The Climate Resilience and Sustainability Research offers a Fund Research Catalyst Grant for up to £20,000 or a Workshop Grant for up to £50,000.
The program aims to catalyze new and strengthen existing collaborations between researchers in Africa and Cambridge and support high-quality training activities.
Program Summary
- Hosts:Mastercard Foundation | University of Cambridge
- Category: Fellowships
- Eligible Countries: African Countries
- Reward: £50,000 Grant
- No IELTS Required
- Deadline: March 21, 2025
Program Details
The focus of this program is research on climate resilience and sustainability. This focus is interpreted broadly so long as the linkage of the research to these areas can be justified in the application for the award.
Awards are made to pairs of researchers (post-doctoral and above, although due consideration will be given for equivalent experience), one from an African university or research institution and one from the University of Cambridge.
Eligibility Criteria
To apply for this scholarship, applicants must:
- Awards are made to pairs of researchers, one from an African university or research institution and one from the University of Cambridge.
- Applications are taken from sciences, social sciences, humanities, and arts and from all academic subject areas.
- Innovative research is encouraged. Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research proposals and research-related training activities are welcomed.
Scholarship Benefits
Successful applicants of this scholarship will receive:
- The research fund is supported by a £7.7million investment by the Mastercard Foundation and will run from 2025 to 2030.
- The Mastercard Foundation and University of Cambridge Climate Resilience and Sustainability Research Fund will follow an annual cycle of awards until 2029 when the award will support activities for the year 2029-30. It is anticipated that most awards will be made for activities that will take place over a 12-month period.
- In this round, applications can be made for a Research Catalyst Grant for up to £20,000 or a Workshop Grant for up to £50,000. It is anticipated that many awardees will be able to use the preliminary results from their research catalyst grant to apply for and win significant funding from other funding bodies.
Required Documents
To apply for this scholarship, applicants must prepare:
- Application Form
- Case for support
- An itemised budget (template provided)
- A lay summary
- A letter of support from the department/faculty of the Cambridge-based PI. (For the Department
- of Engineering, a letter of support from the Head of Division is needed). An email from institutional email account is also acceptable.
- A letter of support from the department/institution of the Africa-based PI. An email from an institutional email account is also acceptable.
- CVs (maximum 2 pages) for both the Cambridge-based and Africa-based PI
- The details of two suggested referees are also required; these should be individuals who have no conflicts of interest with the applicants (e.g. they should not be from the same Department).
How to Apply
To apply for this scholarship:
- Register and complete a saveable online application form, available on the Cambridge-Africa website.
- Final submissions should include the required documents listed above.
- The deadline for submission is 21st March 2025 and applications can be submitted at any time before this.
- Any queries should be sent to cresusrf@cambridge-africa.cam.ac.uk
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