Remember to apply for FinCEAL Plus BRIDGES funding!
The FinCEAL Plus BRIDGES Partnership Support Instrument (PSI) is a granting scheme that offers small-scale financial support for building and maintaining the Finnish scientific community’s research and innovation cooperation initiatives with their peers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean, and addressing one or more of the Sustainable Development Goals.
The 2021 PSI funding call supports the re-starting and development of partnerships between the Finnish science community and counterparts in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean to respond to the challenges posed by COVID-19 and the new realities for cooperation. Unlike previous calls, there are no pre-defined funding modalities.
Activities applied for must meet the following criteria:
Respond to one or more of the Sustainable Development Goals, and
Support either:
the initiation of a new collaborative research partnership with a peer (or peers) in Africa, Asia, or the LAC regions or
the re-establishment or development of an existing collaborative research partnership with a peer (or peers) in Africa, Asia, or the LAC regions.
Activities can include, but are not limited to: digitalization, virtual events, translation, small-scale infrastructure support, networking, training, digital production or publication, platform activities. A combination of these activities is also possible. Travel costs are not excluded but are not encouraged at this time.
The maximum amount of funding for a single grant is 4 000€.
The first grants under this call have already been granted! The call will be open until all of the funding is committed. Apply to get yours!
News from the LEAP-RE project
The LEAP-RE project Kick-Off Meeting takes place 23-24 March
UniPID (University of Helsinki) is one of 83 African and European partners building a research and innovation partnership between the EU and AU on renewable energy. Follow the project website and social media channels for updates and information on funding for renewable energy research and innovation projects.
Researching renewable energies in Africa? The LEAP-RE call for AU-EU collaborative R&I projects is closing soon!
The LEAP-RE project launched a transnational call for research, innovation and capacity building projects, funded by national/regional funding agencies and by the European Commission. The call funds basic research, applied research, and experimental development projects that are 12-36 months long. More information is available here. The deadline for pre-proposals is 1 April 2021, remember to finalize and submit your application!
Finland's Africa strategy has been published
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs will host a publication event on 25 March
The MFA published Finland's Africa strategy last week. The strategy is available in Finnish here, an English version is expected later this week. Join the publication event on 25 March to hear comments from Ministers, a representative of the Finnish-African Society, and a panel of stakeholders who participated in the strategy preparation. One of the panelists is also a member of the UniPID Board.
UniPID participated actively in the preparation of the strategy, and we are pleased that the strategy aims to support higher education and research collaboration and partnerships between Finnish and African actors. Other central themes in the strategy include peace and security, trade, and environment.
FinCEAL+ BRIDGES supports the Sustainable Development Goals.
Get involved, discuss, and receive up-to-date information on FinCEAL activities,
events, and open funding calls by joining the FinCEAl group on LinkedIn.
Are you a researcher based in Finland, carrying out research on/in Africa, Asia, or Latin America
and the Caribbean? Create an expert profile and register your projects in the Infobank!
