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IDRC Challenge Fund

Projects with scope

IDRC’s Challenge Fund works with international and Canadian funding agencies to support multinational research teams that address pressing issues relating to our key themes:

agriculture and the environment
health and health systems
social and economic policy
science, technology, and innovation

You can search here for our partnerships and specific projects.

Emerging Dynamic Growing Economies Network : Annual General Meeting

The Emerging Dynamic Growing Economies Network (EDGE), a Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) project, will be holding its inaugural general meeting in Ottawa, 23-24 November 2006. The purpose of t

International Partnership Initiative : Collaboration between Networks of Centres of Excellence and IDRC

The International Partnership Initiative (IPI) is a joint undertaking by the Canadian Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) program and IDRC. A pilot initiative of NCE, IPI seeks to facilitate mutua

International Community-University Research Alliance Program (ICURA)

The International Community-University Research Alliance program (ICURA) is a joint initiative of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and IDRC. ICURA seeks to foster innovative

International Research Chairs Initiative (IRCI)

The International Research Chairs Initiative (IRCI) is a partnership between IDRC and the Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program. IRCI seeks to create opportunities for chair holders from low- and middl

Consultancy : Merit and Design of a Research Program on Climate Change and Adaptation (Global)

In February 2007, IDRC convened an international workshop to explore the merit of and interest in a comparative research program on climate change and adaptation involving collaboration between Canadi

Early Childhood Research Initiative (Cuba, Mexico, Canada)

A substantial body of scientific evidence is emerging to suggest that many social and developmental disorders can be prevented by appropriate intervention at the earliest stages of childhood developme

International Research Initiative on Adaptation to Climate Change

The International Research Initiative on Adaptation to Climate Change (IRIACC) is a joint initiative of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research