In November 2025, the LEAP-SE (Long-Term Joint EU-AU Research and Innovation Partnership on Sustainable Energy) network consortium will announce a call for international research projects aimed at developing cooperation between researchers from Europe and Africa in the area of energy transition, covering seven topics:
- Assessment of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) and integration of RES in sustainable energy scenarios;
- End-of-life and second‐life management and environmental impact of RE components;
- Smart stand‐alone systems;
- Smart grid (different scales) for off grid application;
- Processes and appliances for productive uses (agriculture, mobility and industry);
- Innovative solutions for priority domestic uses (clean cooking and cold chain);
- Production and utilization of Green Hydrogen.
Project consortia must consist of project partners from a minimum of four countries from the two continents. At least two independent legal entities from two different Member States from the European Union or Horizon Europe associated countries participating to the Cofund Call should ask and be eligible to receive support from the relevant participating funder and at least two independent legal entities from two countries from the African Union.
The consortium must include at least one partner from the institutional research sector (academic, public research center, non-profit organisation, etc.) coming from participating countries and one partner from the private sector (commercial company) coming from participating countries must be part of the consortium.
Additional information including topic descriptions, a preliminary schedule and a list of countries interested in participating in the call are available on the LEAP-RE network website.
This is not an official announcement. Detailed call conditions will be specified in the official announcement of the call.