Description
Applications are invited from engineers in sub Saharan Africa who have developed an innovation that can provide scalable solutions to local challenges.

The Africa Prize encourages ambitious and talented sub-Saharan African engineers from all disciplines to apply their skills to develop scalable solutions to local challenges, highlighting the importance of engineering as an enabler of improved quality of life and economic development. Crucial commercialisation support is awarded to a shortlist of innovative applicants through a six-month period of training and mentoring.

The aim of the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation is to stimulate, celebrate and reward innovation and entrepreneurship in sub-Saharan Africa.
Eligibility

Applicants must be individuals or groups of no more than three people.
Individual applicants must be citizens of a country within sub-Saharan Africa and currently reside there. For teams of two or three, the lead applicant must be a citizen of a country within sub-Saharan Africa and currently reside there.
Applicants must have an engineering innovation and provide a letter of support from a university of research institution.
Industrial researchers and establishments are not eligible.
The applicant’s innovation can be any new product, technology or service, based on research in engineering defined in its broadest sense to encompass a wide range of fields, including: agricultural technology, biotechnology, chemical engineering, civil engineering, computer science, design engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, ICT, materials science, mechanical engineering, and medical engineering. If you are in any doubt that your area of expertise would be considered engineering then please contact the Academy to discuss your application.
Applicants should have achieved the development of, and be in the early stages of commercialising, an engineering innovation that:


The Prize
The overall winner will receive £25,000 (or local currency equivalent). Runners-up will also receive a cash prizeof £10,000 each.

How to Apply
All applications must be submitted via the online Grant System. You must register though the system before you are able to apply.
The application form has six sections to complete.

Required Document
A CV and letter of support are also required

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Notification:
All applications will be acknowledged on receipt.
Selected applicants will be contacted by email in September 2016.

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