Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund COVID-19 Emergency Awards
For 2 months from early April 2020, we operated a rolling emergency funding scheme to make awards, up to a maximum for each award of £20,000, to Cambridge and African researchers working together to address COVID-19 in Africa. We have exhausted our funds and the scheme is now closed to any further applications. Please contact alboradafund@cambridge-africa.cam.ac.uk with any queries.
Funded projects
1 | Responding to COVID-19 in Somalia: interactive mass media, 1-to-1 messaging and rapid insights from citizen feedback | Dr Sharath Srinivasan (POLIS) Dr George Gathigi (University of Nairobi) & Mr Samuel Kimeu (Africa's Voices) | Somalia |
2 | Rapid response to the COVID-19 crisis using digital fabrication in Malawi | Dr Lucia Corsini (Institute for Manufacturing, Department of Engineering), Myamiko Nkoloma & Prof Kamija Phiri (University of Malawi) | Malawi |
3 | Rapid response to crisis using digital fabrication in Ethiopia | Dr Lucia Corsini (Institute for Manufacturing, Department of Engineering) & Dr Tilahun (Bahir Dar University) | Ethiopia |
4 | Scaling up COVID-19 testing through open science hardware and local manufacturing | Dr Jenny Molloy (Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology) & Dr Kassahun Tesfaye (Ethiopian Biotechnology Institute) | Ethiopia |
5 | The effects of COVID-19 on education in Ethiopia: Informing short- and medium-term policy responses | Prof Pauline Rose (Education) & Prof Tassew Woldehanna (Addis Ababa University and Ethiopian Policy Studies Institute ) | Ethiopia |
6 | Expansion of COVID-19 Diagnostic Capacity in the Democratic Republic of Congo | Prof Gordon Dougan (Medicine) & Dr Sheila Makiala (INRB) | Democratic Republic of Congo |
7 | Expansion of COVID-19 Diagnostic Capacity in Madagascar | Prof Gordon Dougan (Medicine) & Prof Raphaël Rakotozandrindrainy (University of Antananarivo) | Madagascar |
8 | SARS-CoV-2 Immune correlates of protection in Nigeria (SIP-NG) | Prof Jonathan Heeney (Veterinary Medicine) & Dr Chinedu Ugwu (Redeemer's University) | Nigeria |
9 | COVID-19 and the psychological wellbeing of frontline workers in Ghana | Dr Justice Tankebe (Institute of Criminology) & Dr Samuel Adjorlolo (University of Ghana) | Ghana |
10 | Design and implementation of a medical oxygen concentrator for resource limited settings | Dr David Fairen-Jimenez (Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology) & Dr Richard Ayah (University of Nairobi) | Kenya |
11 | Conspiracies, COVID-19 and Social Media in Africa: Navigating public information campaigns in a digital age | Dr Stephanie Diepeveen (Department of Politics and International Studies) & Dr Iginio Gagliardone (University of the Witwatersrand) | South Africa |
12 | COVID-19 Responses in Displaced Communities in Somalia | Dr Freya Jephcott (Department of Veterinary Medicine), Dr Salome Bukachi (University of Nairobi) & Mr Samuel Kimeu (Africa's Voices Foundation) | Somalia |
13 | Equity re-examined: Children with disabilities and their education during COVID-19 in Malawi | Professor Nidhi Singal (Faculty of Education) & Dr Eric Umar (University of Malawi) | Malawi |
14 | Sentiment and opinion analysis of public space physical activity in Lagos during lockdown: a data-driven approach to developing context-aware public health messaging to reduce disease vulnerability and improve COVID-19 control | Dr Tolu Oni (MRC Epidemiology Unit), Dr Taibat Lawanson (Centre for Housing and Sustainable Development, University of Lagos) & Dr Camaren Peter (Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town) | Nigeria |
15 | Development of Serological Assays to study antibody responses in Ghanaian COVID-19 patients | Professor Julian Rayner (CIMR) & Dr Peter Kojo Quashie (WACCBIP, University of Ghana) | Ghana |
16 | Evaluation and feasibility study on the OVSI ventilator in ICU patients with acute respiratory failure in a low-income country setting: a prospective observational comparative study | Professor Axel Zeitler (Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology) & Dr Arthur Kwizera (Makerere University) | Uganda |
Terms and conditions, templates for the award letter and sub-contract may be found below:
- Terms and Conditions
- Template ALBORADA Award Letter (Signatory: Cambridge PI)
- Template Side Award Letter (Signatories: Co-PI and their Institutional legal authority)
We gratefully acknowledge the continued generosity of the ALBORADA Trust and support from the University of Cambridge (Research England QR GCRF Grant)