Africa research funding Event

Africa research funding Event

Are you interested on applying funding for your Africa themed research or capacity building project? Or just otherwise interested to hear what type of projects there is in Africa among Turku area universities. 

Come to hear researchers and lecturers’ experiences from various funding instruments. We will also present latest EU funding options relating to Africa.  

Event is hosted by Turku Region University EU Network, TRUENet. 

Coffee will be served! 

Schedule

9:00 – 9:10: Opening of the event 

Prof. Niina Käyhkö, Professor in Applied Digital Geospatial Research , University of Turku 

9:10 – 10:30: Collaborating with Africa – experiences from different funding instruments 

• Erasmus+  

Mari Lahti & Arina Ventelä, TurkuAMK: CBHE on eMAMA 

• TFK  

Mari Berglund, TurkuAMK: Come4Global 

• HEP/HEI-ICI  

Prof. Niina Käyhkö, University of Turku: GeoICT4e 

• GIZ  

Franklin Nyairo, NoviaAMK: Impact for Kenya TVET 

[Other speakers of the event TBA] 

10:30 – 11:00: Coffee & networking 

11:00 – 11:30: Outlook on the Horizon Europe programme 2025 

Ville Myllynpää, Research funding specialist , University of  Turku 

11:30 – 11:45: Greetings from delegation from Namibia, Zambia, and Malawi 

11:45 – 12:00: Open discussion