Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme
NDICI-2026-MOBAF · NDICI-MOBAF-UN · Needs partners
What this call funds
This scheme funds academic mobility projects that let students, trainees and staff move between higher education institutions across Africa to build skills in priority sectors like climate, energy, digital, transport and health. It aims to strengthen African higher education, boost employability and increase cross border cooperation between African and EU universities. The money supports consortium led mobility and exchange projects rather than funding individual scholarship applications directly.
education skills · social innovation · regional development
Who wins this
This call best suits a consortium led by a Sub Saharan African higher education institution partnering with several other African HEIs and one EU HEI to run a large scale academic mobility programme in a Global Gateway priority sector.
Could you win this call?
Only the website is required.
The call in detail
- Funding model
- NDICI-AG-UN
- Submission
- Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
- Type of action
- NDICI MOBAF Unit Grants
- Partners
- Required. The call asks for a consortium: at least 5 partners, from 3 countries.
- Eligible applicants
- research organisation, public body
- Also required
- Coordinator must be a Higher Education Institution established in Sub Saharan Africa, consortium must include 4 to 6 Sub Saharan African HEIs from at least two of three eligible regions plus one EU HEI technical partner, and proposals are limited to a maximum of two Global Gateway priorities and 70 pages.
Read the full conditions from the official call ›
Conditions 1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout Described in section 5 of the Call document. Proposals are limited to maximum 70 pages (Part B). Evaluators will not consider any additional pages. Shorter proposals are welcome. 2. Eligible countries Described in section 6 of the call document. 3. Other eligibility conditions Described in section 6 of the call document. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion Described in section 7 of the call document. 5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes Described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual. 5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds Described in section 9 of the call document. Award criteria Minimum pass score Maximum score Relevance n/a 25 Design n/a 25 Implementation n/a 30 Sustainability n/a 20 Overall (pass) scores 60 100 Proposals that pass the overall threshold will be considered for funding — within the limits of the available budget (i.e. up to the budget ceiling). Other proposals will be rejected. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement Described in section 4 of the call document. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants Described in section 10 of the call document. Call document and annexes: Call document