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Deadline: July 31, 2025
Applications are now open for the State of the Map (SotM) Africa 2025 Travel Grant Scholarships, offering fully or partially funded support to attend the highly anticipated SotM Africa Conference 2025, set to take place in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. This opportunity is perfect for passionate individuals contributing to OpenStreetMap (OSM) and open geospatial data initiatives across the African continent.
SotM Africa brings together mappers, developers, humanitarian workers, researchers, and government stakeholders to discuss, learn, and collaborate on ways to advance mapping and open data solutions in Africa.
Benefits
State of the Map Africa provides scholarships to facilitate accessibility and enable attendance and representation from many African countries at the State of the Map Africa Conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania which will be held on 28th – 30th November 2025.
There will be 2 different scholarship prizes:
- Partial – Covers either conference registration or accommodation or both.
- Full scholarship – Covers all conference costs (Transport, Accommodation, Conference Registration, meal stipend )
The size and number of scholarship prizes you receive may be adjusted depending on the amount raised by our fundraising committee and will be very competitive. It is recommended that applicants apply for the smallest prize that will allow them to attend SotM 2025.
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Eligibility Criteria
To qualify, applicants must:
- Be currently contributing to OpenStreetMap or open mapping projects in Africa
- Be based in any African country
- Demonstrate interest or experience in geospatial tools, mapping, GIS, or data-for-development
- Show financial need for travel support
- Be able to communicate in English or French
