NATIONAL RESEARCH FUND TENDER JULY 2023 

CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST TO PROPOSE A JOINT RESEARCH PROJECT UNDER THE FRENCH
MINISTRY OF EUROPE AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS SOLIDARITY FUND FOR INNOVATIVE PROJECTS (FSPI)

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES & AGRICULTURE

The FSPI grant programme (Fonds de Solidarité pour les Projets Innovants-Solidarity Fund for Innovative
Projects) is a funding mechanism of the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Aff airs. Local and French
partners implement projects under the supervision of the French embassies for a duration of 12 to 30
months. Kenya is eligible for the mechanism with a funding ceiling of €600,000 per project. The FSPI mechanism
can support research projects, especially if they carry a solid capacity-building component while considering
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Gender issues in the project.
Since 2021, the National Research Fund (NRF) and the Embassy of France in Kenya have partnered to submit
joint projects to the FSPI calls. In 2021, the Hepatocellular Carcinoma (CHC) in Western Kenya: Risk Factors,
early diagnosis, and surgical management (HepWek) project was successfully submitted. The French
Ministry of Europe and Foreign Aff airs allocated €516,148 to the project being implemented by a joint team
from Moi University, the French Institute for Research for Sustainable Development (IRD), the Institut Pasteur
and the Peruvian National Cancer Institute.
The next FSPI call will be published in November 2023. NRF and the Embassy of France, with support from
the IRD and CIRAD, plan to submit a proposal in the fi eld of environmental science on “Research and partnership
building for greater resilience of agroecosystems in Kenya while protecting, harnessing and promoting
biodiversity in a context of climate change”.
Interested Kenyan research teams can download the call for expression of interest application template
from https://www.nrf.go.ke and submit it to NRF through grants@nrf.go.ke by 7th August 2023.
NRF and the Embassy of France strongly encourages submission of the expression of interest as a consortium
of research institutions, universities and/or museums.
The selected research team will be notified by 15th September 2023 to start working with the French team
on the proposal that will be submitted to the FSPI call in November 2023.
Contact Details
Chief Executive Offi cer
National Research Fund
3rd Floor NACOSTI Headquarters Building, Upper Kabete
P.O. Box 26036-00100 NAIROBI
Tel: 020-4403386

 

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