Africa Research Grant
Africa Research Grant supports Notre Dame faculty and partners across Africa with seed funding for collaborative research that advances substantive, equitable, and sustainable partnerships.
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Funder: University of Notre Dame
Due Dates: November 2, 2026 (Applications open) | January 15, 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Seed funding for collaborative research
Summary: Supports substantive, equitable, and sustainable research collaboration between Notre Dame faculty and partners across Africa.
Key Information: Intended for Notre Dame faculty working with partners across Africa.
Description
The Africa Research Grant is a Notre Dame Global seed grant designed to advance substantive, equitable, and sustainable research collaboration between University of Notre Dame faculty and partners across Africa. It reflects the University’s commitment to collaboration across countries, continents, nationalities, religions, time zones, and climates.
The program sits within Notre Dame Global’s broader commitment to research and knowledge creation for the good of neighbors and the world. Notre Dame’s research interests span nearly every discipline, with an emphasis on areas where innovation can promote good, including economics, global development, global health, nanotechnology, nuclear physics, energy, computational data science and engineering, climate change, and cancer research.
