Africa-UniNet

The Austrian-African Research Network Africa-UniNet was initiated to create a long-term, stable basis for cooperation between Austrian and African universities and research institutions. The network promotes the establishment of new scientific contacts and the deepening of existing collaborations. Moreover, it offers opportunities to fund international projects.

Planned network activities include among others exchange visits of professors and short-term research visits of scientists; further education measures for participating target groups; conferences, and joint project applications.

Fifth Call for Africa-UniNet project applications

The call is open until 28 February 2025!

Funding is available for two-year projects involving at least one Austrian and one African university/ university of applied sciences/ research institution. Please note that all institutions involved in the project must be members of Africa-UniNet. 

Funding will be available mainly for mobility costs. The projects should be research-based and contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Moreover, the projects should foster existing or initiate new scientific relations between Austrian and African institutions.

Please note: Due to a new regulation by the Austrian Science Ministry (BMBWF), all projects must be coordinated by an Austrian institution. There are no restrictions as to how many applications per institution can be submitted. Accordingly, there will no longer be a pre-selection by the University of Vienna, as was the case with previous calls.

  • Project duration: 24 months
  • Maximum funding: 40.000 Euro per project
  • Applicants: Researchers (at least PostDoc) of the University of Vienna
  • Eligible costs: travel costs (airfare, transfer to/from airport), daily allowance (max. 180€/day working on the project during a stay in Austria/Africa), material costs (up to 5.000€ per project).

Submission via the StipOnline portal.
Applications must include Letters of Endorsement of all participating institutions. To receive the Letter of Endorsement from the University of Vienna, please send a detailed project proposal to franz.michalke@univie.ac.at no later than February 24, 2025.

Further information: https://africa-uninet.at/en/activities/the-5th-call-2024