Science Granting Councils Initiative

The Science Granting Councils Initiative is a multilateral initiative that aims to strengthen the capacities of science funding agencies in sub-Saharan Africa to support research and evidence that can be used to inform policies that will contribute to economic and social development.

Low-tech health app engages

Five years after its launch, PENSA – a mobile app developed in Mozambique— has been accessed by more than four…

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New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) invites international, interdisciplinary research teams

Funding call: 2026 international joint initiative for research

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ILASA summer school for systems modeling 2026

Master’s students, PhD candidates, and early-career researchers with a focus on sustainability and quantitative methods are invited to apply for the IIASA Summer School for Systems…

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ILASA summer school for systems modeling 2026

Master’s students, PhD candidates, and early-career researchers with a focus on sustainability and quantitative methods are invited to apply for the IIASA Summer School for Systems Modeling, taking place in Laxenburg, Austria, from 29 June – 10 July 2026. The two-week in-person programme offers intensive,…

SGCI councils members at last year's annual meeting 2025

The TWAS-DFG 2026 cooperation visits programme call is now open.

The call is now open for the TWAS-DFG Cooperation Visits Programme for Sub-Saharan Africa. The programme is a collaborative effort between The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) to foster international scientific partnerships. The TWAS-DFG programme provides postdoctoral…

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Uniting Malawi’s innovators: NCST’s push to bridge the coordination gap

How does Malawi move from pockets of innovation to a truly connected national ecosystem? In this interview with the Science Granting Councils Initiative, Isaac Chingwota, acting director for Technology Transfer, Innovation and Commercialisation at the National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST), explains why coordination…