Deadline: 26-Nov-21
Volkswagen Stiftung is seeking applications for its Cooperative Research Projects to provide junior researchers in Africa with an opportunity to enhance their skills and academic qualifications and to open up future prospects in their home countries.
The funding initiative aims at the development and sustainable reinforcement of research in Sub-Saharan Africa and is open to all disciplines. Besides supporting African-German research cooperation, a special focus has always been on the development, reinforcement, and extension of academic networks within and beyond the African continent.
Scope of Funding
- Workshops, Symposia and Summer Schools in Africa Funding can be made available for symposia, workshops (usually up to 50 participants) and summer schools (max. 60 participants). The initiative is thematically open and not confined to any particular subject area.
Eligibility Criteria
- Developed in cooperation between German and African scholars
- Participants from African and non-African countries (incl. Germany)
- Active participation of young researchers (doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers)
Ineligible Applicants
The Foundation does NOT allocate funds for individual scholarships, i.e. general undergraduate or postgraduate studies! Junior scholars and scientists can only receive support in the frame of the Foundation’s funding initiatives. It is also not possible to allocate funding in the following cases:
- Supplements to travel costs or scholarships granted by another agency
- Congresses
- Costs of printing not associated with projects supported by the Foundation
- Acquisition, supplementation, or maintenance of collections – including exhibitions
- Construction and extension of hospitals and nursing homes
- Equipment to be used in therapy
- Development and testing activities involving scientific issues which have already been resolved
- Exploitation of patents
- Schools, preparatory courses and institutions for further education
- Start-up costs for scientific institutions associated with specific political, confessional or world views
- Global increases to budgets or making up for budget deficits
- Repayment of prefinance granted by another agency
- Profit-generating projects
- Charitable activities
- Private individuals
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