- Grant Amount – £15,000
- Deadline – February 20, 2026
- CLICK HERE TO APPLY
Submissions are now open for the Royal Society Africa Prize to recognise research scientists based in Africa who are making an innovative contribution to the sciences.
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The Grant is designed to promote capacity building within Africa. The Recipient of the Prize may not use the funds to support their own salary or personal remuneration, or as a salary for research assistants. The Grant will be made in one payment after attending the Royal Society to deliver the Prize Lecture and awarding ceremony.
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Benefits
- The Prize will make a grant of £15,000, including VAT where applicable, to the Recipient for a research project and £2,000 as a personal prize for the Recipient.
- The Recipients will also be awarded a specially struck commemorative medal, and they are expected to receive this in person at an awarding ceremony which will take place at the Royal Society, except in exceptional circumstances such as ill-health.
Eligibility:
- The Royal Society Africa Prize is open to African citizens.
- The Prize is intended for researchers at a senior stage of their research career with the potential to build a research project to follow on from the prize.
- Nominations can be made by senior academics and members of the national academies of science. The project and nominee should be linked with an African centre of excellence, which would normally be a university or an equivalent research centre.
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