CIVIS Seed Funding
CIVIS Seed funding for research activities and African-European collaboration 2025
Academics and faculty members of CIVIS universities are invited to submit proposals in order to initiate new collaborative research activities or work on joint applications for larger research grants. Proposals must be related to one (or more) of the five CIVIS Hub themes:
·Climate, Environment, Energy
·Society, Culture, Heritage
·Health
·Cities, Spaces, Mobilities
·Digital & Technological Transformation
CIVIS African Partners:
·Université Hassan II de Casablanca – UH2C (Morocco)
·Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar – UCAD (Senegal)
·University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg – Wits (South Africa)
·Makerere University – MAK (Uganda)
·Universidade Eduardo Mondlane – UEM (Mozambique)
·Université de Sfax – USF (Tunisia)
For more information: https://civis.eu/en/teach-and-
Evaluation and Timeline (for the seedfunding call)
May 31st, 2025: Call closes.
June to October 2025: Evaluation process. CIVIS Hub Councils examine the academic relevance of proposed activities. A CIVIS Technical Committee will verify their financial and organisational feasibility. The CIVIS Research Council and Steering Committee will decide on the funding of activities.
By November 1st, 2025: Applicants will be notified about the funding decision.
By June 30th 2026: Proposed activities are completed.
By July 31st, 2026: All reports are sent to Technical Committee.
Which costs are eligible?
The primary focus of this call is to facilitate the consolidation of networks, and thus to allocate funding for mobility costs.
·Each selected project can receive up to 10,000 EUR, depending on the location and number of mobility envisaged.
·For participants from CIVIS universities in Europe: staff mobility costs (travel, accommodation, and subsistence) can be covered according to Erasmus+ rules (up to 850 EUR per participant travelling in Europe and up to 1 500 EUR per participant travelling from Europe to Africa).
