Awards Made 2025
No. |
Category |
Project Title |
Cambridge & African Collaborators |
African Country |
| 1 | RC | Developing more sustainable and resilient oil palm cultivation in Liberia by safeguarding biodiversity and livelihoods | Professor Turner (Zoology) & Dr Freeman (University of Liberia) | Liberia |
| 2 | RC | Building Cowpea Genetic Resources to Improve Food Security and Climate Resilience in Somalia | Dr Warsame (Plant Sciences) & Mr Isse (Zamzam University of Science and Technology) | Somalia |
| 3 | RC | Climate crisis and conflicts: The role of social intermediaries in shaping peace through entrepreneurship. The case of West Pokot in Kenya | Dr Rauch (Judge Business School) & Dr Kinoti (University of Nairobi) | Kenya |
| 4 | RC | African Small Island Developing States: Cabo Verde, Climate Change Adaptation and Youth | Dr Saddington (Geography) & Dr Lopes (Higher Institute of Business and Economic Sciences) | Cabo Verde |
| 5 | RC | Innovating Sustainable Construction: Alternative Construction Materials for Climate-Resilient Building in Uganda | Dr Zhang (Architecture) & Dr Olweny (Uganda Martyrs University) | Uganda |
| 6 | RC | Mitigating Corrosion in Aqueous Zinc Batteries through a Green and Sustainable Strategy | Professor Grey (Chemistry) & Professor Chahul (Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University Makurdi) | Nigeria |
| 7 | RC | Climates of Change Around Lake Chalbi, Kenya: Developing a Deep History of Human-Environment Interactions | Professor Lane (Archaeology) & Dr M'Mbogori (National Museums of Kenya) | Kenya |
| 8 | RC | Cultivating Resilience: Harnessing Beneficial Fungi for Nutrient Efficiency in Cereal Crops in Ghana | Professor Paszkowski ( Plant Sciences) & Dr Osei-Wusu (Un_iversity of Ghana | Ghana |
| 9 | RC | Breeding for enhanced photosynthesis to improve climate resilience of African cowpea and common bean | Dr Kromdijk (Plant Sciences) & Dr Snsa (IITA Genetic Resource Centre) | Nigeria |
| 10 | RC | Integrated heritage protection: building resilience and sustainability in coastal Mozambique | Dr Moffett (McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research) & Dr Macamo (University of Eduardo Mondlane) | Mozambique |
| 11 | RC | Volarization of waste from fish into sustainable feed ingredient for African catfish, Clariasgariepinus (Burchell 1822) | Dr Willer (Zoology) & Dr Ahmad (Ahmadu Bello University) | Nigeria |
| 12 | RC | Honeypot Ants as Models for Climate Adaptation: nature-based solutions for climate resilience | Dr LeBoeuf (Zoology) & Dr Ramiadantsoa (Madagascar Biodiversity Center) | Madagascar |
| 13 | RC | Governing Catastrophic Climate Change in African Fragile States | Dr Mbeva (Centre for the Study of Existential Risk) & Mr Mollo (Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi) | Kenya |
| 14 | RC | Investigating smallholder banana planting material movement in East and West Africa | Dr Retkute (Plant Sciences) & Dr Omondi (Biodiversity for Food and Health Lever/ Bioversity International) | Kenya |
| 15 | RC | Empowering Teachers to Foster Climate-Resilient Youth: A Research-Based Development of the 'One Child One Tree' Educational Package | Professor Aysa (Faculty of Education) & Professor Jansen (University of Rwanda) | Rwanda |
| 16 | RC | Harnessing Artificial Intelligence in Uganda: exploring pathways to climate resilient and job rich | Dr Bardford (Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages & Linguistics) & Dr Mugeere ( Makerere University) | Uganda |
| 17 | RC | Hip Hop, Youth, and Green jobs in Senegal: participatory research for sustainable transformation | Dr Niati (Faculty of Education) & Dr Ndiaye (Université Rose Dieng France-Senegal) | Senegal |
| 18 | RC | Climate Resilience Policy Integration into Development Planning in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Dr Zabala (Land Economy) & Dr Bimir (Kotebe University of Education) | Ethiopia |
| 19 | RC | Applying transdisciplinary and youth-driven citizen science for a healthy and climate resilient Lagos | Dr Okello (Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership) & Dr Elias (University of Lagos Center for Housing and Sustainable Development) | Nigeria |
| 20 | RC | Towards accurate Tier 2 estimation of greenhouse gas emissions of cattle populations in Ghana: determining the populations and productivity of transhumance cattle in Ghana | Professor Wood ( Veterinary Medicine) & Dr Avornyo (Animal Research Institute) | Ghana |
| 21 | RC | Youth-driven Climate Futures: Co-creating Resilient Urban Pathways in Ethiopia | Dr Debnath (CRASSH) & Dr Asmare (Bahir Dar University) | Ethiopia |
| 22 | W | Disaster reduction through data science and remote sensing in the Western Rift (DRIFT) | Dr Van Wyk de Vries (Department of Earth Sciences) & Dr Sekajugo (Mountains of the Moon University) | Uganda |
| 23 | W | Building Nigeria’s Capacity for Climate-Resilient Agriculture Through Molecular Biotechnology | Dr Ibe (Faculty of Education) & Professor Nwachukwu (Michael Okpara University of Agriculture) | Nigeria |
| 24 | W | Hacking for Photosynthesis: “From field photosynthesis to genetic architecture” | Dr Kromdijk (Plant Sciences) & Dr Sansa (IITA Genetic Resource Center) | Nigeria |
| 25 | W | Innovative Qualitative Methods: new approaches for understanding climate resilience and sustainability in Africa | Professor Lemanski (Geography) & Dr Fatti (University of the Western Cape) | South Africa |
| 26 | W | Building capacity of Young African Scholars for Nature-Society Interface Research in East Africa | Professor Sandbrook (Geography) & Professor Tumusiime (Makerere University) | Uganda |
| 27 | W | Urban Rental Housing and Climate Resilience: The Case of Nairobi | Professor Sunikka-Blank (Architecture) & Dr Gichuyia (University of Nairobi) | Kenya |
| 28 | W | Engineering Biology for Climate Resilience and Sustainability in Africa: co-creating an interdisciplinary postgraduate curriculum | Dr Molloy (Biochemistry) & Dr Rosca (Ashesi University) | Ghana |
| 29 | W | Engage, Anticipate, Transform: Upskilling Researchers to Co-Create Policy-Relevant Research for Healthy Sustainable Urban Futures | Professor Oni (MRC Epidemiology Unit) & Dr Elias (Centre for Housing and Sustainable Development, University of Lagos) | Nigeria |
| 30 | W | Ecologies in Place: mapping the agroecological connections between food production, climate change and community resilience in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | Professor Fennell (Land Economy) & Professor Drimie (University of Stellenbosch) | South Africa |
| 31 | W | Communities of Hosts and Refugees Transitioning to Climate Resilience” (CHART-CR) | Dr Katz (Architecture) & Dr Karubanga (Makerere University) | Uganda |
| 32 | W | Lung health in Africa, climate resilience and sustainability: A PATS MECOR Workshop | Professor Mortimer (Pathology) & Professor Masekela (University of KwaZulu Natal) | South Africa |
RCG: Research Catalyst
W: Workshop