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The Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF) works to strengthen the health research capacity of scientists in Africa who are engaged in tackling the continent’s significant health challenges. AREF is calling for applications from scientists who are active, emerging...
Applications for our 2023/24 cohort of Research Development Fellowship for early-career African health scientists and researchers will open in June 2023.
We are delighted to share that our Co-President Professor Peter Piot was recognised for his lifetime contribution to global health
We have just published our Annual Report for the Financial Year April 2021 to March 2022 on our programmes, finances and key institutional operations.
We are happy to launch the AREF open Africa Research Gateway for AREF Alumni to publish resources and share knowledge on capacity building topics in the Africa health/biomedical scene.
We are happy to launch the Tumani Corrah Prize for Excellence for the second time. This prize aims to support our Alumni efforts to increasing capacity development of health researchers in their communities. The 2023 prize will be open to our 2018 alumni.
We are delighted to announce our Towards Leadership Programme Fellows who completed a one year hybrid leadership programme supported by UKRI MRC.
This month we speak to Dr Huguette SIMO, a Cameroonian early-career researcher who was recently selected as an Affiliate by the African Academy of Sciences.
As part of the AREF Alumni network, Paul is supporting our goal to improve health research in Africa through self-led research on HIV resistance in Cameroonian children.
Launching a new Women in Research Leadership Programme. The Africa Research Excellence Fund, AREF, is delighted to announce the continuing partnership with Consolidated Contractors Company, CCC, and the launch of a new leadership development initiative for women...