AREF Essential Grant Writing Skills Programme 2026 for emerging biomedical/health researchers.

The AREF Essential Grant Writing Skills Programme is an online training series designed for early-career health- and health-related researchers in Africa. The eight 3-hour sessions run across the weeks of 19 January 2026 to 23 March 2026, with an eight-week break to work on a mini proposal and peer-review others’ proposals. The programme aims to help participants develop their own grant and fellowship proposals suitable for competitive funding internationally, regionally and nationally.

Participants develop grant-writing skills, understand funders’ requirements, learn to write different proposal sections, and prepare for fellowship applications.

Citizens of an African country who are in the early stages of their research career and currently employed in Africa by a recognised university or research institution; you should not already have significant international grant experience.

Submit an application through the official webpage of the programme.