The French Embassy in Senegal and the Ministry for Higher Education, Research and Innovation in Senegal are launching a call for projects to seed or develop scientific cooperation between the two countries. It aims at fostering the mobility of researchers. Application deadline: 15 April 2019.
Researchers from all scientific fields can apply. Projects will be selected on the following criteria:
Additional criteria will be considered, like the development of new cooperations, involvement of economic partners or skills and knowledge transfer.
The French and Senegalese partners must be active in a laboratory which is acknowledged respectively by the French HCERES and the Senegalese Ministry for Higher Education, research and Innovation.
Projects will be funded for a maximum duration of 2 years (no renewable). The maximum funding is 5.000€ per year.
Following costs can be covered by the funding:
The project coordinator must submit before April 15 the following documents :
Application must be sent to
antoine.le-grand@diplomatie.gouv.fr
and to
mamadou-1.diop@diplomatie.gouv.fr
Project coordinators will be notified in late May for a project start in June 2019.
Antoine Le Grand , Attaché de Coopération scientifique et universitaire
antoine.le-grand@diplomatie.gouv.fr
Tafsir Babacar Ndoye, Direction Financement, Recherche, Développement technologique