Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme
Please note: If you are interested in applying, please contact the Head of BOKU-International Relations Dr. Margarita Calderón-Peter for further information.
Call:
The European Union will invest further €10 million in projects to promote student and staff mobility in Africa under the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme. The fourth Call for proposals was published on 19 February 2020 with a deadline for submission of applications on 19 May 2020.
The Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme supports higher education cooperation between countries in Africa. It provides financial support to partnerships of African higher education institutions (HEIs) for the organisation and the implementation within African countries of student mobility in high quality master and doctoral programmes, as well as of staff mobility for teaching, training and research assignments. The overall objective of the scheme is to enhance human capital development in Africa. More specifically, it aims to increase the employability of students, improve the quality and relevance of higher education in Africa and to strengthen the modernisation and internationalisation of African higher education institutions.
The recently published fourth Call for proposals is open to HEIs from Africa. The Lead applicant institution submits the application on behalf of the partnership, which must be composed of minimum 4 and maximum 6 African HEIs (including the Lead applicant). In addition, a HEI from the EU, holding an Erasmus Charter for Higher Education, must be included in the partnership as technical partner. Each project budget is between €1 and 1.4 million.
The deadline for submission of applications is 19 May 2020 at 17:00 Brussels Time.
A web-streaming information session will take place on 17 March 2020 to explain the opportunities offered by the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme and in particular its fourth Call for proposals. Speakers will offer advice and tips on how to prepare and submit project proposals. Interested participants can follow the event online via our live web stream.