Research Funders on X

20 organisations that fund research in Africa. Follow them on X to catch grant calls and fellowship deadlines as they post them.

Pan-African & Africa-based funders

African Academy of Sciences
@AASciences
Science for Africa Foundation (SFA)
@SciforAfrica
Africa Research Excellence Fund
@AREF_Africa
National Research Foundation (South Africa)
@NRF_News
Science Granting Councils Initiative
@SGCIAfrica
RISA Fund (UK aid)
@TheRISAFund
African Population & Health Research Center
@aphrc
African Development Bank
@AfDB_Group

International research funders active in Africa

Wellcome Trust
@wellcometrust
Gates Foundation Africa
@GatesAfrica
Gates Foundation
@gatesfoundation
IDRC (Canada)
@IDRC_CRDI
NIH Fogarty International Center
@NIHFogarty
UK Research and Innovation
@UKRI_News
Grand Challenges Canada
@gcca_org
TWAS (World Academy of Sciences)
@TWAS_news
Fondation Botnar
@FondationBotnar

Philanthropic foundations

Andrew Carnegie Foundation
@ACarnegieFdn
Ford Foundation
@FordFoundation
Open Society Foundations
@OpenSociety
Mastercard Foundation
@MastercardFdn
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