Theme
Research Management
Initiative goals
We are enhancing research and grant-making systems and procedures across sub-Saharan Africa. We have partnered with the councils to:
- Strengthen their research and grant-making systems and procedures and scientific merit review.
- Digitise their online grant management systems and databases of peer reviewers.
- Integrate research excellence (particularly the knowledge and use of tools such as Research Quality Plus framework), research ethics, and emerging scientific practices in open and collaborative science (open access, open data and citizen science) in their work.
- Facilitate their access to the Good Financial Grant Practice (GFGP) certification to improve grants management.
- Facilitate peer-to-peer learning among Councils through staff exchanges and learning visits.
- Support proposal development skills among the SGCs’ research grantees.
SGCI funded projects
Call open: LEAWEF Multilateral Research Programme: knowledge needed on integrated solutions in water, energy and food
Research and Resources
Research Management News
NRF and MINDS Announce Partnership Agreement for Joint Postgraduate Scholarship and Exchange Programme for Africa
The National Research Foundation (NRF) and the Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS) have formalised a prominent agreement for a joint postgraduate scholarship and exchange programme for Africa. The scholarship programme will support postgraduate students in critical fields for the continent – African Heritage; Water-Energy-Food Nexus; Smart Economy; ICT; Artificial Intelligence and Robotics; and Health….
Three lessons Rwanda needs to learn from Science Granting Councils Initiative
http://rwandadispatch.com/three-lessons-rwanda-needs-to-learn-from-science-granting-councils-initiative/
Science Granting Council Initiative improves transparency in management of research grants – Association of African Universities
The Association of African Universities (AAU) says the ability of Ghana and other African countries to prudently manage research grants from donor partners has improved greatly due to the country’s participation in the Science Granting Council Initiative (SGCI). According to Nodumo Dhlamini who is director of ICT Services, Communications and Knowledge Management at the AAU,…
Science Grant Councils
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Themes
Our work with Science Granting Councils (SGCs) focuses on six key themes :
Impact we’re having
Stories of change
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