Universidade Eduardo Mondlane

Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, a private educational institution based in Maputo, Mozambique, acts as a federal grant recipient and sub-recipient for international research and training programs administered by the National Institutes of Health and partner U.S. universities. The university does not hold federal contracts; its federal footprint is entirely grant-funded work performed in Mozambique.

The university's grant portfolio spans global infectious diseases, climate and health, cervical cancer prevention, biomedical informatics, LGBTQI+ inclusion in higher education, and career development across African university networks. As a prime recipient, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane holds a $250,400 project grant from the NIH Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989, International Research and Research Training program) awarded August 24, 2026, establishing a PhD research training track in global infectious diseases focused on malaria and neglected tropical diseases in partnership with the University of California San Diego, running through April 30, 2031. The university also received cooperative agreements from the Department of Agriculture Forest Service for law enforcement on succulents and cycads in Mozambique (awarded September 3, 2024, ultimate completion July 1, 2029) and forest governance improvement (terminated June 25, 2025).

In its predominant role as a sub-recipient (68% of 28 total awards), Universidade Eduardo Mondlane participates in larger NIH-funded research consortia led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Tufts University, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Tulane University, and Michigan State University. Vanderbilt anchors the Vanderbilt-Mozambique Biomedical Informatics Training and Research Program, with eleven sub-awards to UEM between December 2024 and May 2025, including women's health research supplements. Tufts leads an NIH Exploratory Grant for Climate Change and Health Research Center Development where UEM's Faculty of Agronomy and Forestry Engineering participates in research cores focused on cholera outbreaks, anticipatory actions after disasters, and nutrition and disease during extreme weather events (five sub-awards between March 2024 and April 2025). MD Anderson engages UEM on cervical cancer prevention research for women living with HIV, including development of low-cost imaging and diagnostic technologies (two sub-awards, October 2023 and October 2024). Tulane funds HIV implementation science research training for UEM PhD scientists and strengthening of the university's Implementation Science Unit (two sub-awards, March 2024 and November 2024). Michigan State University supports UEM's Gender Center on LGBTQI+ inclusion and safety at the university (February 2024) and career development center programming across Mozambican partner institutions (February 2024).

The National Institutes of Health Fogarty International Center and National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences account for 17 of 28 awards (61% by count). Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $17 million. Activity has accelerated sharply — two awards in 2023, ten in 2024, six in 2025, and four so far in 2026 — driven primarily by expansion of sub-award participation in multi-institutional NIH consortia. All work is performed in Mozambique with administrative coordination through U.S. prime grantee institutions.