Frequently asked questions

The consortium is defined by the current grant agreement, so the four partner institutions are fixed for this project. We do welcome contact from institutions interested in collaboration, joint activities or future partnerships — use the Get involved form and select ‘Institutional partnership’.

Maastricht University is the lead partner and coordinator, holding overall responsibility for project management, financial management and reporting. Each of the four institutions nominates a key contact — you can find them all on the Partners page.

Four universities across two continents: Maastricht University (Netherlands, coordinator), Karolinska Institutet (Sweden), Somali National University (Mogadishu) and East Africa University (Somalia). The Federal Ministry of Health Somalia has also taken part in project activities.

The project includes curriculum development, staff training and research capacity building at the partner institutions. Academic staff at SNU and East Africa University have taken part in the Training of Trainers programme, cascading training and a three-month blended learning programme. Opportunities are announced on our News page as they open. [TO CONFIRM: what is currently open to apply for]

Rather than training a small group abroad and stopping there, CURIOUS multiplies knowledge deliberately. Staff who complete the international Training of Trainers programme then train colleagues at home — two facilitators trained fifteen academic staff in Mogadishu in August 2026.

CURIOUS is a capacity-building project working through institutions rather than a scholarship scheme, so it does not admit students directly. Its benefit reaches students through modernised curricula and better-trained teaching staff at SNU and East Africa University. [TO CONFIRM: whether any student-facing activities are planned]

CURIOUS is a three-year initiative co-funded by the European Union under the Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education (CBHE) programme, grant agreement [TO CONFIRM: grant agreement number]. Full funding details appear in the footer of every page.

Please contact us before reproducing project imagery or documents. We are generally happy to support coverage of the project and can provide materials on request.

Published reports and resources are on the Blogs & resources page, including the full launch event report. The study visit and cascading training reports are available on request.

Each institution has a named key contact listed on the Partners page, with a direct email address.