Deadline: 1 June 2015
The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) in collaboration with Southern Africa Network for Biosciences (SANBio) is seeking proposals from institutions and organizations to work in the area of value addition of indigenous and neglected foods.
Focus Areas:
- Nutritional value of indigenous and neglected foods
- Indigenous post-harvest technology and processing to return nutritional value
- Food packaging to improve market acceptability
- Improving quality of food to meet market standards
- Opportunities for youth and women in the areas above
SANBio will typically award a matching grant typically ranging from ZAR 50,000 to ZAR 400,000 per project for a duration not exceeding 18 months. The applicants are expected to make a Cash contribution of 20% of the total project value. The research grant will pay research and development costs but cannot pay for overhead costs, salaries, training, vehicles, or computers.
SANBio (Southern Africa Network for Biosciences) is a shared research, development and innovation platform for working collaboratively to address some of Southern Africa’s key health and nutrition issues. SANBio was established in 2005 as one of five regional collaboration networks under the New Partnership for Africa’s Development-African Biosciences Initiative (NEPAD-ABI) covering 12 SADC countries: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, the Seychelles, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Eligibility criteria
- A project proposal should comprise of a consortium of Research/Tertiary institution(s) from SANBio countries and a collaborating partner such as a local enterprise or community-based organization
- The principal investigator (PI) should be a full-time employee of a Public Research or Tertiary institution in the participating countries.
- Each project should have a co-investigator(s) from a local micro, small or medium enterprise or non-profit organization supporting product development in the food and nutrition area.
- Only micro, small or medium enterprise, non-profit organization or community-based organizations that have been registered for at least one year in any of the SANBio member countries can participate.
- The project leader and project investigators should be resident in the participating countries in the SADC region.
- Applicants must provide a plan describing how they will accomplish the project. Successful applicants are required to report on the progress of their work quarterly and avail of receipts for grant-funded purchases for auditing.
How to Apply
Each consortium can submit only one application. Applicants have to submit proposal by the deadline.
For more information, visit NEPAD SANbio.
