African Education Research Funders Consortium (AERFC)

This series shares learning insights from the African Education Research Funding Consortium, managed by OTT. The Consortium is a dedicated space for funders to share insights, identify promising ideas, and collaborate to support education policy research based on African researchers’ priorities and needs in line with the 5 recommendations that were put forward by African education researchers and practitioners at the Forum for Education Research in/for/by Africa.

Summary: AERFC member grant analysis (2024)

Summary: AERFC member grant analysis (2023)

Supporting minority groups in Africa research

Challenges and opportunities in aligning education research funding with African institutions

How funders can effectively collaborate to maximise impact in African education research

EdLabs: Balancing on the political tightrope to improve evidence use in education

Supporting early career researchers to build a grantee pipeline

Supporting and building on existing locally-led research capacity in Africa

Funding evidence into action

How funders can cultivate visionary research leadership that drives evidence to action

Enhancing evidence use and research capacity in sub-saharan African education

Executive Summary: Transformative mentoring in Africa

Unlocking the potential of transformative mentoring in Africa

Executive Summary: Funder collaboration models

Effective funding practice for inclusive grantmaking

Executive Summary: Closing the gender gap in Africa’s education research