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Up to $2,000 UNESCO Crisis Research Grant

  • Organization: UNESCO
  • Type: Grant
  • Location: Global
  • Deadline: November 15, 2026
  • Funding: Fully Funded

UNESCO's Science for Crisis Response and Solutions (SCRS) Programme is offering six small grants to African researchers whose natural-science research was stopped or seriously delayed by armed conflict or a natural or biological hazard in the last three years. Each grant of up to US$2,000 helps restart the work, protect data already collected and finish a clearly defined part of the research within six months. This is the programme's first pilot call, and the money is paid to the researcher's host university or research institute. **What you get:** - A grant of up to US$2,000, paid to your host university or research institute - Funding for consumables and small research supplies, local fieldwork and research travel, and data collection, processing or secure storage - Funding for minor equipment repair or short-term access to equipment or facilities, and laboratory, publication or open-access costs linked to the interrupted research - A place in the first cohort of a planned SCRS African Research Continuity Network, with peer mentorship **What you'll do:** - Restart or complete a clearly defined part of your interrupted research within six months of receiving the funds - Send a short midpoint update, a final narrative report, an expenditure statement and evidence of outputs - Share lessons on keeping research going through a crisis **Key dates:** - Call published 5 October 2026 - Questions to scienceresponse@unesco.org by 14 November 2026 - Applications close 15 November 2026, 23:59 Paris time - Eligibility and technical review 16 to 30 November 2026 - Recipients announced in December 2026 - Agreements and transfers to host institutions December to January - Implementation up to six months from receipt of funds **More information:** - Call for Applications, Terms of Reference and Concept Note are linked as PDFs on the UNESCO call page - Application form in English or French, linked from the UNESCO call page - Questions to scienceresponse@unesco.org

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Up to $2,000 UNESCO Crisis Research Grant

Nov 15, 2026 23:59:00 CET
Opportunity type
Grant
Funding
Fully Funded
Location
Global
Deadline
Nov 15, 2026 23:59:00 CET

About this opportunity

UNESCO's Science for Crisis Response and Solutions (SCRS) Programme is offering six small grants to African researchers whose natural-science research was stopped or seriously delayed by armed conflict or a natural or biological hazard in the last three years. Each grant of up to US$2,000 helps restart the work, protect data already collected and finish a clearly defined part of the research within six months. This is the programme's first pilot call, and the money is paid to the researcher's host university or research institute.

What you get:

  • A grant of up to US$2,000, paid to your host university or research institute
  • Funding for consumables and small research supplies, local fieldwork and research travel, and data collection, processing or secure storage
  • Funding for minor equipment repair or short-term access to equipment or facilities, and laboratory, publication or open-access costs linked to the interrupted research
  • A place in the first cohort of a planned SCRS African Research Continuity Network, with peer mentorship

What you'll do:

  • Restart or complete a clearly defined part of your interrupted research within six months of receiving the funds
  • Send a short midpoint update, a final narrative report, an expenditure statement and evidence of outputs
  • Share lessons on keeping research going through a crisis

Key dates:

  • Call published 5 October 2026
  • Questions to scienceresponse@unesco.org by 14 November 2026
  • Applications close 15 November 2026, 23:59 Paris time
  • Eligibility and technical review 16 to 30 November 2026
  • Recipients announced in December 2026
  • Agreements and transfers to host institutions December to January
  • Implementation up to six months from receipt of funds

More information:

  • Call for Applications, Terms of Reference and Concept Note are linked as PDFs on the UNESCO call page
  • Application form in English or French, linked from the UNESCO call page
  • Questions to scienceresponse@unesco.org

Who can apply

  • African nationality, and based at a recognised university or research institute in an African country
  • At least a Master's degree, or an equivalent recognised research qualification, in a relevant field
  • Natural-science research, or interdisciplinary research with a substantial natural-science component
  • The research was interrupted by armed conflict or a natural or biological hazard within the previous three years, or is still materially affected by its consequences
  • Activities that can be completed within six months and within the US$2,000 ceiling
  • A signed support letter from an authorised representative of the host institution
  • Confirmation that the same costs are not funded from another source
  • Attach a CV, proof of your highest relevant qualification, and any ethics, research or fieldwork authorisation the activities need
  • Open to all African countries meeting the crisis criteria; researchers from Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda and Zimbabwe are particularly encouraged, and the list is not exhaustive

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Good to know

  • +Run by UNESCO, with the call, terms of reference and concept note all published
  • +A Master's degree is enough; you do not need a PhD
  • +Researchers under 40 and women are especially encouraged
  • +Free to apply

Worth checking yourself

  • !For African nationals at an African university or research institute whose natural-science research was interrupted by armed conflict or a natural or biological hazard in the last three years
  • !Only six grants of up to US$2,000 in this pilot round
  • !The money goes to your institution for supplies, fieldwork, data or repairs, not to you as salary
  • !You need a signed support letter from your institution, so start early
  • !Closes 15 November 2026 at 23:59 Paris time

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Up to $2,000 UNESCO Crisis Research Grant
Nov 15, 2026 23:59:00 CET