Application Deadline: 21st March 2025
Applications are now open for the 2025 Mastercard Foundation/University of Cambridge Climate Resilience and Sustainability Research Fund. The Mastercard Foundation and University of Cambridge Climate Resilience and Sustainability Research Fund aims to catalyse new and strengthen existing collaborations between researchers in Africa and Cambridge and support high quality training activities. The focus of the scheme is research on climate resilience and sustainability. This focus is interpreted broadly so long as the linkage of the research to these areas can be justified in the application for the award.
The research fund is supported by a generous £7.7million investment by the Mastercard Foundation and will run from 2025 to 2030. The Mastercard Foundation and University of Cambridge Climate Resilience and Sustainability Research Fund will follow an annual cycle of awards until 2029 when the award will support activities for the year 2029-30. It is anticipated that most awards will be made for activities that will take place over a 12-month period.
Benefits
- In this round, applications can be made for a Research Catalyst Grant for up to £20,000 or a Workshop Grant for up to £50,000. It is anticipated that many awardees will be able to use the preliminary results from their research catalyst grant to apply for and win significant funding from other funding bodies.
Application
- The Cambridge-based Principal Investigator must register and complete a saveable online application form, available on the Cambridge-Africa website. Final submissions should include the following documents:
- • Case for support
- • An itemised budget (template provided)
- • A lay summary
- • A letter of support from the department/faculty of the Cambridge-based PI. (For the Department of Engineering, a letter of support from the Head of Division is needed). An email from an institutional email account is also acceptable. • A letter of support from the department/institution of the Africa-based PI. An email from an institutional email account is also acceptable.
- • CVs (maximum 2 pages) for both the Cambridge-based and Africa-based PI
Any enquiries about the scheme can be directed to cresusrf@cambridge-africa.cam.ac.uk
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