Grants & Scholarships

Do you have an innovative idea that leads to the production of useful materials, devices, systems and novel technologies at commercial scale? The opportunity to actualize these ideas is presented to you through the RSIF Cooperability Grant. Applications that propose innovative use and scale-up of ICT or digital manufacturing techniques e.g. 3D printing, and solutions that can be used to address the impact of COVID-19 and the capacity of sub-Saharan Africa countries to handle future pandemics are especially encouraged.

Target Applicants: Faculty and innovators involved in selected PhD programs at RSIF African Host universities as Lead Applicants collaborating with private firms, or incubation hubs, or International Partners who have experience in innovation development and commercialization.

Grant size and Duration: US 50,000 per project for up to 2 years from time of award

For more information read the Call for Proposal in English or French

Consult the information webinar presentation. The webinar recording is available here with passcode: tk5#r9dG

View the Q&As in English or French.

APPLICATION DOCUMENTS

English

• Annex 1 – Proposal Outline
• Annex 2 – Budget Template
• Annex 3 – Budget Guidelines
• Annex 4 – Results Matrix and Work plan Template

French

• Annexe 1 – Modèle de proposition
• Annexe 2 – Modèle de budget
• Annexe 3 – Lignes directrices de la proposition de budget
• Annexe 4 – Matrice de résultats et Modèle de plan de travail

To see the existing RSIF Cooperability projects click here.

For an overview of our granting process, click here.

CLICK HERE TO APPLY