Bavaria-Africa News

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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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. 

The Scientific Coordination Office (WKS) Bavaria-Africa of BayFOR together with the Representation of the Free State of Bavaria to the European Union, cordially invite you to the “Cooperation Lounge Africa-Europe: Science meets Politics" on 10 and 11 December 2024 in Brussels.

The aim of the event is to strengthen science diplomacy in the context of African-European cooperation in research and innovation. We are excited to welcome representatives from academic and research institutions, the private sector, civil society organisations, foundations, and political entities from both African and European countries to connect and exchange opportunities and challenges of international research cooperation between Bavaria, Europe and Africa.

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The University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf and the Bavarian Research Alliance (BayFOR) are organising an online workshop are organising an online workshop on "Funding Opportunities in ERASMUS+" on 24 October 2024. The event is aimed at staff from Bavarian and African higher education institutions as well as their international network partners in the Global South who are interested in or have experience in setting up and developing international cooperation projects in higher education.

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Under the title ‘Reconfigurations in Africa - and in African Studies’ this year’s conference of the VAD will take place in Bayreuth from September 30 to October 2, 2024. The Scientific Coordination Office (WKS) Bavaria-Africa of BayFOR participates at the conference with an information stand and provides information on funding opportunities for international research and innovation projects in a lunch talk session.

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In recent years, African-Bavarian research and innovation collaborations have been increasingly promoted. How equal are these partnerships? How can international cooperation projects be successfully realised together? The Scientific Coordination Office Bavaria-Africa (WKS) invites you to the Cooperation Lounge Africa - Bavaria in Munich to discuss precisely these questions and to connect with interested stakeholders.