Cooperation Development Research
The programme "Cooperation Development Research" (KoEF), financed by the BMBWF, is a funding programme to foster research on the two main principles of excellency and cooperation in development research. The aim is to support application-oriented cooperation projects between Austrian higher education institutions/research institutions and institutions in countries of the Global South and therewith to contribute to analysing and solving local challenges and to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations in 2015.
KoEF currently finances 24 cooperative research projects with a duration between 1 and 3 years and a budget of up to € 50.000 involving 150 researchers and over 40 institutions. KoEF intends to contribute to creating an environment which fosters international cooperation between researchers and institutions extending beyond individual project durations.
Eligible costs are mobility and material expenses in the context of 1-3year research projects in all scientific disciplines.
Depending on the duration of the project the funding amounts are up to EUR 50,000.- per project.
Eligible to apply are researchers (postdocs) at Austrian universities and non-university research institutions within the framework of application-oriented research as well as researchers at universities and non-university research institutions in countries of the Global South*. (*For detailed information about partner countries and project criteria please consult the call information.)
Current projects
KoEF is currently funding 32 cooperative research projects with a duration between 1 and 3 years, involving more than 250 researchers worldwide. KoEF intends to contribute to creating an environment which fosters international cooperation in scientific excellency between researchers and institutions extending beyond individual project durations. Find out more about our projects here:
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Projects 4. Call | 2023
- More-than-carbon mangroves: Co-producing social and ecological knowledge for sustainable food livelihoods in the South Pacific (Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Austria | KoEF184)
- Prevalence, Economic Importance and Management of Yellow Witchweed (Alectra vogelii B.) in Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) in East Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Austria | KoEF 185)
- Sustainability of Flood Plains Supported Livelihoods in the Face of Climate Change in East Africa (Kenya, Rwanda, Austria | KoEF 186)
- Enhancing Biodiversity Protection and Building Capacity for Cooperative Research in Bhutan to Address Sustainable Development Goal 15 (Bhutan, Austria | KoEF 189)
- Development Implications of Adaptive Migration Aspirations in Nepal and Beyond (Nepal, Austria | KoEF191)
- Organic Carbon Dynamics in Sustainable Climate-Resistant Soil of Arid Tunisian Oases (Tunesia, Austria | KoEF193)
- Mycotoxin risk assessment in a high-risk region of Nigeria (Nigeria, Austria | KoEF194)
- Empowering Academic Supervision Training in Eastern Africa: Sparking Potential, Advancing Research, and Knowledge (Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Austria | KoEF195)
- Growing Resilience with Urban Agriculture for Sustainable Cities (Philippines, Austria | KoEF196)
- Cross-cultural investigation of symptoms and functional health of cancer patients in Europe and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Democratic Republic of Congo, Austria | KoEF197)
- More-than-carbon mangroves: Co-producing social and ecological knowledge for sustainable food livelihoods in the South Pacific (Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Austria | KoEF184)
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Projects 3. Call | 2022
- Improving the Genetic Resistance of regionally adapted wheat germplasm for resistance to Fusarium Head Blight and relevant fungal diseases in Ethiopia, Kenya and Zimbabwe (Kenya, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Austria | P002 - 2022)
- Analysis of local changes in water availability for mountain communities (Kyrgyzstan, Austria | P004 - 2022)
- Sustainable Strategy Toward Adopting Innovative Diagnostics for managing and controlling tropical diseases in Burkina Faso (Burkina Faso, Austria | P005 - 2022)
- Virtual laser training (Egypt, Austria | P006 - 2022)
- Strengthening smallholders breeding capacities towards sustainable pig production in Burkina Faso (Burkina Faso, Austria | P007 - 2022)
- Lactic acid bacteria proteases for protein-rich plant based fermented food (Vietnam, Austria | P009 - 2022)
- Extractivism and the Arts (Ethiopia, Tanzania, Austria | P010 - 2022)
- Social Work and Sustainable Development Project (Tanzania, Austria | P016 - 2022)
- Formal Verification of Deep Neural Networks for Code Conversion applications (Egypt, Austria | P017 - 2022)
- Strengthening the Institutional Capacity of Bahir Dar University in the role of indigenous agroforestry system for climate change mitigation, adaptation and resilience of livelihood in Fogera district, Ethiopia (Ethiopia, Austria | P019 - 2022)
- Sensitivity of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria caused by P. falciparum and prevalence of histidine-rich protein gene deletion as cause of failure in several African countries (Malawi, Austria | P020 - 2022)
- Capacity building in biodiversity monitoring through cross-taxon surveys in Western Mongolia (Mongolia, Austria| P024 - 2022)
- Improving the Genetic Resistance of regionally adapted wheat germplasm for resistance to Fusarium Head Blight and relevant fungal diseases in Ethiopia, Kenya and Zimbabwe (Kenya, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Austria | P002 - 2022)
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Projects 2. Call | 2020
- Techno-economic feasibility of solar phosphate rock calcination in Tunisia (Tunisia, Austria | KoEF 01/2020)
- Investigating the Roman hydraulic complex between Zaghouan and Carthage (Tunisia). Building research and conservation studies for the development of future preservation and presentation strategies (Tunisia, Austria | KoEF 02/2020)
- Capacity building in Genomic data analysis and strengthening partnership between institutions from the South and North (Ethiopia, Kenya, Austria | KoEF 03/2020)
- Development and evaluation of granules containing Lactobacillus harboring EV71’s cellular receptor (Vietnam, Austria | KoEF 04/2020)
- Inventorying biodiversity in the tropics: Establishing a DNA-barcoding pipeline for characterizing and monitoring Zambia’s biodiversity (Zambia, Austria | KoEF 05/2020)
- Turning fruit and vegetable wastes into livestock feed: Sustainable feed resources with functional properties (Pakistan, Austria | KoEF 06/2020)
- Performance-Related Specifications for Hot Asphalt Mixes (Tunisia, Austria | KoEF 07/2020)
- Analysis of Water Level Fluctuations and Implications on Local Livelihoods in the Great Rift Valley Lakes of Kenya (Kenya, Austria | KoEF 08/2020)
- High yielding and acid tolerant maize hybrids: sustainable solutions for maize farming under acidic Ultisols conditions of the Nigerian rainforest agro-ecology (Nigeria, Austria | KoEF 09/2020)
- Traditional Mongolian Veterinary medicine plants (Mongolia, Austria | KoEF 10/2020)
- Rural Womens Right to Access to Land in North-West Ethiopia: Challenges and Limits (Ethiopia, Austria | KoEF 11/2020)
- Socioeconomic and genetic monitoring for conserving the cultural inheritance in the indigenous “Lobi” cattle of southwestern Burkina Faso (Burkina Faso, Austria | KoEF 12/2020)
- Techno-economic feasibility of solar phosphate rock calcination in Tunisia (Tunisia, Austria | KoEF 01/2020)
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Projects 1. Call | 2019
- Towards A Semantic Knowledge-based Question Answering System for Vietnamese Tourism (Vietnam, Austria | KoEF 01/2019)
- Malawi's Academic Development Need Analysis (Malawi, Austria | KoEF 02/2019)
- Promotion of an innovative and green slope protection system (Nepal, Austria | KoEF 03/2019)
- Rethinking Minjingu Phosphates (Tanzania, Austria | KoEF 04/2019)
- Space-time finite element methods for parabolic evolution equations in polygonal and polyhedral domains (Cameroon, Austria | KoEF 05/2019)
- Application of Nature-based engineering solutions for urban river restoration in El Salvador (El Salvador, Austria | KoEF 07/2019)
- Phytocosmetics: Phytochemical screening and cosmetological evaluation of the medicinal plants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan and Innsbruck, Austria (Pakistan, Austria | KoEF 08/2019)
- Terminology planning strategy and terminology infrastructure for Mongolia to support scientific and educational development and innovation (Mongolia, Austria | KoEF 09/2019)
- Entrepreneurship Education in Burkina Faso (Burkina Faso, Austria | KoEF 10/2019)
- Employability and Lifelong Learning in Technical and Vocational Professions: A Joint Partnership Research Project in Austria and Ethiopia (Ethiopia, Austria | KoEF 11/2019)
- Potentials of Emancipatory Citizen Science for Disaster Risk Reduction in Nepal (Nepal, Austria | KoEF 12/2019)
- Integrated Solid Waste Management in African cities for enhanced emission reduction (Egypt, Austria | KoEF 13/2019)
- Towards A Semantic Knowledge-based Question Answering System for Vietnamese Tourism (Vietnam, Austria | KoEF 01/2019)