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Call for Nominations: Royal Society Africa Prize

Deadline: 23 February 2024

The Royal Society is encouraging nominations of joint collaborations, groups or teams for the Royal Society Africa Prize to recognise research scientists based in Africa who are making an innovative contribution to the sciences.

The Grant will be made in one payment after attending the Royal Society to deliver the Prize Lecture and awarding ceremony.

Purpose of the Grant

  • Grants are made to be spent on the research project and the Royal Society should be notified of any alteration to this project.
  • The Grant is intended to be spent on a research project which has the potential to continue after the 12 months of the Grant.
  • 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/personal remuneration or as a salary for research assistants.

Prize Information

  • 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 medal is of bronze, awarded annually.

Reporting Requirements

  • The recipient of the Prize is required to submit a report after 6 months (upon receiving the Grant) and again after 12 months detailing the progress of their research, the progress of their project and the expenditure of the Grant.

Eligibility Criteria

  • 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.

Conditions

  • The Prize is intended for researchers at a senior stage (more than 15 years post PhD) of their research career with the potential to build a research project to follow on from the prize.
  • The research must be based in Africa.
  • The Recipients must notify the Royal Society of any change in their status or location.
  • 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.
  • This award comes with a Prize Lecture which the recipient is expected to deliver on the evening of the awarding ceremony.
  • 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 entre of excellence, which would normally be a university, or equivalent research centre.

For more information, visit The Royal Society.