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.)
4th Call 2023 is open!
Duration: 1st September 2023 - 30th November 2023
For detailled information please see KoEF · Call for Projects
3rd Call 2022
In total 25 project proposals were submitted, out of which 21 eligible proposals were then evaluated and ranked by independent reviewers. The BMBWF has approved funding for 12 selected projects. Details on the projects will be posted soon.
Guidelines and information regarding the Call:
Projects 1st & 2nd Call
KoEF currently finances 24 cooperative research projects with a duration between 1 and 3 years involving 150 researchers and over 40 institutions. 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 2. Call | 2020
- STOP SMOKING! 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 (Austria, Tunisia | KoEF 02/2020)
- Capacity building in Genomic data analysis and strengthening partnership between institutions from the South and North (Austria, Ethiopia, Kenya | KoEF 03/2020)
- Development and evaluation of granules containing Lactobacillus harboring EV71’s cellular receptor (Austria, Vietnam | KoEF 04/2020)
- Inventorying biodiversity in the tropics: Establishing a DNA-barcoding pipeline for characterizing and monitoring Zambia’s biodiversity (Austria, Zambia | KoEF 05/2020)
- Turning fruit and vegetable wastes into livestock feed: Sustainable feed resources with functional properties (Austria, Pakistan | KoEF 06/2020)
- PRiSMA. Performance-Related Specifications for Hot Asphalt Mixes (Austria, Tunisia | KoEF 07/2020)
- GreatLakes. Analysis of Water Level Fluctuations and Implications on Local Livelihoods in the Great Rift Valley Lakes of Kenya (Austria, Kenya | 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)
- Vetna. Traditional Mongolian Veterinary medicine plants (Mongolia, Austria | KoEF 10/2020)
- Rural Womens Right to Access to Land in North-West Ethiopia: Challenges and Limits (Austria, Ethiopia | KoEF 11/2020)
- Socioeconomic and genetic monitoring for conserving the cultural inheritance in the indigenous “Lobi” cattle of southwestern Burkina Faso (Austria, Burkina Faso | 12/2020)
- STOP SMOKING! 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)
- MAC DNA - Malawi’s Academic Development Need Analysis (Austria, Malawi | KoEF 02/2019)
- GreenPro. Promotion of an innovative and green slope protection system (Nepal, Austria | 03/2019)
- REE_Use: Rethinking Minjingu Phosphates (Austria, Tanzania | KoEF 04/2019)
- Space--time finite element methods for parabolic evolution equations in polygonal and polyhedral domains (Austria, Cameroon | KoEF 05/2019)
- KoEF 06/2019 - Searching for potential therapeutic agents for managing diabetic wounds from Vietnamese medicinal plants targeting matrix metalloproteinase-9 (Austria, Vietnam | KoEF 06/2019)
- RiSalva. Application of Nature-based engineering solutions for urban river restoration in El Salvador (Austria, El Salvador | 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 (Austria, Mongolia | KoEF 09/2019)
- Entrepreneurship Education in Burkina Faso (Austria, Burkina Faso | KoEF 10/2019)
- Employability and Lifelong Learning in Technical and Vocational Professions: A Joint Partnership Research Project in Austria and Ethiopia (Austria, Ethiopia | KoEF 11/2019)
- KoEF 13/2019 - Integrated Solid Waste Management in African cities for enhanced emission reduction (Austria, Egypt | KoEF 13/2019)
- Towards A Semantic Knowledge-based Question Answering System for Vietnamese Tourism (Vietnam, Austria | KoEF 01/2019)