Funding Opportunities at Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund

The Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund aims to catalyse new and strengthen existing collaborations between researchers in Africa and Cambridge and support high quality training activities. Awards are made to pairs of researchers, one from a sub-Saharan African university or research institution and one from the University of Cambridge or allied research institutes (including Sanger Institute, NIAB and Babraham Institute). We encourage applications across all academic subject areas.

The fund was established in 2012, with a generous £1million donation from The ALBORADA Trust, a UK charity, to the Cambridge-Africa Programme. This was followed by a further £4million donation for the period 2016-2026 to support further engagement between Cambridge and Africa (see https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-engagement-with-africa-will-expand-following-major-gift).