Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme

Topic updates

25 August 2025
EVALUATION RESULTS

Published: 31.10.2024

Deadline: 30.01.2025

Available budget: EUR 29.000.000,00

The results of the evaluation are as follows:

- Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls): 99

- Number of inadmissible proposals: 2

- Number of ineligible proposals: 8

- Number of above-threshold proposals: 71

- Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals: EUR 98,347,416.41

- Number of proposals retained for funding: 20

- Number of proposals in the reserve list: 2

- Funding threshold: 68

We informed the applicants on 23 July 2025 about the evaluation results for their proposals.

For questions, please contact EACEA-IntraAfrica-IntraACP@ec.europa.eu

31 January 2025

The Call NDICI-2024-MOBAF published under the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme was closed on 30/01/2025 at 17:00:00 (Brussels local time).

99 proposals were submitted.

Evaluation results are expected to be communicated in July 2025.

14 November 2024

IMPORTANT Message to individuals

Please do not apply for an Intra-Africa Scholarship via this Portal, as this call is open only to the eligible Higher Education Institutions, which will be involved in a consortium responsible for awarding scholarships to students, trainees and staff. Individuals who would like to apply for a scholarship should apply directly to the consortium/project by following the instructions on their website. To apply for a scholarship through the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme, individuals should follow these steps:

-Check the list of selected Intra-Africa consortia/projects.

-Visit the website of the consortium/project you are interested in to explore available academic programmes in different disciplines, review the entry requirements, the scholarship conditions, and the entire scholarship application process.

The submission session is available for NDICI-2024-MOBAF as of 14 November 2024.

Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme

TOPIC ID: NDICI-2024-MOBAF

Type of grant: Call for proposals

General information

Programme: Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument Global Europe (NDICI)

Call: Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme (NDICI-2024-MOBAF)

Type of action: NDICI-MOBAF-UN NDICI MOBAF Unit Grants

Type of MGA: NDICI Unit Grant [NDICI-AG-UN]

Status: Forthcoming

Deadline model: single-stage

Planned Opening Date: 14 November 2024

Deadline dates: 30 January 2025 17:00 (Brussels time)

Topic description

Expected Impact:

The expected outputs linked to the specific objectives include:

• Improved mechanisms for the international transparency and recognition of studies/degrees and qualifications in the participating HEIs.
• Improved knowledge transfer, quality of higher education and information exchange on study opportunities in the African Higher Education and Research Space between HEIs.
• Strengthened HEIs capacity to manage international partnerships, mobility flows and career services.
• Increased partnerships and networks among HEIs in Africa, in particular in the research area at regional and continental level
• Enhanced cooperation of HEIs and business, including on climate change area.
• Enhanced knowledge, competences, skills and employability of scholarship holders
• Increased participation of women and people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
• Knowledge, competences and skills in the field of climate change adaptation and mitigation are strengthened across countries and stakeholders.
• More African women hold a university degree, and access to HEIs is diversified with special attention to students with special needs or vulnerable status (e.g. coming from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds, fragile and least developed countries/regions, with a refugee status).

Objective:

The overall objective of the action is to contribute to the economic, social and human development of Africa by improving the skills and competences of individuals in different areas, in particular those linked to climate change and green transitioning.

The Specific Objectives of the action are to:

• Promote inclusive learning mobility opportunities, with a focus on the participation of women and on climate change;
• Increase the employability and entrepreneurship of higher education students and trainees, specifically in green jobs;
• Improve the quality, relevance, internationalisation and climate change focus of higher education in Africa.

Scope:

The Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme is the EU’s programme to encourage international learning mobility across the African continent by providing support for consortia of African Higher Education Institutions and scholarship opportunities for African trainees, students and staff.

The action is part of the Youth Mobility for Africa flagship in the field of Education and Training under the Global Gateway Africa-Europe Investment Package and it aims to support learning opportunities and exchanges and ultimately to promote Africa as an attractive study destination.

This call is open to all themes/subject areas aligning with Global Gateway priorities in Sub-Saharan Africa at country level (flagship projects). The following link presents the sectors per country which should be targeted in the proposals by each applicant, as well as the detailed list of flagship projects per country.The following link presents the sectors per country which should be targeted in the proposals by each applicant, as well as the detailed list of flagship projects per country.

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The submission system is planned to be opened on the date stated on the topic header.

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Please read carefully all provisions below before the preparation of your application.

For help related to this call, please contact EACEA-IntraAfrica-IntraACP@ec.europa.eu.

Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ – Submission of proposals.

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Online Manual – Step-by-step online guide through the Portal processes from proposal preparation and evaluation to reporting on your ongoing project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes.