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Deadline: October 30, 2026
Deadline: October 30, 2026 Applications are open for the IFRA-Nigeria Research Grants 2027. IFRA-Nigeria – the French Institute for Research in Africa located within the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan – has a regional vocation that extends over nine West African countries: Nigeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Chad and Togo. It promotes and supports research on these countries in the field of the humanities and social sciences. Disciplines outside this field are not eligible.
Eligibility: Open to second year master’s students, doctoral and postdoctoral students, as well as researchers working in humanities and social sciences on a country under IFRA-Nigeria’s geographical mandate
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Applications are open for the IFRA-Nigeria Research Grants 2027. IFRA-Nigeria – the French Institute for Research in Africa located within the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan – has a regional vocation that extends over nine West African countries: Nigeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Chad and Togo. It promotes and supports research on these countries in the field of the humanities and social sciences. Disciplines outside this field are not eligible.
IFRA-Nigeria is financing, for the period of January 2027 to October 2027, a dozen of research projects, either individual or collective, implying fieldwork missions and/or stays in archives.
IFRA-Nigeria grants can only reach a maximum of €1,000, depending on the nature and the budget of the project.
Open to second year master’s students, doctoral and postdoctoral students, as well as researchers working in humanities and social sciences on a country under IFRA-Nigeria’s geographical mandate (Nigeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Chad and Togo).
They accept applications in French or English.
A cover letter (1 page maximum, font size = Arial 12, automatic margins and paragraph size).
A CV (3 pages maximum).
A budget mentioning the total cost of the project. Note that the budget must include a detailed explanation of the intended use of funds requested from IFRA-Nigeria, and any other amount requested to or received from other sources of funding. Use the budget template.
A detailed description of the research project not exceeding 4 pages (bibliography and budget excluded). It should include the scientific project, a detailed work plan (dates, itinerary, objectives, etc.), the list of institutional partnerships, the perspectives of valorisation and a bibliography. Use the proposal template.
The documents must be uploaded in a single pdf file in the application form.
For more information, visit IFRA-Nigeria Research Grants.
Open to second year master’s students, doctoral and postdoctoral students, as well as researchers working in humanities and social sciences on a country under IFRA-Nigeria’s geographical mandate
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