NARO Competitive Research Grants: Uganda Climate Smart Agricultural Transformation 2026
National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO)
Competitive applied research funding for Ugandan researchers and organisations developing climate-resilient solutions across agricultural and fisheries value chains.
Last checked 3 September 2026
This call is closed. The deadline was 14 September 2026. This page remains available for reference.
At a glance
- Funding / main benefit
- Climate-resilient and sustainable interventions in crop value chains
- Deadline
- 14 September 2026, 5:00 PM EATAfrica/Kampala
- Duration
- Not stated
- Location / format
- Not stated
- Career stage
- Not stated
- Geographic eligibility
- Uganda
- Deadline
- 14 September 2026
About the opportunity
NARO coordinates Uganda's National Agricultural Research System. This competitive call sits under the Uganda Climate Smart Agricultural Transformation Project and funds research that produces climate-resilient and sustainable interventions in crop, livestock and fisheries value chains.
It is an applied research call. The emphasis is on interventions that can be tested and used within Ugandan value chains rather than on basic science.
The current call limits proposals to five pages. That constraint shapes everything: the strongest submissions state the problem, the intervention, the method and the expected use of results without padding.
Is this for me?
Best suited to: Ugandan agricultural teams with a practical intervention already grounded in a specific value chain.
Uganda relevance: Yes. The call is aimed at stakeholders within Uganda's National Agricultural Research System.
Not suitable if
- The work is basic science with no value-chain application
- Your proposal cannot be compressed to five pages
- The activity is implementation or extension with no research component
Methods Bench fit considerations
- You are part of Uganda's National Agricultural Research System or can demonstrate scientific capacity
- Your intervention is testable within a Ugandan value chain
- You can make the full case in five pages
- The work produces something a farmer, processor or agency can use
- Your team covers the technical and socio-economic sides of the problem
Editorial guidance, not an eligibility verdict. Confirm requirements with the funder.
What the opportunity provides
- Climate-resilient and sustainable interventions in crop value chains
- Livestock value chain research
- Fisheries value chain research
- Applied research that improves productivity, resilience or market performance
Methods Bench application considerations
The five-page limit. Compressing problem, method and impact into five pages takes more drafting time than a longer proposal.
Administrative disqualification for exceeding the page limit or missing the submission format.
- Am I within the eligible applicant categories?
- Is my intervention tied to a crop, livestock or fisheries value chain?
- Is my proposal five pages or fewer?
- Have I followed the submission instructions exactly?
- Can my institution clear the submission before 14 September?
Eligibility checklist
- Country: Uganda
- Applicants: Public agricultural research institutes, academia, private sector, civil society and individuals with demonstrated scientific capacity
- Proposal length: Maximum five pages in the current call
- Funding ceiling: Not specified in the published call summary. Confirm in the official document.
What to prepare
Required at this stage
- Proposal of no more than five pages, in the format required by the official call
How to apply
- 01
Read the official call
Confirm the thematic scope, format and submission address on the NARO announcement.
- 02
Confirm your eligibility
Check that your institution or individual capacity meets the stated requirements.
- 03
Draft within five pages
Exceeding the limit can result in administrative disqualification.
- 04
Submit by the stated route
Follow the submission instructions exactly as given in the official call.
Sources and verification
Last checked: 3 September 2026.
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