Deadline: December 31, 2025
Applications are open for the WASCAL Innovative Ideas Competition for Sustainable Energy (WISE) 2025. With the financial support of the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR), West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) seeks to identify and support groundbreaking short-term projects and development & research ideas that demonstrate the potential of renewable energy and green hydrogen to address the region’s energy challenges while promoting sustainable development.
The project ideas/initiatives should be focused on the development of renewable energy and green hydrogen with possible links to the following non-exhaustive thematics:
- Renewable energy solutions
- Green Hydrogen technologies
- Green mobility
- Energy access and services through renewables
- Biomass/waste recovery and energy
- Energy-Water-Food Nexus Solutions
- Productive uses of renewable energy in rural areas
- Thematic Trainings/ Conferences/Workshops/ Raising awareness
- Energy efficiency solutions
- Women’s and girls’ empowerment in the renewable energies sector
- Renewable energy in Socio-economic development and increasing the added value in rural areas
- Innovative business plan models for energy technologies and services
Grant
- The maximum amount of grant allocated for each project is €20,000 and the duration should not exceed 15 months.
Eligibility
This call is addressed to:
- young West Africans. Any individual or group of young people (Students, academics, practitioners, scientists, technologists, entrepreneurs, associations…) from a West African country (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo). Having a bank account is necessary.
- associations/organisations, being legally registered in a West African Country and having a local bank account in the name of the association/organisation.
Application
The submission package is composed of:
- The filed and signed application form
- Endorsement letter from the institution/organization of the applicant
- CV of the applicants
- Certificate of registration for the associations and organizations.
The proposal should be a full version. It should be sent via email to: [email protected]. Submission of documents must be in PDF format. WISE proposals and related document are required to be in English or French. Submissions must be received by 11:59 pm (GMT+00), 31 December 2025.
For more information, visit WISE.
