IDRC is one of the world’s leaders in generating new knowledge to meet global challenges. We offer a number of research awards providing a unique opportunity to enhance research skills and gain a fresh perspective on crucial development issues...
Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert is the 2013 recipient of the Partners in Research (PIR) Technology Ambassador Award. This award recognizes Deibert’s contributions to enhancing public understanding of the benefits of communications research and...
The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) are pleased to announce the International Partnerships for Sustainable Societies (IPaSS) joint initiative. This joint...
Maria Ng, IDRC Senior Program Specialist in Information and Networks, received the Mongolian Friendship Medal on October 13, 2011. Through this award, the Mongolian Government recognized her long-standing contribution to the country's information...
The Strengthening Information Society Research Capacity Alliance (SIRCA II) is now accepting proposals for research projects on Information Societies and Development. Selected grant recipients will be provided with SGD$24,000 for 18 months to...
A special issue of the journal, Information Technologies and International Development (ITID), features several articles by IDRC-supported researchers on mobile telephony and development. The researchers are from LIRNEasia, a regional ICT policy and...
The Information Society Innovation (ISIF) Fund has named the winners of its 2011 ISIF Awards. The awards acknowledge local organizations committed to the socio-economic development of their communities by deploying innovative ICT solutions in the...
The Information and Networks program of IDRC, in collaboration with the Internet Access Registry for Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Internet Society, has announced the winners of the Regional Fund for Digital Innovation in Latin America...
Clotilde Fonseca has recently been appointed Minister of Science and Technology in the government of the newly elected president of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla. Fonseca will leave her position as executive director of Costa Rica’s Omar Dengo...
IDRC activities duringInternational Development Week 2013
Highlight: Measuring mobile phones’ value to the poor
ICTD2012: IDRC supports Southern scholars
Building capacity in ICT policy research
Highlight: IDRC at the sixth Internet Governance Forum