Overview
A multilateral research funding call for African consortia advancing STISA 2034 priorities in agriculture, health, AI and digital technologies, energy, and environment.
Complete grant details
The call supports collaborative projects led by eligible organizations in participating SGCI countries. Each consortium member can request CAD 50,000 to CAD 300,000, and projects may run for up to 36 months. Kenya is listed among the participating countries.
Eligibility requirements
Applications must be submitted by a consortium with one lead organization and two to four co-applicant organizations from participating SGCI countries. Eligible organization types include public research organizations, public or private universities, and governmental research organizations. Consortium composition and country-participation requirements on the official call must be met.
Tips for this grant
Practical Job and Scholarship guidance. These tips do not replace official rules or create new eligibility requirements.
- Check eligibility, funding coverage, study/project level and every required document before investing time in the application.
- Prepare transcripts, references, language tests, proposal/motivation statement and proof documents early.
- Separate the scholarship deadline from any university/program admission deadline; they may be different.
- Treat “fully funded” as a source fact only when the official provider explicitly confirms the covered costs.
Verification notes
Verified against the current IDRC open-call page, Kenya NRF call page and live IDRC application portal. The portal states a deadline of 25 September 2026 at 23:59 EDT; this record stores the corresponding UTC instant.
Job and Scholarship is the discovery and verification layer. Confirm eligibility, dates, salary/funding and application instructions on the original source before submitting anything.
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