Collaboration Grants Funding
AIMS-DFG Collaboration Visits Programme in the Mathematical Sciences
The programme is aimed at supporting the initiation of international research collaboration between researchers from African countries and researchers at universities in Germany in mathematical sciences. Researchers in early career phases are particularly encouraged to submit proposals.
Further information can be found on: https://www.dfg.de/en/research-funding/funding-opportunities/programmes/
CIMPA-ICTP Fellowships – “Research-in-Pairs”
The CIMPA-ICTP “Research in Pairs” fellowships programme supports mathematicians from developing countries by funding their visits to Europe to collaborate with a colleague. The two researchers will work together on a well-defined research project, primarily at the European colleague’s institution in one of the following countries: Germany, Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland. The maximum value of the grant is 10 000 EUR.
Further information can be found on: https://www.ictp.it/opportunity/call-cimpa-ictp-fellowships-2026-research-pairs
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)
Provides scholarships and exchange programmes for African students and researchers. Relevant initiatives include:
- DAAD In-Region/In-Country Scholarships (e.g. AIMS)
- Centres of African Excellence
- Joint PhD and postdoctoral programmes in mathematics and data science.
Further information can be found on: https://www2.daad.de/deutschland/stipendium/datenbank/en/21148-scholarship-database/
Horizon Europe
Main EU R&I programme open to African collaboration. Includes Africa Initiative III for interdisciplinary research.
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal
Horizon Europe - Africa Calls Search
Find Africa Initiative III calls related to mathematics and science.
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-search;keywords=africa;programmeCode=HORIZON
International Alliance of Research Universities Early-Career Collaboration Grants
Purpose: Provides up to US$5,000 for early-career faculty at IARU-member universities to visit another member institution for collaborative work.
Supports research visits, joint publications, and network-building.
Further information can be found on: https://iaru.ethz.ch/research-initiatives/early-career-collaboration-awards
London Mathematical Society Joint Research and Travel Grants Scheme
The grant is aimed at supporting collaborative research visits, either by a UK-based grant holder to a developing country or by a mathematician from a developing country. For visits to the UK the maximum award is £3,000.
Further information can be found on: https://www.lms.ac.uk/grants/
Mentoring African Research in Mathematics Partnership Grants (LMS)
Purpose: The MARM programme supports academic collaborations between mathematicians in non-African countries and their African counterparts and students.
Grants of up to £4,000 for visits, workshops, mentoring early career mathematicians in African countries, support for conference attendance, and joint PhD supervision.
Further information can be found on: https://www.lms.ac.uk/grants/marm
Mitacs
Mitacs works at the nexus of academia, government and the public and private sectors in Canada. It supports international internships and research with African partners and has a partnership with the National Research Foundation providing mobility grants to NRF-funded PhD students and postdoctoral fellows. Focus areas include:
- Mathematical modelling and optimisation
- Computational finance and data science.
National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology (INRIA): Associate Teams Programme.
INRIA’s Associate Teams are joint research projects, normally at most three years long, which are co-led by an INRIA project-team in France and an international partner research team. The partners jointly define a clear scientific project, research plan, and bilateral exchange programme that includes workshops and researcher mobility. Annual funding generally up to 36 000 EUR and for partners outside Europe INRIA allocates up to 13 000 EUR for first and second years and 10 000 EUR for third year.
Further information can be found on: https://www.inria.fr/en/inria-project-teams-agile-and-open-model/
TWAS-DFG Cooperation Visits Programme
DFG, together with TWAS, funds young researchers from Sub-Saharan Africa for a 3-month stay at a research institution in Germany. Researchers from all disciplines can apply within 5 years of completing their PhD and must be pursuing research at an institution in Africa.
Further information can be found on: https://twas.org/opportunity/twas-dfg-cooperation-visits-programme-ssa/