AfricaLics Travel Grants

AfricaLics Travel Grants has got moderate funds from Sida (up to 2021) where participants from World Bank-designated low and low-middle-income countries can apply for travel support when accepted as participants for AfricaLics Ph.D. Academies and Research Conferences. History shows that the number of applicants is proportionally larger than the available resources for travel support. The applicants are advised to look for other sources of finance that can fully or partly finance their travel. Travel support is not assured and since funds for travel support are limited, applicants should not expect to receive 100% of their funding request.

Those who receive travel support to present their work at an Academy or Conference are requested to please acknowledge this support in any subsequent publication of the work presented.  Specifically, please write the following statement in the acknowledgments section: ‘The authors would like to acknowledge the support from The African Network for Learning, Innovation and Competence Building Systems (AfricaLics) for its travel and logistic support to attend the [Insert name, date and location of AfricaLics or Globelics Academy/ Conference], under the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) funded AfricaLics Research Capacity Building Phase 2 project, grant number: 54100141.’

Eligibility

To apply for AfricaLics Travel Grants, the following conditions must be met:

• The paper must have been accepted and have been informed of a confirmed place in the event.
• Available travel support funding is prioritized for Ph.D. students and early career researchers/ post-doctoral students based at African Universities; especially females and those from low-income countries.
• You must be a national of a low-income or low-middle-income country as per the DAC OECD list of countries. Currently, AfricaLics is unable to provide travel support to anyone who is a national of or studying in, a country designated as high-income.
• If the paper is with a co-author(s), AfricaLics can only give travel support to one presenting author.
• AfricaLics do not grant travel support to applicants residing in the country where the conference is located.
• We do not support employees from Ministries and other government agencies (e.g. development banks).
• If a participant is eligible for travel support, she/he must complete a travel support request form prior to travel and before the deadline given on the event website for these applications. The travel support request form is available on the AfricaLics website.

Benefits

Please note that travel support is provided as follows:

• Travel support covers return airfares only.  These must be the cheapest fare and economy class tickets. We are unable to reimburse visa costs, ground transportation, transit hotel bills, or other related travel costs.
• The reimbursement procedure starts AFTER the conference. It is therefore NOT possible to receive a cheque, cash, or other forms of payment at the conference.
• We cannot refund costs larger than the amount you are granted.
• We cannot refund costs larger than the documented costs, which means that we need original tickets and receipts AFTER the conference.  You must scan and post back to us after the event your original tickets/receipt and boarding passes/stubs.  If you do not return these, your travel support claim cannot be processed.
• The AfricaLics Secretariat can only provide travel support in terms of reimbursement of travel costs AFTER the conference: The AfricaLics Secretariat is unable to support prepaid tickets

Road Map to Win a Travel Grant!

Application Process

• If you are eligible for travel support, you must complete a travel support request form PRIOR to your travel and before the deadline provided for the event.  The travel support request form is available here .