The Centre for Tobacco Control in Africa (CTCA) is launching a call for applications for the Institutional Capacity Building for Tobacco Control in Africa project aimed at maintaining human resource capacity and knowledge generation to reduce the use of all forms of tobacco products in Africa.

The Centre pour la lutte anti-smoking in Africa (CTCA) has received funding from the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) for the period 2024-2026 to implement a project on capabilities institutional.

Aim for

• More specifically, the project aims to :
  • Improving training opportunities for African governments and NGOs. actors concerned with tobacco control on the continent
  • Improving access to knowledge to guide tobacco prevention and control in Africa
  • Strengthen the development CTCA's institutional structure for optimum performance of its functions and processes.

Thematic areas

• Patterns and trends in tobacco consumption and exposure for all tobacco products, including new products, at national and regional level (gender, age, region, product types, new products).
• Effects of smoking and exposure to tobacco on sustainable development (poverty, education, culture, food security, environment, HIV, tuberculosis, reproductive health, NCDs).
• Smoking and at-risk populations (young people, young adults, women/gender, the elderly, residents of urban areas, the military, prisoners, the mentally ill, people living in disadvantaged socio-economic housing such as shanty towns).
• Research and analysis of tobacco control policies (smoke-free, TAPS, GHWS, cessation) on cost-effectiveness, impact, drivers, catalysts, innovation, challenges, communication and advocacy for tobacco control.
• The socio-cultural context of smoking
• Tobacco industry and tobacco control policy
• Tobacco production, alternative livelihoods and the environment (distribution, value chain, environmental impact, history and determinants of tobacco production)
• Tobacco economics and tobacco control (products, prices, illicit trade in tobacco, taxation)

Information on funding

• The CTCA, with the support of the ACBF, is looking for researchers across the African continent to receive 6 small grants of USD 5,000 to carry out research aligned with the TCRA's thematic areas.

Requirements

• These grants will fund work related to the CTCA's research programme. Activities will include proposal development, data collection and analysis, report writing and dissemination. All research to be implemented will be approved by the Institutional Review Board and published in peer-reviewed journals. These grants are intended for :
  • Researchers based in tobacco control and intervention programmes;
  • postgraduate students who wish to carry out their research projects in line with this call and
  • early and mid-career researchers.
• This research must be carried out and the report completed within 12 months. The candidate must have a mentor in an established institution.

Eligibility criteria

• Eligibility is limited to researchers based in Africa. These are individuals who (a) are currently studying at a university or research institute in Africa, and/or (b) are currently working at a university, research institute or in tobacco control in Africa. Anyone associated with the tobacco industry will not be funded and therefore should not apply. Successful applicants will be required to sign a declaration of interest stating that they have no links with the tobacco industry.

For more information, please visit CTCA website.