Coming soonDigital Transformation & AI
AI for Research Capacity Grant
Training for researchers in the responsible use of AI tools across the research process — from literature review to data analysis.
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Programme B
Research & Knowledge
Stronger research, and research that reaches the people who need it.
Strengthening research capacity, scholarly publishing and open access so that African research is produced to high standards, preserved, discoverable and used.
High-quality research is essential for sound policy, innovation and development — but its value is lost if it cannot be conducted rigorously, published credibly, preserved and found. Many institutions have valuable theses, data and publications that remain inaccessible, and many journals and researchers lack the support to meet international publishing standards.
The Research & Knowledge programme supports the full research life-cycle: methodology and data skills, ethics and integrity, research data management, scholarly publishing and editorial capacity, open access (including Diamond Open Access), institutional repositories, and the communication of findings to policy-makers and communities.
Objectives
- Build research methodology, data analysis and proposal-writing skills
- Strengthen scholarly journals, editorial processes and peer review
- Advance open access, including transitions to Diamond Open Access where appropriate
- Preserve institutional knowledge and make it discoverable through repositories
- Improve research integrity, ethics and research management
- Translate research into accessible policy briefs and public knowledge
Who it serves
- Researchers and postgraduate students
- Journal editors, reviewers and scholarly publishers
- Academic libraries and repository managers
- Universities, colleges and research institutions
Typical activities
- Research methodology, statistics and data-analysis training
- Journal establishment, capacity development and indexing readiness support
- Diamond Open Access transition support
- Institutional repository and DSpace implementation
- Research data management and open science capacity building
- Policy brief and research communication training
Available support
- Capacity-building grants and training programmes
- Technical assistance (repositories, journal systems, metadata)
- In-kind publishing and digitisation support
- Research grants where a funded call is open
Grant calls in this programme
Calls marked Coming soon are planned concepts: their value, dates and eligibility are published when they open.
Coming soonResearch & Scholarly Publishing
Academic Book Publishing Grant
Support for academic authors to publish scholarly books and edited volumes through credible, peer-reviewed publishing.
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Coming soonLibraries & Repositories
Academic Library Digital Preservation Grant
Support for academic libraries to preserve digital collections for the long term — backup, formats, integrity checks and preservation policy.
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Coming soonResearch & Scholarly Publishing
Academic Publishing Training Grant
Training in academic publishing — journals, books and book chapters, peer review and editorial management.
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Coming soonResearch Management & Integrity
Academic and Grant Proposal Writing Capacity Grant
Training and mentoring for researchers and academic staff in writing competitive research proposals, grant applications and academic papers.
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Coming soonLibraries & Repositories
DSpace Implementation Grant
Technical support to establish or upgrade a DSpace institutional repository to preserve and share research outputs.
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Coming soonResearch & Scholarly Publishing
Diamond Open Access Transformation Grant
Support for eligible scholarly journals transitioning towards a Diamond Open Access model — free to read and free to publish — in a sustainable way.
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Coming soonResearch & Scholarly Publishing
Digital Book Distribution Grant
Support for authors and institutions to prepare academic books for digital distribution through legitimate channels and institutional repositories.
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Coming soonResearch & Scholarly Publishing
Institutional Journal Establishment Grant
Support for institutions to establish a well-governed scholarly journal — from editorial policies and board to journal platform and first issues.
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Coming soonResearch & Scholarly Publishing
Institutional Knowledge Publishing Grant
Support for institutions to publish their institutional knowledge — reports, working papers, conference proceedings and practice guides.
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Coming soonResearch Management & Integrity
Institutional Open Science Capacity Grant
Support for institutions to adopt open science practices — open access, open data, open methods and open educational resources.
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Coming soonLibraries & Repositories
Institutional Repository Capacity Grant
Support for institutions that already have a repository to improve its policies, content, metadata quality and use.
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Coming soonLibraries & Repositories
Library Digitization Grant
Support for academic libraries to digitise theses, dissertations, institutional publications and scholarly archives, and to make them preserved, searchable and accessible.
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Coming soonLibraries & Repositories
Library Staff Training Grant
Professional development for academic library staff in digital library services, repositories, metadata, research support and information literacy.
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Coming soonResearch Management & Integrity
Research Administration Capacity Grant
Support for research offices to manage the research life-cycle — pre-award, post-award, compliance and reporting.
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Coming soonResearch & Scholarly Publishing
Research Communication and Policy Brief Grant
Training and support for researchers to communicate findings to policy-makers, practitioners and the public — including policy briefs.
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Coming soonResearch Management & Integrity
Research Data Management Grant
Support for institutions and researchers to plan, store, protect, share and preserve research data responsibly.
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Coming soonResearch Management & Integrity
Research Ethics and Integrity Capacity Grant
Support for institutions to strengthen research ethics review and research integrity policies and training.
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Coming soonResearch Management & Integrity
Research Methodology Training Grant
Training in research design and methodology for postgraduate students, early-career researchers and supervisors.
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Coming soonResearch & Scholarly Publishing
Research Visibility and Discoverability Grant
Support to make research easier to find and cite — persistent identifiers, researcher profiles, metadata and discovery services.
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Coming soonResearch & Scholarly Publishing
Scholarly Journals Capacity Development Grant
Support for existing scholarly journals to strengthen editorial processes, peer review, metadata and publishing standards.
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Coming soonResearch Management & Integrity
Statistical Packages and Data Analysis Training Grant
Training in quantitative and qualitative data analysis for researchers, faculty and postgraduate students, using widely used statistical tools.
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