International Funding and Research Opportunities

South Africa - Spain Joint S&T Research - CALL CLOSED
First Call for Project Proposals 2006 - due date: 5 May 2006. In May 2003 an agreement on science and technology between the governments of South African and Spain was signed. This was followed two years later by a protocol aimed at its implementation. The protocol also sought to facilitate scientific and technological cooperation between the two countries in the fields of natural sciences and engineering through supporting collaboration between South African and Spanish researchers from universities, universities of technology, science councils and public research institutes on an equal and mutually beneficial basis.

• View the SA-Spain Guidelines in Acrobat PDF
• View the Call for Proposals in Acrobat PDF
• Download the application form MS Word

Knowledge Interchange and Collaboration (KIC) - CALL CLOSED
KIC Grants include: Free Standing Travel Grants (e.g. Research Visits Overseas, Foreign Research Fellows), Mobility and Training Grants, Short Term Travel Grants for Science Councils, Museums and National Facilities, Directed Travel Grants (e.g. Synchrotron Capacity Development Grants. Focus on Africa collaboration) and Scientific Events (e.g. Keynote Speakers). The closing date for applications is: 5 May 2006. The downloadable Framework below lists and describes the calls incorporated into KIC.

Call for Proposals 2006: South African Swedish Research Partnership Programme - CALL CLOSED
In November 1999, an agreement was signed between the South African and Swedish governments creating the South African – Swedish Research Partnership Programme which seeks to fulfil objectives. These include new knowledge and understanding in fields of mutual concern in all disciplines; research excellence; a basis for long-term research co-operation; research capacity development and the internationalisation of South African and Swedish higher education institutions. Due date: 4 May 2006.