SUPPORT
Are you working on an exciting AI-related project and need support to take it further? Are you looking for financial assistance to attend MICCAI 2025?
AFRICAI is committed to empowering African researchers and practitioners in the field of AI for healthcare. As part of our mission, we provide various forms of support to our members, including:
Grants, awards, mentoring, writing assistance
Award for Best AFRICAI Journal Club
Goal: Opportunity to sharpen presentation skills, share knowledge with the AFRICAI community, and expand professional network. This award is for outstanding contributions.
Amount: €150.- (EUR)
Submit articles to present at the next AFRICAI Journal Club via:
We encourage to choose a paper using these guidelines:
- High-impact
- Papers published within the last two years
- Papers where you are not a (co-)author (our AFRICAI Webinar may be a more suitable platform for presenting your own work.)
Mentorship Awards
The AFRICAI Mentorship Awards support African students pursuing AI research through dedicated mentorship and prepare their paper submission and visit to MICCAI 2026.
Program Highlights
- Mentors: Prof. Concetto Spampinato (University of Catania), Prof. Karim Lekadir (MICCAI Society)
- Duration: 12 months (September 2025 – August 2026)
- Funding: €300/month for 10 selected students
- Access to computational resources via partner labs
- Reporting & Monitoring: Monthly research progress reports required
- Deadline for applications: July 1, 2025
Application Requirements
1. Grantee is an African national and is based in Africa.
2. Grantee is affiliated with an African university or research institution and Grantee is not affiliated with a non-African university
3. Grantee is a student (PhD, MSc or BSc) or an early career researcher (less than 4 years since PhD completion).
Required documents:
- Letter of motivation (research goals, personal statement) – max. 1A4
- A PDF copy of your CV
- Research project proposal (including dataset details and data collection plan, with preference for local/private datasets)
- Contact details of home institution and supervisor
How to Apply
Send your complete application in an email to [email protected] with subject containing ”Mentorship” – before July 1, 2025.
Travel Grants
AFRICAI can support 5 African students or researchers with a Travel Grant to attend the MIRASOL workshop at MICCAI 2025 in Daejeon, South Korea on Saturday, September 27th 2025
Application criteria:
1. Grantee is an African national and is based in Africa.
2. Grantee is affiliated with an African university or research institution and Grantee is not affiliated with a non-African university
3. Grantee is a student (PhD, MSc or BSc) or an early career researcher (less than 4 years since PhD completion).
4. Grantee has an accepted peer-reviewed paper at the MIRASOL workshop.
5. Grantee acknowledges PNRR MUR (Italian Ministery of University and Research) project PE0000013-FAIR.
Amount: €4.000,- (EUR)