Call for Application - DAAD Alumni Events 2026

The DAAD may offer funding for alumni events that promote thematic exchange, networking, and cooperation among alumni and with scientific, political, social, cultural, and economic institutions. Such alumni small events offer an opportunity to make active use of alumni expertise to address global challenges; enhance alumni connections with the DAAD and Germany; and facilitate the transfer of experience to future generations of scholarship holders.

DAAD invites former DAAD scholarship holders from Ghana, Cameroon and Nigeria who are planning small alumni events scheduled between April and July 2026 to submit their applications for funding.
What can be funded.:

* Events that promote the scientific/thematic exchange of Alumni

* Workshops that contribute to the professional training of Alumni

* Seminars for returning Alumni

For further information, please refer to the call in the download box.

If there are any questions regarding this call, please get in touch.

For events in Nigeria and Ghana ( a22@daad.de ) For events in Cameroon (info@daad-kamerun.org ).

Application Deadline: 30th January 2026 for event taking place from April 2026.

Download the call

Call for application - Alumni events in Ghana, Nigeria and Cameroon [PDF, 91.17kb]

Details of the call for application – DAAD alumni small events.
For events taking place from April, 2026.
Meeting Slides - Explanatory meeting on alumni events [PDF, 1.93mb]

Slides shared during the Info Session: Q and A on DAAD Alumni Events: Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria

More information on application process

The regional DAAD Regional Office Accra held an information session on funding rules and final reporting on January 20, 2026 at 12.30 GMT. Click on this link for the recording of the meeting.
Link – Explanatory meeting on alumni events