NCST Small Grants Proposals Funding for Malawi 2021

  Grant

How to Apply


As detailed in Small Grant Scheme Procedures and Guidelines.


Email: [email protected]  |  Phone: +265 111 771 550
Deadline: 30 May 2021 [CLOSED]
Funding: The National Commission for Science and Technology  |  Amount:  MWK3000000.00
Specific Conditions: Studies: N/A  |  Host countries: n/a  |  Specialization: Any

About the NCST Small Grants Proposals Funding for Malawi 2021

The National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) runs a number of programmes and schemes through its established structure. One such scheme is the Small Grant Scheme which seeks to provide support either in part or in full in order to promote capacity building and information sharing endeavours related to research, science, technology and innovation for wealth creation, in line with the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (III) and new vision, Malawi 2063. This scheme is demand-driven whose design is informed by stakeholders’ needs.


Funding Support Areas

Grant 1: Dissertation Grant: aims to support research undertaken as part of an academic programme to qualify for a Master’s or a Doctorate Degree, provided that the topic of research is addressing any of the identified national research priorities as issued by NCST. The grant is primarily to support research. Funds will not be used to support course work.

Grant 2: Travel Grant: aims to support applicants with travel grants to facilitate their participation in conferences/workshops/seminars, short courses, study tours and exchange visits within or outside Malawi so as to facilitate information sharing and capacity building. The support could cover travel costs including the cost of visas, registration and other applicable costs.

Grant 3: Research Dissemination Grant: aims at supporting the organising of a research dissemination conference. The support shall be towards meeting the cost of conference advertisement, venue, refreshments/lunches, review of abstracts, and production of books of abstracts and conference proceedings.

Grant 4: General Event Grant: aims at supporting institutions to organise events/activities related to other areas of research, science, technology and innovation, provided that such events are not of the same nature as the research dissemination conference.

Grant 5: Production of Journals Grant: This grant aims at supporting the production of journals.

Grant 6: ICT Equipment Grant: This grant supports towards the cost of the ICT equipment where a research related institution has indicated the need for such equipment assistance and upon establishment of NCST that an institution would function effectively with such an equipment.

Grant 7: Technology Transfer and Commercialisation Grant: This grant supports the technology transfer and commercialisation efforts. It is provided to institutions or individuals that have developed technologies and would like to be facilitated for popularisation, transfer, replication and spinoffs.

Call for Application Proposals

NCST has secured funding from the Government of Malawi towards the Science and Technology Fund. Part of this funding will be directed towards the grants under this Small Grant Scheme.NCST is, therefore, calling for applications for project proposals in any of the areas under this Scheme.

Important Dates and Application Information.

Deadline for submissions and receipt of application is the 30th of May 2021

The application procedures and guidelines for each specified grant  are available on the NCST website (www.ncst.mw). Alternatively applicants may request them from the Office of the Director General using the address below.

Submission of complete application package containing the required documentation for the specified grant shall be made as both a hard and a soft copy to the following address;

Director General
National Commission for Science and Technology
Lingadzi House
First Floor
City Centre
Private Bag B303, Capital City, Lilongwe 3
Malawi

E-mail address: [email protected]

You can find the official here.