In addition to funding from local funding organisations such as the Higher Education Commission (HEC) and the Mauritius Research & Innovation Council (MRIC), the University of Mauritius has been striving to secure funds from external funding organisations of international repute to enable research ranging from basic research to applied projects across diverse fields.

Funding institutions that support our research include inter alia:

• Agence Française de Développement (AFD)

• Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF)

• Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU)

• Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD)

• Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)

• Commission de L’Ocean Indien (COI)

• European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EECEA)

• European Union (EU) and European Commission (EC)

• Federal Ministry of Education & Research (Germany)

• Futures Forum (USA)

• Indian Ocean Commission (IOC/IORA)

• Institute of Research for Sustainable Development (IRD)

• National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• Natural Environment Research Council

• Research England Council

• United Kingdom Research and Innovation Council

• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

• The Royal Society

• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

• United Nations Economics Commission for Africa (UNECA)

• Western Indian Ocean Marine Sciences Association (WIOMSA)

• World Trade Organisation (WTO)