IFRA announces Call for Research Projects

The institute will be funding several research projects, individual or collective, focusing on social science in West Africa.

Funding Information

• IFRA-Nigeria grants range from €500 to €1,500, depending on the nature of the project.

Eligible Projects

• The projects must be in line with one of the four research axes of the Institute and must mention a “valorisation” component in connection with IFRA-Nigeria:
  • Axis 1: Beliefs, bodies and health
  • Axis 2: Citizenship, gender and mobilisation
  • Axis 3: Heritage dynamics and environment
  • Transversal axis: Digital Humanities

Eligibility Criteria

• This call is addressed to master’s Students – Doctoral Students – Post-Doctoral Students – Researchers.
• IFRA-Nigeria is financing, for the period from April 2025 to March 2026, about ten research projects, either individual (field missions, stays in archives, etc.) or collective (collective projects, organisation of scientific events, etc.).

Application Requirements

• List of documents to be provided:
  • A letter of motivation (1 page maximum (Font size = 12, automatic margins and paragraph size)).
  • A CV (3 pages maximum).
  • A detailed description of the research project not exceeding 4 pages (Font size = 12, automatic margins and paragraph size), including a scientific project, a detailed work plan (dates, itinerary, objectives, etc.), the list of institutional partnerships and the perspectives of valorisation (publications, oral communications, etc.) and a bibliography.
• Submission of applications:
  • Applications must be sent by e-mail, in the form of a single .pdf file containing all the documents mentioned, to the following addresses.

For more information, visit IFRA.