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ViewCanada backs socio-economic Covid-19 research in Africa

Projects to focus on economic policies, empowerment and accountability

ViewEurope-Africa R&D partnership waits while EU debates

Executive director looks to the future of clinical research initiative focused on sub-Saharan Africa

ViewUK to help ‘vulnerable’ African countries cope with Covid-19

Twelve research projects will study pandemic challenges ranging from elections to education

ViewAfrican Covid-19 science ‘should focus on testing and partnerships’

US health expert says pandemic could help African scientists demonstrate value of science to governments

ViewR&D projects to support global recovery from Covid-19

UK government invests £7.2m in international projects through Global Challenges Research Fund and Newton Fund

ViewFirst woman wins Africa Prize for engineering innovation

Charlette N’Guessan will use £25,000 prize to develop facial-recognition software

ViewUS health institute sets up centres to battle novel viruses

Centres of excellence will research emerging pathogens in Africa and elsewhere

ViewSecond phase of African granting council support initiative launched

Programme will encompass ethics, open science and online grants management

ViewCanada funds research into Covid-19 and food security in Africa

Topics include gender dimensions of food production and effects on staple crops and fisheries

ViewAfrica dominates shortlist for Newton Fund prize

£500,000 award rewards innovative collaborations between UK and developing countries

ViewBEIS to develop gender equality strategy for aid research

Move comes as review finds Newton Fund and GCRF are behind curve on gender equality

ViewSouthern Africa and Europe team up on coronavirus innovation

Funding call is a collaboration between Southern Africa, the European Union and Germany

ViewMetrics system to improve support for ‘left behind’ low-income countries and institutions

Metrics system to improve support for ‘left behind’ low-income countries and institutions

ViewUK funds coronavirus antibody study in Kenya

Survey will track viral exposure in blood donors, pregnant women and healthcare workers

ViewUK to support African research intensive universities

Thirteen centres of excellence will receive up to £600,000 each over three years

ViewCovid-19 shines a light on expertise developed in Africa

Travel bans hinder inflow of foreign ‘experts’ and give locals space to shine

ViewBRICS bloc launches coronavirus research fund

Grouping includes countries with some of the world’s highest infection figures

ViewEurope lays foundation for renewed partnership with Africa

Science and clean energy among preliminary priorities for cooperation plan

ViewFrom vaccines to surveillance: EDCTP announces Covid-19 rapid grant winners

Studies worth €10m will enable European and African teams to target pressing pandemic challenges

ViewNIH puts $60m into African health data science

Research will focus on continent’s ‘most pressing’ clinical and public health problems

ViewUK funds African digital innovation networks

Networks to ‘address development challenges’ like health, energy and online access

ViewApplications sought for African biodiversity data grants

EU-funded support aims to digitise natural history collections and develop data networks

ViewLevelling up of global research capacity stymied by lack of data

Analysis by funders suggests grants for health research accrue to countries with higher research capacity

View‘Transparent’ NIH scoring fails to address racial disparities

Study finds substantial funding gaps persist between black and white principal investigators

ViewThe Africa Rapid Grant Fund: From concept to call in just over a month

How an African science granting network created a Covid-19 programme in record time

ViewUK provides more funding for LMIC coronavirus research

Up to £1m available for research in priority areas

ViewFLAIR fellowships more diverse in second round

But diversity—while pleasing—was not a criterion for funding, backers say

ViewPartnership boosts ‘fragile and inadequate’ data systems in Africa

Initiative will increase health data interoperability and curb duplication to fight coronavirus

ViewUK funders support coronavirus research in Africa

Projects will explore how the virus is spreading and how it affects different populations

ViewTWAS emphasises role of developing country science in pandemic response

Global South has ‘specific expertise’ in battling infectious disease, academy says