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Gender in STEM Research Initiative: Announcement of projects
IDRC is pleased to announce the projects and research teams selected for the Gender in STEM Research Initiative (GIST), which aims to increase the contribution of science to gender equality to advance women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and to increase gender analysis in STEM research.
Initiative promoting women's economic empowerment expands with two new projects
Two new projects are joining an existing research initiative to advance gender equality in the world of work. Implemented in Ethiopia and Tanzania, the projects will study childcare models that work for resource-poor working mothers and the use of government procurement programs to boost women's economic prospects.
New research supports a gender-equal recovery through low-carbon innovation
Over the next three years, 12 new research projects supported by IDRC will address the gender barriers that hinder women's access to economic opportunities, while supporting sustainable climate-resilient recovery.
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AI project delivers key pandemic data to policymakers in Africa
An artificial intelligence (AI) research project is playing a pivotal role in pandemic public health decision-making in several countries across Africa. IDRC is working with research teams that include the leaders of national taskforces, who help to ensure that research is turned into action.
Developing a nasal spray to prevent COVID-19 infection
In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared a pandemic due to the emergence of SARS-CoV2, which causes COVID-19, a potentially lethal respiratory infection. To date, apart from the novel Molnupiravir and Ritonavir, there are no orally or nasally administered antiviral agents to prevent or treat SARS-CoV2 infections.
Investigating risk factors contributing to COVID-19 infections
With funding from IDRC, a research team from the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study, a large international population research effort coordinated by McMaster University's Population Health Research Institute (PHRI), is studying why some people get COVID-19 and others do not.
IDRC at the 2021 Conference of Montreal
IDRC will be part of the discussion on moving towards a greener global economy at the 2021 Conference of Montreal.
Gaining food security by cutting food loss
IDRC and the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research launch a new CA$3-million research program.
New projects to promote locally developed language datasets across Africa
The Lacuna Fund announces its second cohort of supported projects, whose teams will create openly accessible text and speech datasets that will fuel natural language processing (NLP) technologies in 29 languages across Africa.
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IMCHA Video Legacy Series
IMCHA is sharing a series of videos that documents the research projects it funded and their impacts on the lives of women and children in sub-Saharan Africa.
Gender at the head and heart of STEM research: deadline extended
As a result of COVID-19, closing gender gaps in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is a bigger challenge than ever before. The Gender in STEM Research Initiative aims to champion women's contributions to science, and to society at large.
Nine research projects seek to advance women's empowerment in East Africa
Nine new research projects will explore solutions to tackle the unequal distribution of care work and gender segregation in the labour market in Kenya, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Call for concept notes: Collaborative One Health Research Initiative on Epidemics
This Call for Concept Notes aims to support One Health research to identify, implement, and assess potential innovations in policies, programs, or practices that can prevent, control, and mitigate the risks of emerging epidemic threats.
Africa's new agricultural pioneers: Lacuna Fund projects to unlock power of AI in agriculture
The Lacuna Fund, an initiative co-founded by IDRC, the Rockefeller Foundation, and Google.org, has announced its first cohort of projects in the agricultural artificial intelligence (AI) for social good domain.
Call for proposals: research to close the justice gap in Africa and South-East Asia
IDRC is pleased to announce a call for proposals for multi-year research projects on innovative legal empowerment approaches in Africa and South-East Asia. Local organizations will lead the research, which will promote the rights of vulnerable groups and foster more inclusive and accountable institutions.
New Lancet Series on women's and children's health in conflict settings
A Series of articles in the Lancet presents informative research from an IDRC-supported project on interventions to improve our understanding of women's and children's health in conflict-affected zones.
IDRC to support One Health research on emerging epidemic threats
IDRC is investing in localized One Health research to prevent, control, and mitigate emerging epidemic threats in the Global South.
IDRC joined the discussion on the major issues surrounding sustainable recovery at the Conference of Montreal's online edition in December 2020.
COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa: New IDRC-funded projects to assess impact on food systems
The International Development Research Centre is launching five new research initiatives aimed at assessing COVID-19's impact on food systems and informing responses to alleviate the impacts of future shocks such as COVID-19 on nutrition and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Building future resilience by learning from community responses to COVID-19
As the health, economic, and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic grip the world, grassroots communities and organizations are developing their own coping mechanisms. They are supporting each other, distributing resources, and fighting misinformation, all while building resilience.
Call for Proposals: Manager for the African AI4D Scholarships program
IDRC and the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) invite proposals from African institutions to run the Artificial Intelligence for Development (AI4D) Scholarships program — a key building block in the four-year Artificial Intelligence for Development in Africa (AI4D Africa) program.
Investing in knowledge: IDRC and The Rockefeller Foundation launch new research partnership
The Rockefeller Foundation and IDRC are pleased to announce a new five-year, CA$11-million research funding partnership. "Catalyzing change for healthy and sustainable food systems" aims to improve quality of life for low-income and vulnerable people in East Africa who face the double burden of malnutrition and environmental threats like climate change.
IDRC's Research Ideas Competition on Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems
IDRC and the University of Toronto's Dalla Lana School of Public Health have launched a call for research ideas to strengthen policy interventions, population health, environmental sustainability, gender, and social equity in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
2020 Government AI Readiness Index: Governments must prioritise responsible AI use
IDRC and Oxford Insights have launched the 2020 Government AI Readiness Index to measure country preparedness for artificial intelligence (AI) — the first to include a Responsible Use Index.
Call for Proposals from Policy Research Centres on AI4D in Africa
The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) invite proposals from independent policy research organizations across Sub-Saharan Africa that are committed to using research to inform and influence national-level artificial intelligence (AI) policies and research ecosystems.