Overview of the Partnership
A new partnership with Bio Usawa, an African-led biotech company with a mission to manufacture high-quality, affordable biomedicines in Africa, for Africans has been cemented with a memorandum of understanding in 2025.
Key Objectives
Build a translational research ecosystem
Strengthen Africa’s research infrastructure with a focus on women’s health, fostering collaboration between scientists, clinicians, and industry leaders.
Enhance training and capacity-building
Equip African professionals with practical expertise in clinical research, regulatory processes, and pharmacovigilance to advance local biomedical innovation.
Support early-career researchers through microgrants
Launch targeted microgrant programs to empower emerging African researchers and help translate local ideas into impactful health solutions.
AORTIC–Bio Usawa Microgrant Program
Applications now closed
Coming soon, new opportunity in early 2026.
