Upcoming Funding Opportunities

  • Local AIMday Grants, 16 March – 10 June, 2026

    The Local AIMday Grants are aimed at supporting organising Acdemic Industry Meeting Days(AIMdays), a concept that connects reserachers with industry, government, and civil society to discuss real world challenges and explore collaborative solutions. The grants are aimed to host a local AIMday in your region with your chosen actors.

  • SASUF - NRF Seed Grants for academia, Industry, Society Collaboration, 16 March – 10 June, 2026

    Funding for projects addressing societal challenges and creating measurable impact. These grants encourage partnerships between researchers and societal organisations such as local municipalities, industries, NGOs, and public agencies.

  • SASUF - NRF Seed Grants for Intra-African Collaboration, 5 August – 15 October, 2026

    A call focused on strengthening collaborations within the African continent, broadening partnerships between Swedish and South African universities. This initiative is carried out in collaboration with the Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI), a pan-African platform supporting research funding and capacity development across the continent.

  • Long-Term Mobility Grants (PhD Students & Postdocs), 2 October – 4 November, 2026

    Opportunities for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers from Swedish and South African SASUF+ partner institutions to spend minimum of five months at a partner university in the other country. These stays promote knowledge exchange, joint research, and lasting academic connections, and can be connected to an already funded SASUF+ project.

  • Fieldwork & Data Collection Stipends for Honors and Masters Students, 8 April – 28 April, 2027

    Short-term grants (1–3 weeks) for students conducting degree project research abroad at a SASUF+ partner university. Designed to support data collection and strengthen collaboration within ongoing SASUF-funded projects.

STINT Initiation grants
https://www.stint.se/en/program/initiation-grants/

Swedish Institute - Public Sector Innovation Programme (in Swedish but with Enligsh guide)
https://si.se/utlysningar/bidrag-finansiering/si-public-sector-innovation-programme/

Swedish Institute Scholarships for Global Professionals – Scholarship for South African
students to pursue a master degree in Sweden
https://si.se/en/apply/scholarships/swedish-institute-scholarships-for-global-professionals/

The Guild of Research Intensive Universities has produced an overview of different programmes in education, research, and innovation open to EU-Africa cooperation

We would like to highlight the following programmes to fund collaboration between Sweden and South Africa. Most of the calls are recurring annual calls, so if the application period is over, please check again later. For more information, please contact sasuf@uu.se.