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29 May, 2023

SFA Foundation a Gold Sponsor of INORMS 2023 Congress

Announcement

As the International Network of Research Management Societies (INORMS) convenes its biennial Congress this year, the SFA Foundation, through the Programme, is one of the Gold sponsors of the event.
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18 May, 2023

Grand Challenges Rwanda Launches, Joins Global Innovation Network

Press Release

The Rwanda National Council for Science and Technology (NCST) in partnership with African Union Development Agency – New Partnership for Africa Development (AUDA-NEPAD), the Science for Africa Foundation (SFA Foundation) and global partners is launching Grand Challenges Rwanda (GC Rwanda), an initiative to fund Rwandan scientists to collaborate with their peers in Africa to conduct research that addresses and solves the most critical development challenges in Rwanda and Africa.
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24 Apr, 2023

DELTAS Africa: A hub and spoke model of funding research

Blogs

Developing Excellence in Leadership, Training, and Science in Africa (DELTAS Africa) is a long-term, multimillion-dollar programme introduced in 2015 to support consortia...
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19 Apr, 2023

Journey to a Pan-African Community of Practice Platform for the Research and Innovation Management Community

Announcement

The Science For Africa Foundation is seeking your thoughts on what to include in a virtual Pan-Africa Community of Practice (COP) Platform.
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19 Apr, 2023

Harnessing genomics data for improving Africa's biodiversity and agriculture

Blogs

The Science for Africa Foundation (SFA Foundation) and the African BioGenome Project (AfricaBP), recently announced an alliance, the Alliance for Biodiversity Genomics in Africa...
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30 Mar, 2023

Launching a $70M Programme to Drive Quality Health Research

Announcement

The Science for Africa Foundation (SFA Foundation) launches the second phase of a multimillion-dollar programme developing world-class research and African scientific leaders...
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30 Mar, 2023

14 world class research leaders in Africa funded to drive locally relevant health research

Press Release

The Science for Africa Foundation (SFA Foundation) is announcing 14 African senior scientists who have been awarded funding from the second phase of a multimillion-dollar programme...
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14 Mar, 2023

SFA Foundation Strategy: From Science to Impact

Announcement

The Science for Africa Foundation (SFA Foundation) Board and management are delighted to share this five-year strategy which provides a blueprint for how the SFA Foundation will operate and serve the African research ecosystem from 2023-2027.
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22 Feb, 2023

Partnership further strengthens Africa’s research ecosystem

Announcement

The Science for Africa Foundation (SFA Foundation), Wellcome and UK’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) through the East Africa Research and Innovation Hub...
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10 Feb, 2023

Partnership to safeguard African biodiversity through genomics

Announcement

The Science for Africa Foundation (SFA Foundation) and the African BioGenome Project (AfricaBP) are partnering to advance scientific approaches to safeguard Africa’s biodiversity through genomics.
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2 Feb, 2023

Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Transform Health in Africa

Press Release

The Science for Africa Foundation (SFA Foundation) is today announcing a new $300,000 grant from the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation to map the policy gaps in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data science...
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24 Oct, 2022

Funding the research and development of new and preferred contraceptives

Press Release

SFA Foundation partnering with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will aim to provide up to $350,000 to multidisciplinary consortia consisting of 2-3 researchers preferably based in the same institution to develop novel non-hormonal contraceptives...
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24 Oct, 2022

Sustaining agricultural productivity in the face of climate change

Press Release

The African agriculture climate adaptation research system funding will be given to innovative projects that strengthen research, evidence, and processes supporting agriculture-related adaptation planning.
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11 Oct, 2022

SFA Foundation to fund research advancing social sciences and humanities

Press Release

The Science for Africa Foundation (SFA Foundation) is announcing a USD million-dollar programme to fund research to advance the fields of social sciences and humanities in Africa...
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8 Sep, 2022

Supporting, Strengthening and Promoting Science & Innovation in Africa

Monthly Newsletter

The goal of the SFA Foundation is to support African scientists in addressing the continent’s most pressing challenges and developmental needs through science and innovation programmes and their outcomes.
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8 Sep, 2022

F1000 announces launch of Open Research Africa

Press Release

Today, F1000 launches Open Research Africa, an open research publishing platform that enables the rapid sharing, discovery, use and reuse of African research for the benefit of all.   
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13 Jul, 2022

African-led Wellcome programmes transition to new science organisation

Press Release

The SFA Foundation is committed to supporting high-quality health research and promoting scientific collaboration across the continent.
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