Request for Proposal (RfP) for East and Southern African Regional HUB for Research and Policy on Climate Change and Health 2025- 2028 RFP no. Amref/22/10/2026/019

Amref Health Africa invites bids for REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RfP) FOR EAST AND SOUTHERN AFRICAN REGIONAL HUB FOR RESEARCH AND POLICY ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTH 2025- 2028 RFP NO. AMREF/22/10/2026/019. Notice type: Expression of Interest. Published 22 October 2026. No closing date is stated in the notice — check the attached tender document. Published by Amref Health Africa, the continent's largest Africa-headquartered health development organisation.

This Request for proposal provides the application, selection and implementation framework for Early Career Researcher (ECR) teams and awardees under the Climate and Health Catalyst Awards Program. They define eligibility documentation, technical requirements, assessment criteria, the purpose and scope of the awards, roles and responsibilities, activities and deliverables, implementation and mentorship arrangements, reporting timelines, performance standards and financial accountability requirements. The RFP also outlines expectations relating to research ethics, safeguarding, data protection, gender equity and social inclusion, knowledge translation, dissemination and participation in capacity-strengthening and peer-learning activities. They are intended to promote consistent implementation, clarify the responsibilities of awardees, mentors and programme partners, and ensure that supported projects generate credible, policy-relevant climate-health evidence and contribute to research capacity, professional development and climate-resilient health systems across Eastern and Southern Africa. Download to Learn More >>>

This partnership seeks to build a connected African climate -health evidence and leadership ecosystem. Early Career Researchers (ECRs), including Master’s students, PhD candidates, and emerging policy professionals, are central to closing this gap, yet they face the steepest barriers to contributing. 1.2 Purpose of the Call This Request for proposal provides the application, selection and implementation framework for Early Career Researcher (ECR) teams and awardees under the Climate and Health Catalyst Awards Program. They define eligibility documentation, technical requirements, assessment criteria, the purpose and scope of the awards, roles and responsibilities, activities and deliverables, implementation and mentorship arrangements, reporting timelines, performance standards and financial accountability requirements. 1.3.2 Overall Objective To support ECR teams/awardees during a 12-month award period to produce at least one publishable climate-health research output, strengthen research -writing and kn owledge-translation skills, and participate in a sustained professional network contributing to evidence-informed climate-health policy and practice. Provide structured mentorship and skills development to all awardees by pairing each with a named senior mentor from the ARCH Consortium or partner institutions for at least two sessions per month, and delivering at least four scientific writing and knowledge -translation workshops across the award period.