University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg

University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg is a university in Johannesburg, South Africa that has taken part in 58 EU-funded projects since 2009, receiving €11.5M in EU funding and leading 1 as coordinator.

EU funding received€11.5M
EU projects58
As coordinator1
Running now28
First EU project2009
Latest project2026
CountrySouth Africa
EU registration (PIC)998014086
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Where the EU money came from

Funding by EU programme. Amounts are University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg's own share of each project, not the project's full budget.

  • Horizon Europe€4.6M · 17 projects
  • FP7 (2007 to 2013)€3.1M · 10 projects
  • Horizon 2020€2.4M · 17 projects
  • Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe (NDICI)€949k · 3 projects
  • Erasmus+ (ERASMUS+)€488k · 11 projects

Projects

58 EU-funded projects, newest first. University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg led 1 of them as coordinator. Each links to the official record.

  • BICICLEPartner

    Fostering innovation and knowledge on circular economy and waste-to-energy among professionals, industries and municipalities of South-Mediterranean, Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin American countries.

    Erasmus+ (ERASMUS+) · 2026–2029 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €90ktheir share
  • PartiCIVISAssociated partner

    Participatory research-to-action facilitating transformation and innovation in African-European perspectives

    Horizon Europe · 2026–2030 · Project on CORDIS ↗

  • EMMIRPartner

    European Master in Migration and Intercultural Relations

    Erasmus+ (ERASMUS+) · 2026–2032 · Project on the EU portal ↗

  • COMPLICANONAssociated partner

    Local Reception, Translocal Narratives: COMPLIcating the South African English CANON

    Horizon Europe · 2026–2029 · Project on CORDIS ↗

  • CULTURAIPartner

    Cultivating Inclusive and Sustainable AI Policy for the Creative Sector

    Horizon Europe · 2026–2030 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €122ktheir share
  • Green Energy ReliefAssociated partner

    Global Network for Advancing Small Green Energy Systems in Crisis, Low-Income, and Remote Regions through Research, Innovation, and Training

    Horizon Europe · 2026–2030 · Project on CORDIS ↗

  • AMASEAssociated partner

    Joint European Master Programme in Advanced Materials Science and Engineering

    Erasmus+ (ERASMUS+) · 2026–2032 · Project on the EU portal ↗

  • AFRI-CANPartner

    East African Mountain social ecological dynamics (AFRI-CAN)

    Horizon Europe · 2026–2032 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €1.4Mtheir share
  • FORTRESS-SSAPartner

    FOSTERING OUTBREAK RESILIENCE THROUGH TRAINING, RESEARCH, EPIDEMIOLOGY, AND STATISTICAL SCIENCE TO STRENGTHEN THE SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE

    Horizon Europe · 2026–2029 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €398ktheir share
  • SemPERAssociated partner

    SEMantics, Proofs and Effective Reasoning

    Horizon Europe · 2026–2030 · Project on CORDIS ↗

  • NEXUSAssociated partner

    North-south EXchange for Underground Science

    Horizon Europe · 2026–2029 · Project on CORDIS ↗

  • PAP2SNPartner

    PanAfrican Network for Planetary Science and Technology

    Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe (NDICI) · 2026–2029 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €234ktheir share
  • BUCABUMAPartner

    Building Capacity in Circular Natural Building Materials using Frugal Digital and Traditional Engineering Innovations

    Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe (NDICI) · 2026–2029 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €293ktheir share
  • SAMTICPartner

    South African Music Technology and Innovation Capacity-Building

    Erasmus+ (ERASMUS+) · 2025–2027 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €41ktheir share
  • Ted-SOEPPartner

    Transforming STEM teacher education in South Africa through Self-Directed Open Educational Practices

    Erasmus+ (ERASMUS+) · 2025–2027 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €47ktheir share
  • IS4NCDsPartner

    Capacity Building in Implementation Science education for Non-Communicable Disease prevention and management in Africa

    Erasmus+ (ERASMUS+) · 2025–2027 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €136ktheir share
  • GAIA-TSFPartner

    Geospatial Artificial Intelligence Analysis for Tailings Storage Facilities

    Horizon Europe · 2024–2027 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €132ktheir share
  • EPOG-JMPartner

    Economic POlicies for the Global bifurcation - Joint Master

    Erasmus+ (ERASMUS+) · 2024–2030 · Project on the EU portal ↗

  • PLIODISPartner

    Pliocene Hominin Dispersal to southern Africa: Choice or Chance?

    Horizon Europe · 2024–2030 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €546ktheir share
  • AGRI-DRYPartner

    Dryland agriculture and Land use; past, present and future resilience [AGRI-DRY]

    Horizon Europe · 2024–2028 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €416ktheir share
  • EU-CIEMBLYPartner

    EU-CIEMBLY: Creating an Inclusive European Citizens’ Assembly

    Horizon Europe · 2024–2027 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €137ktheir share
  • GREEN-STEMPartner

    Green, REsilient and ENtrepreneurial Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics for Africa

    Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe (NDICI) · 2024–2028 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €422ktheir share
  • PolyCIVISPartner

    PolyCIVIS: Confronting the Polycrisis in Europe and Africa

    Erasmus+ (ERASMUS+) · 2023–2026 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €74ktheir share
  • GLOBEDAssociated partner

    Education Policies for Global Development

    Erasmus+ (ERASMUS+) · 2023–2029 · Project on the EU portal ↗

  • SME2KEPartner

    Smart Manufacturing Engineering Education for Knowledge Economy

    Erasmus+ (ERASMUS+) · 2023–2027 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €100ktheir share
  • NAVIGATORPartner

    The EU Navigating Multilateral Cooperation

    Horizon Europe · 2023–2027 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €158ktheir share
  • YoPAPartner

    A Youth-centred Participatory Action towards co-created implementation of socially and physically activating environmental interventions

    Horizon Europe · 2023–2027 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €393ktheir share
  • MASTERMINEPartner

    European Mining in the Green and Digital Era

    Horizon Europe · 2022–2026 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €423ktheir share
  • MESPOMAssociated partner

    Masters degree in Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management

    Erasmus+ (ERASMUS+) · 2022–2028 · Project on the EU portal ↗

  • PREPAREDPartner

    Pro-active Pandemic Crisis Ethics and Integrity Framework

    Horizon Europe · 2022–2025 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €349ktheir share
  • KADIPartner

    Knowledge and climate services from an African observation and Data research Infrastructure

    Horizon Europe · 2022–2025 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €114ktheir share
  • Beyond BoycottPartner

    Beyond Boycott: Musical Internationalism and the Making of Race in Apartheid South Africa

    Horizon 2020 · 2022–2026 · Project on CORDIS ↗

  • MOSAICPartner

    Modalities in Substructural Logics: Theory, Methods and Applications

    Horizon 2020 · 2021–2026 · Project on CORDIS ↗

  • IATIOPartner

    India and the Indian Ocean in the Early Decolonial Period: Archipelagic Imaginaries, 1950s-1970s

    Horizon 2020 · 2021–2024 · Project on CORDIS ↗

  • FOCUS-AfricaPartner

    Full-value chain Optimised Climate User-centric Services for Southern Africa: FOCUS-Africa

    Horizon 2020 · 2020–2024 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €263ktheir share
  • INTERRUPT_VIOLENCEPartner

    Interrupting the intergenerational transmission of violence: a mixed-methods longitudinal study in South Africa

    Horizon 2020 · 2020–2026 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €92ktheir share
  • PROTECTPartner

    THE RIGHT TO INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION: A PENDULUM BETWEEN GLOBALIZATION AND NATIVIZATION?

    Horizon 2020 · 2020–2023 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €200ktheir share
  • AlSiCalAssociated partner

    Towards sustainable mineral and metal industry: ZERO Bauxite Residue and ZERO CO2 from co-production of Alumina, Silica and precipitated Calcium carbonate by the Aranda-Mastin technology

    Horizon 2020 · 2019–2024 · Project on CORDIS ↗

  • MAUPartner

    Making Africa Urban: The transcalar politics of large-scale urban development

    Horizon 2020 · 2019–2026 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €606ktheir share
  • NewHumanPartner

    Pathways to humanity: Adaptive niche diversity at the origins of the human lineage

    Horizon 2020 · 2019–2025 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €69ktheir share
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  • BIORECOVERPartner

    Development of an innovative sustainable strategy for selective biorecover of critical raw materials from Primary and Secondary sources

    Horizon 2020 · 2019–2024 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €597ktheir share
  • TICASSPartner

    Technologies of Imaging in Communication, Art, and Social Sciences

    Horizon 2020 · 2017–2021 · Project on CORDIS ↗

  • SEACRIFOGPartner

    Supporting EU-African Cooperation on Research Infrastructures for Food Security and Greenhouse Gas Observations

    Horizon 2020 · 2017–2020 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €59ktheir share
  • RINGOPartner

    Readiness of ICOS for Necessities of integrated Global Observations

    Horizon 2020 · 2017–2020 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €20ktheir share
  • GLOBUSPartner

    Reconsidering European Contributions to Global Justice

    Horizon 2020 · 2016–2020 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €286ktheir share
  • SYSMICSPartner

    Syntax Meets Semantics: Methods, Interactions, and Connections in Substructural logics.

    Horizon 2020 · 2016–2019 · Project on CORDIS ↗

  • STRADEPartner

    Strategic Dialogue on Sustainable Raw Materials for Europe

    Horizon 2020 · 2015–2018 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €61ktheir share
  • TRUSTPartner

    Creating and enhancing TRUSTworthy, responsible and equitable partnerships in international research

    Horizon 2020 · 2015–2018 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €157ktheir share
  • FESSUDPartner

    Financialisation, economy, society and sustainable development

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2011–2016 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €97ktheir share
  • MASCOTPartner

    Multilateral Association for Studying health inequalities and enhancing north-south and south-south COoperaTion

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2011–2014 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €211ktheir share
  • SDH-NetPartner

    Building Sustainable Research capacity for Health and its Social Determinants in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2011–2015 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €267ktheir share
  • DIFFERPartner

    Diagonal Interventions to Fast-Forward Enhanced Reproductive Health

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2011–2016 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €681ktheir share
  • AfriCAN ClimatePartner

    Uptake of Climate related Research Results through Knowledge Platforms with African Collaboration Partners

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2011–2014 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €52ktheir share
  • CHEPSAAPartner

    Consortium for Health Policy and Systems Analysis in Africa

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2011–2015 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €149ktheir share
  • UNITASPartner

    Universal coverage in Tanzania and South Africa: Monitoring and evaluating progress

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2011–2016 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €306ktheir share
  • HARPPartner

    Evaluation and impact of screening and treatment approaches for the prevention of cervical neoplasia in HIV-positive women in Burkina Faso and South Africa: HPV in Africa Research Partnership

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2010–2014 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €1.2Mtheir share
  • RPC-HVTS-DCSPartner

    Development environment and demonstrators for resonant power conversion facilitating high voltage test systems using very low frequency and DC-sources

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2009–2011 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €5ktheir share
  • AEROAFRICA-EUCoordinator

    Promoting European - South African Research Cooperation in Aeronautics and Air Transport

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2009–2011 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €86ktheir share

Works most with

Organisations that shared the most EU projects with this one. A good starting list for consortium partners.

Fields it works in

Research fields recorded on its Horizon projects.

  • DNA
  • DNA viruses
  • HIV
  • agriculture
  • algebra
  • aliphatic compounds
  • alkaline earth metals
  • artificial intelligence
  • catalysis
  • cervical cancer
  • civil society
  • civil society organisations
  • climatic changes
  • colors

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Source: CORDIS (Horizon Europe, Horizon 2020, FP7) and the EU Funding & Tenders Portal (other EU programmes), matched by the EU registration number (PIC). Past participation does not mean the organisation is open to new partnerships. Official website ↗

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