Overview
A multi-country vaccine research call led in Kenya by NRF supports collaborative and early-career projects across vaccine R&D, regulatory harmonization, vaccine acceptance and delivery systems.
Complete grant details
CONNECT-VAX is a joint call involving NRF Kenya, Uganda’s UNCST, Tanzania’s COSTECH and Sierra Leone’s NSTIC-SL. The published grant pool is USD 1,191,351. The call may support up to seven Large Collaborative Research Grants of up to USD 156,750 per project and up to two Early Career Research Grants of up to USD 47,000 per project, with projects running for up to 36 months.
Eligibility requirements
Researchers and eligible institutions in the participating CONNECT-VAX countries may apply subject to the official call requirements and the appropriate grant track. Applicants should use the full call document and application portal for track-specific eligibility.
Tips for this grant
Practical Job and Scholarship guidance. These tips do not replace official rules or create new eligibility requirements.
- Check eligibility, funding coverage, study/project level and every required document before investing time in the application.
- Prepare transcripts, references, language tests, proposal/motivation statement and proof documents early.
- Separate the scholarship deadline from any university/program admission deadline; they may be different.
- Treat “fully funded” as a source fact only when the official provider explicitly confirms the covered costs.
Verification notes
Verified on NRF Kenya’s official CONNECT-VAX call page on 2026-09-08 UTC. The source states 14 October 2026 at 23:59 EAT, stored as 20:59 UTC. This is a regional canonical call that includes Kenya; later country rotations should not clone the same programme identity.
Job and Scholarship is the discovery and verification layer. Confirm eligibility, dates, salary/funding and application instructions on the original source before submitting anything.
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