BIH partners NGOs to offer grants to innovators

Allan Boshwaen
Allan Boshwaen

The Botswana Innovation Hub (BIH) in conjunction with NEPAD Southern Africa Network for Biosciences (SANBio) and supported by the Finnish-Southern African Partnership, BioFISA II are inviting interested innovators in the biosciences sector to submit applications for grants.

In a bid to boost the utilisation of indigenous products at regional, continental and global levels, the organisations are providing funding up to the value of R2 million (P1.6 million) to support two projects (maximum R1 million per project) targeting the impact areas of human and animal health and nutrition.

The grants are for organisations in the SANBio member states for innovations based on indigenous knowledge systems with a proof of concept, potential regional and global impact and which can be commercialised.

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