EDCTP Prizes
EDCTP invited nominations for its 2020 Prizes. The call is now closed (as of 29 October 2020)
The biennial EDCTP Prizes recognise outstanding individuals and research teams from Africa and Europe who have made significant achievements in their research field. Additionally, the awardees will have made major contributions to strengthening clinical research capacity in Africa and supporting South-South and North-South networking.
The Prizes are part of the EDCTP programme which is supported by the European Union under Horizon 2020, it’s Framework Programme for Research & Innovation.
2020 EDCTP prizes
EDCTP intends to award four prestigious international prizes dedicated to the promotion of scientific research, improved health and Africa-European collaboration. Due to the pandemic, the way EDCTP will award the prizes is under consideration.
- Scientific Leadership Prize – €10,000: Awarded to excellent world-class scientists in sub-Saharan Africa up to 50 years of age working on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected infectious diseases (NIDS) in the scope of the EDCTP2 programme.
Nomination form - Outstanding Female Scientist Prize – €20,000: Awarded to excellent world-class female scientists in sub-Saharan Africa and working in the scope of the EDCTP2 programme.
Nomination form - Outstanding Research Team Prize – €50,000: Awarded to outstanding research teams in sub-Saharan Africa and Europe working on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected infectious diseases (NIDS) in the scope of the EDCTP2 programme.
Nomination form - Dr Pascoal Mocumbi Prize – €50,000: This prize is named after Dr Pascoal Mocumbi, the first High Representative of EDCTP A, in special recognition of his significant contribution to the development of EDCTP as an international collaborative research partnership. It is to be awarded to senior scientists, policy-makers or advocates for health and research, from anywhere in the world.
Nomination form
2018 EDCTP Prizes
Dr Pascoal Mocumbi Prize
Professor Souleymane Mboup
Outstanding Research Team 2018
CHAPAS studies team
Outstanding Female Scientist 2018
Professor Gita Ramjee
Scientific Leadership 2018
Professor Keertan Dheda
2016 EDCTP prizes
Dr Pascoal Mocumbi Prize
Professor Fred Newton Binka
Outstanding Research Team 2016
University of Zambia – University College London Medical School (UNZA-UCLMS) Research & Training Program
Outstanding Female Scientist 2016
Professor Marleen Temmerman
Scientific Leadership 2016
Professor Shabir A. Mahdi
2013 EDCTP Prizes
Outstanding African Scientist
Dr Glenda Gray, University of Witwatersrand and Medical Research Council, South Africa
Rising Star African Scientist
Dr Graeme Meintjes, University of Cape Town, South Africa
2011 EDCTP prizes
Outstanding Senior African Scientist
Professor Salim Abdool Karim, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Outstanding Junior African Scientist
Mr Hannock Tweya, Lighthouse Trust, Malawi
2009 EDCTP prizes
Outstanding Senior African Scientist
Dr Alexis Nzila, Head of the Molecular Parasitology Group at the KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programmme in Kilifi, Kenya
Outstanding Junior African Scientist
Dr Dominique Pepper, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine in Cape Town, South Africa