Join the conversation marking 25 years since Philip Zachernuk’s Colonial Subjects (2000). Explore the evolution of African intellectual history, from indigenous thought to modern ideas shaping politics, law, culture, and more. 📅 Submission Deadline: January 10, 2025📍 Location: Maryland, USA Key themes include:✅ Indigenous African political thought✅ Identity and nationhood✅ African medical ideas✅ Biographies of unacknowledged thinkers Submit a 200-word abstract and bio to jonathan.roberts@msvu.ca Read more: https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20051259/cfp-african-intellectual-history-25-years-philip-zachurnuks-colonial  Let’s reflect, rethink, and reimagine African ideas shaping history!            Read more

Deadline: Jan 14, 2025 Donor: Wellcome Grant Type: Awards, Prizes and Challenges Grant Size: $10,000 to $100,000 Countries/Regions: All Countries Area: Arts & Culture, Visual Arts, Climate Change, Environment, Diseases, Health, Mental Health & Crisis Support, Media, Science The Wellcome is inviting photographers and biomedical image makers from all disciplines and levels to enter its Photography Prize. For more information, visit https://wellcome.org/our-work/wellcome-photography-prize Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/entries-open-for-wellcome-photography-prize Read more

The U.S. Embassy in Uganda is inviting applications for its culinary diplomacy program, “Celebrating the Contribution of African Food to American Cuisine,” in honor of Black History Month 2025. 💰 Grant Size: $10,000 - $100,000📍 Eligible Country: Uganda This program seeks innovative projects that celebrate the rich influence of African cuisine on American food culture. Grants will be awarded to projects in: 🌱 Agriculture, Food & Nutrition 🎨 Arts & Culture 🍽 Hotels, Restaurants, and Hospitality 📈 Economic Development 🛠 Career Development 💡 Innovation For more information, visit https://grants.gov/search-results-detail/356842 Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/celebrating-the-contribution-of-african-food-to-american-cuisine-uganda Read more

Are you a talented young cartoonist passionate about cultural advocacy and artistic collaboration? Apply now for the Cartoonist Residency Program — an empowering opportunity to support young African cartoonists through virtual and in-person learning, creative exchange, and cultural advocacy.Click here for more information and to apply: https://cfcafrica.org/call-for-applications-cartoonist-residency-program/  Read more

This is your chance to contribute to vital discussions on Africa's future and showcase your research.Read more and apply here: https://conference.caas-acea.org/  Read more

Grant size: 1 million Euros Donor: The Science Foundation Ireland The SDG Challenge seeks to support diverse, transdisciplinary teams to develop transformative, sustainable solutions that will contribute to addressing development challenges under the UN SDGs in countries where Irish Aid works.    SFI and Irish Aid are seeking solutions that contribute to SDG 2: Zero Hunger, “End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture”. The SDG Challenge supports highly motivated, transdisciplinary teams developing transformative, sustainable solutions for UN SDGs in Irish Aid’s partner countries. Furthermore, interested applicants should take note of the following criteria: Teams must be transdisciplinary and focused on developing sustainable solutions for UN SDGs in Irish Aid’s partner countries. Teams should combine technical and non-technical skills and represent collaborative partnerships between researchers in Ireland and the partner country. Expertise in a STEM research area is necessary ,along with knowledge or experience in complementary fields like international development, economics, or behavioral science. Two academic researchers must be in the core team, with at least one from a relevant STEM discipline. Funding should reflect the contributions of all team members. https://www.afterschoolafrica.com/87048/science-foundation-ireland-sfi-2024-sustainable-development-challenge-over-e1000000-grant/ Read more

Deadline: 4th October 2024 Grant size: Fellowship Donor: AREF Research Development The Africa Research Excellence Fund is pleased to launch the call for the 2024/25 AREF Research Development Fellowship Programme.  Programme Overview Aim. To support researchers in Africa who are emerging leaders and working on important challenges for human health, to develop their skills as a researcher. What we offer. A three to nine-month placement at a leading research institution in the UK, Europe or Africa, with additional support at your home institution before and after the placement. Up to £47,000 available Who is eligible? Early career researchers. These are research active post-doctoral scientists and clinicians with higher qualifications who are nationals of and employed in Africa (see detailed eligibility criteria). How to apply. Read the guidance documents carefully before developing your proposal and starting your application. Complete the application form via the portal at https://programmes.aref-africa.org.uk/ https://africaresearchexcellencefund.org.uk/funding-calls/open-funding-research-development-fellowship-2024-25/ Read more

Grant size: $500,000 - $1 million Donor: USAID The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is currently accepting applications for the Local Partner Fund (LPF). Purpose The USAID/DRC Local Partner Fund (LPF) will strive to ensure that, in all activities, local partner and/or local communities lead development and humanitarian efforts, including problem identification, priority setting, design, partnership formation, implementation, and measuring results as defined by the Agency locally-led program indicator. The LPF will make a significant contribution to the USAID direct funding to local organizations objectives while enhancing the application of best practices for locally led development. USAID LPF will advance USAID DRC localization agenda by addressing competition requirements and allowing an open solicitation process to receive concepts for partnering with local organizations and increasing their ability to generate and achieve locally led solutions to major development challenges, and by providing direct awards to local organizations to implement activities. USAID LPF will work in tandem with USAID Localization Capacity Strengthening Mechanism to respond to capacity building needs in partner organizations and help to strengthen the abilities of local partners beyond the donor-awardee relationship in a way that guarantees consistency, mutual accountability, and sustainability. USAID LPF will consider inclusive development as a key element of USAID local programming across the DRC and CAR, and will foster collaboration, learning, and adapting, as prerequisites for successful implementation. https://grants.gov/search-results-detail/355506 Read more

Grant Size: $100,000 to $500,000  Donor: US Mission to Tanzania The U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam/Bureau of African Affairs of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a program to create targeted exchange programs and a conference aimed at relevant Tanzanian policymakers, civil servants, and civil society to explore internet governance structures and strategies that promote a free and open internet governance policy in Tanzania to catalyze the expansion of the local digital economy and lead to economic growth. This opportunity seeks to directly engage a Tanzanian civil society organization to identify a cohort of colleagues across a range of sectors, engage the cohort through multiple education and information sessions, and organize a major international conference on the theme of building resilient, open, and democratic digital systems. The conference should include U.S. experts who can advise on regulatory firewalls, policy creation and coordination, and balancing the protection of individual rights, general online safety and security with freedom of expression principles. The selected organization should have demonstrated familiarity with Tanzania’s civic space and policy processes. https://grants.gov/search-results-detail/355559   Read more

 Grant Size: $10,000 to $100,000 The Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries (PEDL) is pleased to announce applications for the Research Grant Programme that aims to better understand what determines the strength of market forces driving efficiency in low-income countries (LICs). Existing research suggests that the private sector in LICs faces a multitude of constraints that act upon each other. What is needed is research that allows them to understand how these constraints interact. ERGs are grants of between £10,000 and £40,000. These grants will fund research assistance, data collection and new surveys in LICs, and (if necessary) teaching buyouts for the principal investigator. Please note that cost effectiveness and value for money are important evaluation criteria. Eligibility Criteria ERGs are designed to allow researchers to: Explore new approaches to the study of firms in LICs; and To develop new (or build on) existing sources of data on firms in LICs. https://pedl.cepr.org/content/38th-regular-erg-call-open-deadline-19th-august-2024   Read more

Grant Size: Fellowship The Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) is inviting applications for its Early Career Fellowships Programme to support academic exchange across existing boundaries between disciplines, between different cultures and countries, between established and younger researchers. https://www.frias.uni-freiburg.de/en/news/call-for-applications/frias-early-career-fellowship-programme Read more

Grant Size: Fellowship Donor: Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) The Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) is seeking applications for the Sustainable Governance Senior Fellowships to support innovative research projects through individual and group fellowships. The Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) is the University of Freiburg’s international research college. The Institute supports academic exchange across existing boundaries between disciplines, between different cultures and countries, between established and younger researchers. FRIAS provides modern office spaces and an up-to-date infrastructure and makes every effort to provide tailor-made solutions with regard to suitable accommodation, child care and educational facilities.  https://www.frias.uni-freiburg.de/en/news/call-for-applications/frias-sustainable-governance-senior-fellowship-from-africa Read more