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Announcement: Trans-Atlantic Platform (T-AP) call on Democracy, Governance and Trust (DGT)

T-AP partners have launched a call on Democracy, Governance and Trust (DGT) which seeks to understand specifically how democracy, governance, and trust are integral to the tackling of both short-term crises and long-term challenges and are themselves a focus of
August 4, 2023
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Global Knowledge Partnerships Programme Implementation Framework for the 2024 Academic Year

This Global Knowledge Partnerships (GKP) Implementation Framework document presents the guiding principles and key approaches required to integrate and incorporate a period of three (3) to eighteen (18) months of international experience opportunities into the research and education programme of
March 16, 2023
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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Pilot Call for Full Proposals

This initiative is endorsed by the Global Research Council (GRC), given the collective agreement on the importance of sustainability for our collective future. Deadline Extended to 25 MAY 2023 With this call the GRC is committed to taking concrete steps
March 3, 2023
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Announcement of NRF One Call for Proposals 2023/2024

The National Research Foundation (NRF) has embarked on a process designed to enhance and simplify the NRF administrative interface with Researchers, Students and Designated Authorities. This has been done by streamlining its application templates and its Call Opening process, in
March 2, 2023
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Announcement a of Closed Call for DST-Research Development Grants for Next Generation of Academics Programme (nGAP) 2023

February 15, 2023
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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Collaborative Funding Call

Almost 200 Concept Notes have been received, and the Call Secretariat and the funders are currently conducting eligibility checks. This process will be concluded at the end of January 2023. In February, the Call Secretariat will send emails to the
May 10, 2022
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NRF BRICS Call Guideline

On 18 March 2015, the BRICS Ministers of Science and Technology signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a research and development collaborative programme between the BRICS countries. Following the signing of this MoU, the following 12 BRICS Funding
March 18, 2022
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Call for Pre-proposals – Dutch Research Council (NWO) and National Research Foundation (NRF)

Opening Date Closing Date Wednesday, 1 December, 2021 Tuesday, 01 March, 2022 The Dutch Research Council (NWO) through the Merian Fund, and the National Research Foundation (NRF) support long-term scientific collaboration in the Water, Energy and Food (WEF) nexus field.
January 24, 2022
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Announcement of NRF One Call for Proposals 2021/2022

Opening Date 09 February 2021 Closing Date 31 December 2021 Application Submission Click here During the last four years the National Research Foundation (NRF) has embarked on a process designed to enhance and simplify the NRF administrative interface with Researchers,
April 2, 2021
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