“…This approach is well founded, given the staggering success of the handful of well resourced, Africanled scientific operations. [27][28][29][30] The scope of these important funding instruments offers myriad opportunities, including mobility, skills transfer, incentives to return to Africa institutions, the development of emerging researchers, promoting the participation of women in science and are increasingly normalizing North-South and even South-South collaborative relationships. [31] Importantly, while still limited in number, and themselves often subject to political ebbs and flows, [32] these awards are commonly generous in value, and for the recipients, temporarily remove financial barriers to access.…”