Sponsors & partners
Invest directly in Africa's research future.
Partnering with ARS means turning support into measurable impact: lab camps that give students their first research experience, mentorship that opens doors, and events that have brought Nobel Laureates face-to-face with emerging African scholars.
Why partner with ARS
Five reasons funders back this movement
Reach
Access a network backed by 40+ institutions, with 2,000+ students connected to research, training, and mentorship.
Impact
Fund tangible outcomes: lab camps, mentorship, and research training that build Africa's next generation of researchers.
Audience
Connect with high-potential undergraduate, postgraduate, and early-career researchers across disciplines.
Credibility
Align with a registered NPO that has hosted Nobel Laureates and partners with leading research institutions.
Purpose
Invest in an Africentric, youth-led movement producing solutions rooted in African realities.
- 2022
- Founded at UCT
- 40+
- Backing institutions
- 2,000+
- Students connected to labs, training & mentorship
- 1,900+
- Students engaged in ARS events in 2024
- 5
- Nobel Laureate speakers featured
The pitch
Support that becomes measurable impact
Partnering with ARS means investing directly in Africa's research future. As a registered, youth-led non-profit backed by 40+ institutions, we turn support into measurable impact: lab camps that give students their first research experience, mentorship that opens doors, and events that have brought Nobel Laureates face-to-face with emerging African scholars.
Your partnership amplifies Africentric, interdisciplinary research and positions your organisation alongside a credible, values-driven movement. Whether through sponsorship, in-kind support, or long-term collaboration, you help ensure African perspectives lead the research process, and that the solutions we build genuinely serve African communities.

Our partners
In good company
- Afrigen Biologics & Vaccines
- Beau Constantia
- UCT Neuroscience Institute
- UCT Division of Human Genetics
- UCT Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine
- NIH Fogarty Initiative
- UCT School of Public Health & Family Medicine
- Discovery Foundation
- South African Clinician Scientists Society
Ready to partner?
Email us at npo@africanresearchsociety.org and let's build the future of African research together.
