The Institute for African Development (IAD) is accepting grant applications for innovative 
community development projects (up to $10,000) to be implemented in Africa during the summer/winter of 2023/24. Continuing graduate students are eligible to submit proposals for projects that engage Cornell students (undergraduate or graduate) in the area of community development throughout the Africa continent. Applicants are broadly encouraged to submit proposals for ideas that will have tangible impacts on improving the well-being of communities in Africa.

Awards are made to exclusively to Ph.D., M.S., and M.P.S. candidates across all Cornell colleges for overseas fieldwork expenses associated with their impact projects. Proposals should be for the actual implementation and travel expenses of their project rather than for academic research.