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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.

Nobel Laureate Prof. Joachim Frank addressing students at a UCT lecture hall

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.