Are you an SU staff member wanting to host a workshop or visit/host an African bilateral partner? Or perhaps you’re a postdoctoral fellow seeking to forge ties with an African partner, or a postgraduate student wishing to attend a conference in another African country? The Africa Collaboration Grant caters to all of these categories. 

The Centre for Collaboration in Africa (CCA) at SU International, invites applications for the Africa Collaboration Grant (ACG). The ACG offers opportunities to SU staff to host and visit partners in other African countries, support Emerging Scholars, and contribute towards workshops. In addition, the ACG support SU Postdoctoral Fellows to nurture partnerships with institutions in other African countries, and provide support to postgraduate students to attend conferences in other African countries. The call for applications to the ACG is structured on a semester basis:

The emphasis of the awards made by SU International is in support of the internationalisation of a) the specific academic environment and b) the institution.

Detailed information on all categories is set out below. For further information, please contact Dr. Nico Elema (ne@sun.ac.za), Ms Sue-Vicky Brandt (brandt@sun.ac.za).

DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE CALL IS SET OUT BELOW. 

1. CATEGORIES AND CONDITIONS

 Category 1: SU Staff: To organise a workshop/ conference jointly with a partner/partners from SU’s institutional bilateral partners from other African countries.

• This category is aimed at SU staff

• Applicants must demonstrate how the workshops/conference will be organised and hosted jointly with one or more institutional bilateral African Partners

 Category 2: SU Staff: To undertake a research visit (outgoing) to one or more of SU’s institutional bilateral partners in other African countries :

• This category is aimed at SU staff

• Meeting with a researcher or research team on the African continent in view of future research collaboration

• Meeting with a researcher to collaborate on a joint scientific article

• Meeting with a researcher or research team on the African continent as part of an existing collaborative project

• Where more than one applicant from the same Department applies to undertake the same visit, only one grant will be given to the Department. Funding could be awarded at the discretion of the Dean and relevant Chair, to one of the applicants, or divided amongst the applicants.
  

 Category 2b: SU Staff: To host a senior international visitor (incoming) at Stellenbosch University for collaborative purposes;

• This category is aimed at SU staff who wants to host a visitor from other African countries

• Hosting a visitor for meetings with a researcher or research team at SU in view of future research collaboration

• Hosting a visitor at SU to collaborate on a joint scientific article

• Hosting a visitor as part of an existing collaborative project

• Hosting a visitor to meet with senior researchers as well as postgraduate research students as part of a research capacity-building initiative.

• Where more than one visitor is invited this must be within the context of a joint collaborative project.

 Category 3: Postgraduate Students:  To attend an academic conference in other African countries

• This grant is aimed at postgraduate students.

• The research supervisor should support the application.

• Confirmation that the conference organizers have accepted the abstract.

 Category 4: Postdoctoral Fellows:  To visit one more of SU’s International bilateral partners in other African countries

• This grant is aimed at Postdoctoral fellows

• Copies of the invitation(s) received from the host/s must be included.

• Where more than one applicant from the same Department applies to undertake the same visit, only one grant will be given to the Department. Funding could be awarded at the discretion of the Dean and relevant Chair, to one of the applicants, or divided amongst the applicants.
  

• Please note this grant is not intended  for:

• Attending conferences beyond Africa

• Within South Africa

• Funding a keynote speaker to South Africa for conference purposes only.
  

   ​​​Award amount: R 20 000.00 (maximum) for Category 5.​ 
 

2. ELIGIBILITY

1. Only full-time staff members (permanent or contract) [Category 1, 2, and 5], senior post-graduate students [Category 3] and postdoctoral fellows [Category 4] of Stellenbosch University may apply.

2. Preference will be given for projects involving collaborations based at one or more of the following institutions.
   

3. For ARUA partner institutions**, preference will be given to collaborations related to thematic Centres of Excellence awarded to these partners. For more information on the ARUA partners, click here: http://arua.org.za/:
   

• University of Lagos, Nigeria **
  

• University of Ibadan, Nigeria
  

• The Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Nigeria
  

• Obafemi Awolowo University lle-Ife, Nigeria Boumediene **

• University of Ghana, Ghana

• University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania**
  

• University of Nairobi, Kenya **
  

• Strathmore University, Kenya
  

• University of Rwanda**
  

• Kenyatta University, Kenya

• University Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal

• Makerere University, Uganda

• Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia**
  

• Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia

• American University of Cairo, Egypt

• Université de Yaoundé I, Cameroon

• University of Malawi, Malawi

• University of Botswana, Botswana

• University of Namibia, Namibia

• Université Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique

• Omar Bongo University, Gabon

• University of Science and Technology Houari, Algeria

• University of Mauritius, Mauritius

• Reformed Church University, Zimbabwe

• University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
  

• Midlands State University, Zimbabwe
  

• The Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Nigeria  
  

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3. CRITERIA

1. The Africa Collaboration Grant should supplement grants provided by other sources (e.g. Dean’s fund research fund, third stream funds), as the ACG award should not exceed 66% of the total budget to a maximum of the respective amounts above.

2. The applicant must indicate how the funding will support collaboration, whether at the level of research, teaching, or capacity development with partners based at one of SU’s bilateral partner institutions in Africa.

3. An applicant will only be eligible for the same category of the ACG every two years within one category.

4. FUNDING

1. Only a limited number of category 1 awards will be made.

2. Applications for category 2 visits with the goal to prepare joint funding proposals for third stream funding (e.g. African Union Grants, Intra Africa Grants, European funding aimed at African/South-South collaboration, etc.) will be given priority.

3. The  Africa  Collaboration  Grant amounts will not exceed the amounts for the respective categories stated in article 1, and/or will not be more than 66% of the projected budget.

4. Supplementary funds should be sought from other sources.

5. The African Collaboration Grant provides funding for collaborative projects with the expectation that initial activities will attract funding from other sources for further collaboration.

6. Proof of price quotations (e.g. flights, accommodation, etc.) should be attached to the application.

7. The budget should be given, per budget item, in the relevant part of the application form.

8. Student mobility cannot be funded from ACG funds.  SU’s institutional bilateral partnership agreements make provision for student exchanges and as such, may be initiated on that basis via Stellenbosch University International. 

5. APPLICATION PROCEDURES

1. For the first semester 2023, there will be no call and only ad-hoc applications. A call will be launched in April 2023 for activities planned for the second semester 2023.
   

2. An electronic version of the application form with inserted signatures must be submitted electronically to Ms. Sue-Vicky Brandt (brandt@sun.ac.za).
   

3. Deadlines should be strictly adhered to. Late applications will not be considered.

4. The applicant must ensure that the application form is complete with all the required documents attached. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

5. Please note that the award of the Africa Collaboration Grant is made on a competitive basis.

6. Please note that it could take up to 4 weeks before the results of applications are made known and further 2-3 weeks for the payment of the grant.​
   

6. REPORTING

1. Grant holders must submit a report within three months after the visit/ activity.

7. Authorization

1. Application forms must be signed by the  Head of  Department or equivalent manager. In the case of the Post-Graduate students (category 3 and 5), applications must be signed by the research supervisor. Please elaborate further on the relevance and value of the application for the Faculty and/ or Department. Unsigned forms will not be accepted.
   

DOWNLOAD DOCUMENTS 

 Application form: Category 1

 Application form: Category 2 a

 Application form: Category 2 b  

 Application form: Category 3

 Application​ form: Category 4 

Applications form: Category 5​

 Terms and Conditions​

For further information, contact the Centre for Collaboration in Africa at Stellenbosch University International:

Dr Nico Elema (ne@sun.ac.za), Ms Sue-Vicky Brandt (brandt@sun.ac.za) and Ms Norma Derby (nderby@sun.ac.za) 
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