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IDRC is participating in a new rapid research funding opportunity to fight COVID-19. 

IDRC is now accepting applications for this year’s IDRC Doctoral Research Awards (IDRA). 

IDRC has awarded CA$34.2 million to 12 projects that aim to strengthen national education systems in more than 40 low and middle-income countries.

IDRC and Young Lives, a research project based out of the University of Oxford, have co-published the book Dreaming of a Better Life: Child Marriage Through Adolescent Eyes.

On behalf of all partners — the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Genome Canada , the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and the Canada Research Coordinating Committee (CRCC) — we would like to express our sincere gratitude to Canada’s research community for mobilizing so quickly in response to the coronavirus outbreak. 

As more countries begin to deal with COVID-19 outbreaks, the Government of Canada is investing in Canadian researchers to learn more about this novel coronavirus and to develop tools and resources to combat it.   

Given the global challenges of managing the effects of COVID-19, the submission deadline for the David Hopper Prizes for Leadership in Research for Development has been extended to  April 29, 2020. The two CA$50,000 awards will be announced by the end of 2020.

Together with the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), IDRC has awarded CA$11.1 million to four regional learning partners who will design and operate hubs for the Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (KIX).

IDRC is closely monitoring the evolution and impact of the novel COVID-19.

The impacts of natural disasters and violent conflicts, which can lead to international refugee crises, are increasingly challenging the providers of humanitarian and development aid.

IDRC is pleased to announce the 10 research teams selected from the call for proposals "Breaking systemic barriers to women’s participation in science”.

May Sabe Phyu has won an N-Peace Award from the United Nations Development Program. Founded in 2010, N-Peace awards recognize women from Afghanistan, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka who shine a spotlight on gender-related issues.

The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, announced funding for a $4.8 million initiative to improve sexual and reproductive health and rights for adolescent girls in Senegal.

What is “excellent” science, and how can we recognize it?

IDRC is investing in generating evidence to combat sexual and gender-based violence and improve adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights in West Africa. Three new projects in Côte d’Ivoire and Niger, in addition to existing projects in Burkina Faso and Togo, bring this investment to more than CA$3 million.

The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, accompanied by Mr. Amadou Hott, Minister of the Economy, Planning, and International Cooperation of Senegal, and IDRC President Jean Lebel, inaugurated IDRC’s Central and West Africa regional office in Dakar, Senegal, on February 12, 2020.

The Government of Canada would like to inform the research community of the launch of a rapid research response to support global efforts to contain the novel coronavirus outbreak.

The Think Tank Initiative (TTI) was dedicated to strengthening the capacity of independent public policy research institutions in low and middle-income countries and unlocking their potential to improve people’s lives.

IDRC is pleased to announce its inaugural RQ+ College of Reviewers.

IDRC joins the Government of Canada and civil society organizations across the country in celebrating the 30th anniversary of International Development Week (IDW) from February 2-8.

IDRC is pleased to announce the launch of the David Hopper Prizes for Leadership in Research for Development, which will recognize outstanding achievement in the field of international development.