Global Partnership Award (GPA)
Global Partnership Award supports joint international research or education-related activities with an international dimension that are at an early stage of development.
The Global Partnership Award Series aims to promote the strategic priorities of the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ and to raise the University’s international profile.
This internal seed funding is exclusively focused on building research collaborations with overseas partners and each annual edition takes a specific continent or country focus.
Following our signing of the Africa Charter for Transformative Research Collaborations, we are pleased to announce the 2026-27 GPA for Africa awardees:
| Principle Investigator | Proposal title | Partners | Faculty | School |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joel Allen | UK-South Africa Partnership on HIV Env Glycobiology and Vaccine Development | National Institute for Communicable Diseases, S.A. | FELS | Biological Sciences |
| Liku Tezera | Building an Ethiopia-UK Partnership for Tuberculosis Research and Innovation | Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Ethiopia | FMED | Clinical and Experimental Sciences |
| Adrien Allorant | Counting the Uncounted: Statistics, Digital Health and Immunisation Equity in DRC and Mozambique | World Health Organization, Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals (IVB); Kinshasa School of Public Health DRC; Mozambique Ministry of Health; Bluesquare | FSS | Economic,Social and political Sciences |
| Getachew Mulualem | CANOPY-Africa: Phenology and ecosystem productivity network | University of Embu University of Ghana University of Malawi |
FELS | Geography and Environmental Sciences |
| Olatundun Gafari | Heat, Nutrition and Health during pregnancy (HNH): A UK-South Africa Partnership Ìý |
University of the Witwatersrand; South Africa Medical Research Council Ageing African Adult Research Unit | FMED | Primary Care, Population Sciences and Medical Education |
| Bob Entwistle | Aerial robotics for biodiversity monitoring, sustainability reporting and climate adaptation in Zimbabwe | Organisation of Women in International Trade; Women in Mining Zimbabwe; University of Zimbabwe; The Noble Bee Ltd, Furzedown Farm | FEPS | Engineering |
The most recent Global Partnership Award Series seeks to provide 'seed funding' to support ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ priority delivery areas in Policy Impact and Research. Interdisciplinarity is one criteria of focus, key for bringing together diverse teams for impactful research.
Our award offers the support to co-develop bilateral or multilateral research activities that are at an early stage of development.
Global Partnership Award supports joint international research or education-related activities with an international dimension that are at an early stage of development.
Global Fellowship Award aims to attract the highest calibre academics from our priority partners to collaborate with ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ staff
The Global Mobility Award aims to promote the strategic priorities of the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ and to raise the University’s international profile specifically with our priority partners.
In the last five years,Ìýover 30 completed and current projects have been funded.