- Demonstrating the applications of Vanadium dioxide smart nano-scale material in the terahertz photonics spectral regime: University of Bern, iThembaLABS, National Research Foundation and University of South Africa (UNISA)
- The adoption of clean energy technologies in South Africa: the costs to adopting technology restrictions: Graduate Institute Geneva, University of Cape Town
- Solar light-driven homogenous catalysis for greener industrial processes with H2 as energy source and CO2 as C1 building block: University of Zürich, University of the Free State
- Understanding the impacts of climate change on Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine permafrost microbiomes (cryolink): Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape, University of Pretoria
- Production of liquid solar fuels from CO2 and water using renewable energy resources: Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, University of Pretoria
- Agricultural residue from sugarcane harvesting for the production of bio-energy and chemicals in biorefinery (enerchems): Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Stellenbosch University
- Factors regulating carbohydrate storage in plants: implications for biotechnological improvement of crops for food and for clean, green technologies: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Stellenbosch University
- Development of crop plants with reduced requirement of phosphate fertilisers via the cisgenic regulation of PHO1 and GULP1 activity: University of Lausanne, Stellenbosch University
- Development and transfer of a cassava transformation technology platform for industrial application: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, University of the Witwatersrand
- SAVUCA: South African Value-added Cassava: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, University of the Witwatersrand