria and the application process.Apply: https://form.jotform.com/251594644696977  Read more

Freedom: A Journal of Research in Africana Studies is a digital peer-reviewed periodical published annually by the W.E.B. Du Bois Center for the Study of the Black Experience (CSBE) at Bowie State University. This journal specializes in interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research focusing on the lived experiences of the Black Diaspora.   Our editorial board invites you to submit 250 to 300-word abstracts for research articles, book reviews, poetry, and original multimedia-based submissions. Any performance-based submissions must not be publicly accessible or previously hosted on other platforms. Research articles should be limited to between 3,000 and 5,000 words; book reviews and short fiction should be limited to 1,500 words, and multimedia submissions should be no more than 10 minutes. All written submissions should follow the most recent Chicago Manual of Style. Submissions should be emailed as a word document or a link to the multimedia file to duboiscenter@bowiestate.edu. Please remove your name, institutional affiliation, and any other identifying information from your complete manuscript for review.    The deadline for abstract submissions is October 3, 2025. Authors will be notified that their abstract has been accepted by Nov 7, 2025. Complete manuscripts for accepted abstracts will be due January 23, 2026, and the issue will be published in July 2026. If you have questions about the journal or submitting to it, please email duboiscenter@bowiestate.edu attention Dr. Karen Cook-Bell, Managing Editor.   Contact Information Karen Cook Bell, Ph.D. Du Bois Center for the Study of the Black Experience Bowie State University Bowie, MD 20715 Contact Email kcookbell@bowiestate.eduRead more: https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20119886/freedom-journal-research-africana-studies-volume-iii-call-papers  Read more

Do you need support with planning field research? If you or your students need help with fieldwork and preparation of field research (running from research design to participant recruit, budget, ethics, grant applications, community access, etc), consider taking our virtual course on fieldwork across the social sciences at the Essex Summer School (July 7 to July 18, 2025). You can bring your own project, and together we make it field-ready over the two weeks of the course. This course is co-taught by Dr Alexandra Hartman (UCL) and Dr Florian G. Kern (University of Essex). For more information see here: https://essexsummerschool.com/summer-school-facts/courses/ess-2025-course-list/1n/ Contact Information   Dr. Florian G. Kern Reader (Associate Professor) Department of Government University of Essex Tel. +44 (0)1206 87-2745 fkern@essex.ac.uk       Contact Email fkern@essex.ac.uk URL https://essexsummerschool.com/summer-school-facts/courses/ess-2025-course-list/… Read more

Deadline: Jun 04, 2025 Donor: United Nation Humanitarian Innovation Hub Grant Type: Grant Grant Size: $100,000 to $500,000 Countries/Regions: All Countries Area: Learning, Public Health, Disaster Preparedness, Emergency and Crisis, Humanitarian Relief, Leadership, Research The United Nation Humanitarian Innovation Hubis has launched a new procurement for the delivery of their Humanitarian Rapid Response Initiative (HRRI) during the 2025/26 cycle. For more information, visit https://www.ukhih.org/news/call-for-proposals-now-open-ukhih-humanitarian-rapid-response-initiative_2025/ Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/call-for-proposals-ukhih-humanitarian-rapid-research-initiative Read more

Deadline: Jun 20, 2025 Donor: UbuntuNet Alliance Grant Type: Events Grant Size: Not Available Countries/Regions: Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo DR, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Sudan Area: Climate Change, Women and Girls, Information Technology, Innovation, Women & Gender, Youth & Adolescents The UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networking is looking for 45 passionate young women developers, (organised in teams of three) from Eastern and Southern Africa to participate in their Third Annual Women’s Hackathon. For more information, visit https://event.ubuntunet.net/event/145/ Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/cfps-ubuntunet-alliance-for-research-and-education-networking-women-hackathon-third-edition Read more

As a pan-African survey research network, Afrobarometer is committed to building data collection, data analysis, and data use skills across the continent. We believe this will enable African researchers, policy actors, and civil society representatives to play an effective role in African decision making on policy and development.The Afrobarometer Emerging Scholars Workshop aspires to bring together early career researchers and experienced academic mentors to build analytical capacity on the African continent and ultimately facilitate the production of analytical outputs that make use of Afrobarometer’s extensive open access datasets.The workshop aims to create capacity building and mentoring networks amongst researchers in Africa while providing professional development opportunities for African researchers.If you are interested in this opportunity please complete the application form and submit a copy of your CV and research paper or proposal, no later than 5pm GMT on 19 May 2025.THIS MUST BE DONE VIA THE LINK BELOWPlease note that due to the volume of applications we anticipate receiving, only successful candidates will be notified of their acceptance into the programme. If you have not heard from us by 30 May 2025, please consider your application unsuccessful.https://lnkd.in/eaVDWkRB Read more

Deadline: Dec 31, 2025 Donor: DhiShi Scientific Private Limited Grant Type: Events Grant Size: Not Available Countries/Regions: All Countries Area: Health, Researchers, Students, Innovation, Research Are you a researcher, student, or academic professional aiming to elevate your research with expert support and international exposure? This is your gateway to collaborate with DhiShi Scientific and connect with researchers and mentors from across the globe. Apply Now! For more information, visit https://dhishi.com/innovation-cell/#start Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/call-for-research-proposals-center-for-health-research-dhishi-scientific Read more

Deadline: Jul 21, 2025 Donor: Cure Parkinson’s Grant Type: Grant Grant Size: $100,000 to $500,000 Countries/Regions: All Countries Area: Businesses, Companies and Enterprises, Diseases, , Research The Cure Parkinson’s is inviting grant applications for preclinical and clinical research focused on slowing, stopping, or reversing Parkinson’s. For more information, visit https://cureparkinsons.org.uk/research/for-researchers/apply-for-funding/quarterly-research-grant/ Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/now-open-quarterly-research-grant-funding-programme Read more

Deadline: Jul 15, 2025 Donor: The Leakey Foundation Grant Type: Grant Grant Size: $10,000 to $100,000 Countries/Regions: All Countries Area: Archaeology, PhD Holder, Researchers, Innovation, Research The Leakey Foundation has announced its Research Grant Program to support both PhD dissertation research and post-PhD research across multiple disciplines related to human origins, evolution, and behavior. For more information, visit https://leakeyfoundation.org/grant/research/ Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/the-leakey-foundation-announces-research-grant-program Read more

Deadline: Dec 31, 2025 Donor: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Grant Type: Fellowship Grant Size: $1000 to $10,000 Countries/Regions: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo DR, Costa Rica, Cote DIvoire (Ivory Coast), Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, North Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia Federated States Of, Moldova Republic Of, Mongolia, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Burma(Myanmar), Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent And The Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome And Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, East Timor (Timor-Leste), Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Wallis And Futuna, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo, South Sudan Area: PhD Holder, Researchers, Research The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is seeking applications from researchers in all disciplines from developing and emerging countries who have above-average qualifications for its Georg Forster Research Fellowship Program. For more information, visit https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/apply/sponsorship-programmes/georg-forster-research-fellowship Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/call-for-applications-georg-forster-research-fellowship-program Read more