Generate evidence to characterise the current state of research leadership capacity and development needs in the social sciences, humanities and Arts disciplines in Africa, to inform the trajectory of the Alliance for Developing Excellence in Leadership, Training and Science (DELTAS) in Africa, a programme of the Accelerating Excellence in Science (AESA). AESA is a funding, agenda-setting and programme management initiative of the African Academy of Sciences’ (AAS) and the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD).
Conduct a scoping exercise to assess the nature of existing resources in community and public engagement and use this evidence to develop an engagement guidance document and accompanying tools for research leadership capacity strengthening initiatives in Africa.