This project will expand Canada’s Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Advanced Scholars project (QES-AS) with a new phase focused on West Africa.
Governments in West and Central Africa face multi-faceted challenges that require not only robust scientific evidence, but also significant levels of coordination at a regional or sub-regional level.
The research and development (R&D) impact vouchers project seeks to incentivize collaboration between early-stage companies and public research organizations in low and middle-income countries.
Recent outbreaks of the highly infectious and dangerous Ebola virus in West and Central Africa underscore the importance of rapid diagnostics and surveillance infrastructure, evidence-driven health communications and community engagement activitie
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to alter our world and to advance human development, with dramatic implications across every sector of society.
This project responds to the significant gaps that exist in advanced training and research in applied science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in sub-Saharan Africa.
Decreasing food availability for wildlife is likely to exacerbate the impacts of climate change on communities living near national parks.
This project aims to use nanomaterials (a nanometer is one billionth of a meter) to provide new, inexpensive techniques to purify water that also address the increasingly important issue of antimicrobial resistance.
Private investors and philanthropic agencies are increasingly investing in firms and social enterprises that provide socially valued goods and services.