Harvard University Motsepe Presidential Research Accelerator Fund for Africa 2022

Harvard University Motsepe Presidential Research Accelerator Fund for Africa 2022. Apply below.

When is Application Deadline?

30th November 2022

What is the Award?

The Motsepe Presidential Research Accelerator Fund for Africa is made possible by a generous gift from the Motsepe Foundation. The Office of the Vice Provost for Research will administer the Fund together with the Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs, in collaboration with the Center for African Studies.

What Type of Award is This?

Research

Who is Eligible?

Please note that this fund is only open to Harvard faculty members.

How are Applicants Selected?

Special consideration will be given to projects that propose multidisciplinary collaboration between Harvard faculty across more than one School and/or that include collaboration with Africa-based academics, and proposals that integrate the arts and humanities into STEM projects (STEAM).

What is the Benefit of Award?

The primary purpose of the Fund is to support faculty-led and student-driven research projects that focus on advancing key challenges and opportunities facing Africa, including, but not limited to, the following areas:

• emerging technologies and the Fourth Industrial Revolution
• climate change and its effect on health, livelihoods, agriculture, water, and/or sanitation
• renewable energy and its benefit to infrastructure and/or society
• health
• aging
• materials science
• governance and policies needed for an entrepreneurial economy

How to Apply:

Application Link Due on November 30, 2022

Apply below.

Goodluck!

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