The Innovation Prize will be awarded to researchers in African countries and their German partners for proven outstanding research with the potential for application, in combination with a utilization or valorization plan. The plan should already provide perspectives for the lasting consolidation of cooperation between the partners and if possible for medium and long-term development of structures at the location in Africa. The Prize will be awarded in the form of project funding to support the transfer of convincing research results, which have already been produced, into utilization-oriented solutions, product-oriented valorization and the development of structures. The award is oriented to the strategic cooperation priorities of the BMBF Africa Strategy. Funding will be provided for collaborative projects which involve international cooperation and preferably deal with one or more of the following priority areas in line with the funding purpose described above: 3 - Environmental sciences - Health research - Bioeconomy - Societal development (in particular socially responsible business practices, social innovations, sustainability concepts) - Resource management (in particular exploitation of locally available resources, resource efficiency and sustainability) - Information and communication technologies

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