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Calling submissions for the ODA Global Innovation Fellowships: South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) 2024!

This programme is part of the £337m International Science Partnerships Fund (ISPF), which is designed to enable potential and foster prosperity. It puts research and innovation at the heart of the UK’s international relationships, supporting UK researchers and innovators to work with peers around the world on the major themes of our time. It is managed by the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT) and delivered by a consortium of the UK’s leading research and innovation bodies. In the context of this call, funding from the International Science Partnerships Fund is funded by ODA therefore applications for this funding must be ODA-eligible.

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This is the first call for this ODA strand of the programme, offering opportunities for ODA Global Innovation Fellowship award holders to embed themselves with SAIIA, in their South Africa office. Applications that are not considered ODA-eligible will not be taken forward through the assessment process.

SAIIA is an independent public policy think tank advancing a well-governed, peaceful, economically sustainable and globally engaged Africa. Their work spans foreign policy, governance, the environment, economic policy and social development, linking local experiences with global debates, and provides local and regional decision-makers with independent, evidence-based options for Africa’s future development.

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The aim is to have a mutually beneficial partnership between the fellowship award holder and SAIIA, with each able to take advantage of fresh perspectives and expand their networks and reach. It will enable the award holder to strengthen and create new links across policy and academia, enabling knowledge mobilisation and translation, and the opportunity to develop new approaches and solutions to policy challenges through providing a different perspective.

Applications are invited in any of the following areas:

  • Democracy and governance in Africa.
  • Climate Finance.
  • Critical Minerals.
  • Re-imagining Democracy through Transformative Foresight and Complexity Thinking.

Benefits

  • The Academy is offering up to one to two one-year fellowships hosted in SAIIA,’s office in South Africa (Johannesburg or Cape Town).
  • These are offered as awards for up to £150,000 for 12 months in duration (with Full Economic Costing at 80%).
  • Awards are for a period of 12 months.

Eligibilities

Applications are invited in any of the following areas:

  • Democracy and governance in Africa.
  • Climate Finance.
  • Critical Minerals.
  • Re-imagining Democracy through Transformative Foresight and Complexity Thinking.
Eligible Regions: United Kingdom

Application Process

  • Applications should be submitted well in advance of the deadline; we recommend at least five days prior to allow for institutional approval.
  • Applications that are not considered ODA-eligible will not be taken forward through the assessment process.
  • In the context of this call, funding from the International Science Partnerships Fund is funded by ODA therefore applications for this funding must be ODA-eligible.

Application Deadline: November 26, 2024

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