Bavaria-Africa News

The Scientific Coordination Office Bavaria-Africa has produced a guidance paper for research collaborations between Africa and Europe.

The Africa-Bavaria Tandem Mobility Grant aims to strengthen cooperation in Research and Innovation (R&I) between researchers in African countries and Bavaria. Funded by the Free State of Bavaria and administered by the Scientific Coordination Office (WKS) Bavaria-Africa at the Bavarian Research Alliance (BayFOR), the grant promotes collaborative academic exchange. Deadline for submission is 06 August 2025.

On 11 June 2025, the Bavarian Research Alliance GmbH (BayFOR) will hold the online workshop ‘Excellence Lab Bavaria-Africa: Horizon Europe Funding Opportunity "GenAI for Africa"’. We will introduce the call topic “GenAI for Africa” and how to approach an application. The event also offers an ideal platform to get to know potential project partners with a focus on generative artificial intelligence for a digital, innovative and sustainable future, to connect and to exchange concrete project ideas.

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The Excellence Lab ‘Funding Opportunities & Proposal Writing Workshop for Upcoming Horizon Europe Calls’ took place on 26 and 27 May 2025 at the University of Gabès, Tunisia. The event was jointly organised by the University of Gabès and the Scientific Coordination Office Bavaria-Africa of BayFOR. During the workshop, we shared a comprehensive overview of the Horizon Europe funding programme and presented current calls for proposals. Tunisian participants, as well as the Bavarian delegates, engaged in the practical part on possibilities for joint proposals and further cooperation.

On 27 and 28 May 2025, the Bavarian Research Alliance (BayFOR) is organising an online workshop "Excellence Lab Bavaria-Africa: Horizon Europe funding opportunities and matchmaking for AU-EU calls in Cluster 6". The workshop is aimed at researchers, start-ups, NGOs, companies and public institutions from Bavaria, Europe and Africa who are interested in applying for one or more of the three current European funding calls and may be looking for additional partners. 

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On 13 May 2025, the Scientific Coordination Office (WKS) Bavaria-Africa offered a seminar on funding opportunities for early career researchers in the social sciences and humanities planning a research project on Africa. Organised in cooperation with the ‘Early Career & Equal Opportunities’ unit at the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence, the seminar took place in the new research centre for ‘Society, Technology, and Ecology in Africa’ (FZA) at the University of Bayreuth. 

The kick-off event of the "Mobility Grant for Research Stays in Africa for Early Career Researchers, 2025” took place in Munich on 6 May 2025. With funds from the Bavarian State Chancellery, the WKS Bavaria-Africa supports early-career scientists based at Bavarian Higher Education Institutions to conduct research and strengthen networks between Bavaria and Africa with this grant. 

The Scientific Coordination Office (WKS) Bavaria-Africa of the Bavarian Research Alliance (BayFOR) facilitates international cooperation between Africa and Bavaria in research and innovation (R&I). With this mobility grant provided by the Bavarian State Chancellery, the WKS Bavaria-Africa offers seed funding to support early-career researchers in performing research in African countries and building international networks for future collaborations. The next deadline for applications is March 30, 2025.

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On 10 and 11 December 2024, an event in Brussels offered a special opportunity to strengthen the ties between research and politics in Africa, Europe, and Bavaria. The Scientific Coordination Office (WKS) Bavaria-Africa of the Bavarian Research Alliance (BayFOR), together with the Representation of the Free State of Bavaria to the European Union, had invited guests from politics, research, and innovation (R&I) from both Africa and Europe to Brussels.