Ife Institute of Advanced Studies

Name

Ife Institute of Advanced Studies

Legal name

Ife Institute of Advanced Studies

Website

https://ias-ife.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Ife Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS) is a Nigerian academic institute, founded in 2016 and hosted at Obafemi Awolowo University, that runs interdisciplinary research programs — Summer Institute, webinars, grants, fellowships — for emerging scholars across Humanities, Social Sciences, and STEM, funded primarily by Ford, Mastercard, and Carnegie foundations.

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Academic Research and Fellowship Services

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

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Applied Research & Innovation Universities (EDAHAEAE)

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Research & Lab-Based Short-Term Programs (Undergraduate/Graduate) (EDAIAIAF), Virtual/Hybrid International Short-Term Academic Programs (EDAIAIAL)

Keywords

• Academic research institute
• Interdisciplinary fellowship programs
• Scholarly publications
• Research grants
• Summer institute

Headquarters

HQ city

Ile-Ife

HQ country

Nigeria

HQ region

Africa

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Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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Revenue model

1. Institutional Grants and Funding: Funding from supporting institutions including Ford Foundation, Mastercard Foundation, Carnegie Corporation, and other academic partners. Programs such as Small Research Grants and Library Fellowships suggest grant-based funding models.

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Core offering

Ife Institute of Advanced Studies is an academic research institute that runs interdisciplinary fellowship and research programs for emerging scholars in Humanities, Social Sciences, and STEM, anchored at Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Its core offerings include the Annual Summer Institute, Scholar-in-Residence, Library Fellowship, Small Research Grants, Science Institute, and a Webinar Series, complemented by the IIAS Journal and newsletters.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• IIAS Journal: Academic journal published by the institute covering interdisciplinary research in Humanities, Social Sciences, and STEM

Products and services

• Annual Summer Institute An intensive annual academic program held at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, bringing together emerging scholars and faculty for interdisciplinary research and collaboration across Humanities, Social Sciences, and STEM.
• Scholar-in-Residence A residency program hosting visiting scholars at Obafemi Awolowo University to conduct research and collaborate with IIAS faculty and fellows.
• Library Fellowship A fellowship program providing scholars access to library resources and research support services at Obafemi Awolowo University.
• Small Research Grants Funding awards provided to scholars to support independent research projects in Humanities, Social Sciences, and STEM disciplines.
• Science Institute A specialized academic program focused on STEM research and development initiatives supporting scientific advancement across Nigeria and Africa.
• Webinar Series Virtual seminars and presentations delivered by scholars on topics related to advancing interdisciplinary research in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and STEM for Nigeria and Africa's development.
• IIAS Journal A peer-reviewed academic journal publishing research in Humanities, Social Sciences, and STEM disciplines relevant to African development.
• Newsletters Regular publications providing updates on IIAS programs, events, scholar achievements, and research developments.

Quantifiable outcome

• 10 cohorts of Summer Institute fellows trained and graduated

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Obafemi Awolowo UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost institution providing physical campus location and academic infrastructure. The institute operates from OAU campus in Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
• University of LagosminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner institution supporting the institute's collaborative research mission across Nigerian universities.

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Emerging players

• Next Einstein Forum (NEF): Pan-African platform that identifies and convenes emerging African scientists across STEM disciplines through forums, fellowships, and a global community — partial overlap with IIAS's Science Institute and Summer Institute audiences.
• African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC): African-led research institute headquartered in Nairobi that runs postdoctoral fellowships, early-career programs, and a publications program for African scholars — comparable career-stage targeting and foundation-funded model to IIAS.

Broad incumbents

• African Academy of Sciences (AAS): Continental research body based in Nairobi that funds and convenes African researchers across disciplines; significantly larger and broader than IIAS but competes for the same pool of fellows, grantees, and foundation funding.
• Pan-African University (PAU): African Union–backed postgraduate institution with five institutes across the continent that recruits and trains African graduate students, overlapping with IIAS on scholar-development programming and continental funder relationships.

Direct peers

• CODESRIA (Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa): Pan-African social science research council headquartered in Dakar that runs fellowship, grant, and scholarly publishing programs targeting emerging African researchers — the closest functional analog to IIAS's fellowship, small-grant, and journal model.
• Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WiSER): University-based research institute at the University of the Witwatersrand that runs fellowships, residencies, and seminars for emerging African scholars — closely comparable in size, scope, and interdisciplinary positioning to IIAS.
• Centre for Humanities Research (CHR), University of the Western Cape: South African university-embedded research center hosting postdoctoral fellows, seminars, and publications in the humanities and social sciences — same model of university-anchored, fellowship-driven African research infrastructure.
• African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS): Pan-African network of centers of excellence offering structured residential and fellowship programs for emerging African STEM scholars, with a similar 'training-the-next-generation' mission and foundation-backed operating model.

Regional players

• Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR): East-African university-based research institute running postgraduate fellowships and seminars in social sciences and humanities — comparable in model and mission but operating in a different African sub-region than IIAS.
• Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ghana: Ghanaian national R&D organization that runs grant, fellowship, and applied research programs for African scientists; broader mandate than IIAS but a comparable model of publicly-minded research capacity building in West Africa.

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