This report incorporates insight from the 6th Annual Meeting of the Global Research Council (GRC), as well as survey data, and suggested directions aimed at strengthening the capacity and connectivity of research councils. ...
The study works to identify patterns of institutional development and main influences on Science Granting Council (SGC) behaviour at a regional and sub-regional level. Four countries, Kenya, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Tanzania ...
This case study explores political and economic factors in Tanzania that support research activities and the promotion of science, technology and innovation (STI), with particular emphasis on the work of the National Fund ...
Research and Development (R&D) financing is almost 50% provided by foreign sources/donors and there is tension regarding the focus on research as opposed to teaching or innovation. This report centres largely on the R&D ...
The case study aims to understand the political, social and economic constraints influencing the National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) and research activities in Rwanda. The NCST is new and has not yet ...
This study explores political and economic factors and contexts that influence the work of the science granting council organisations in Kenya to support research activities and the promotion of science, technology and ...
Established in 2008, Ethiopia’s Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) sets priorities for science, technology, and research. A Research and Policy Directorate under MoST hosts a newly organised National Research Council ...
This study supports the Canadian International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the UK Department for International Development (DfID) and South Africa’s National Research Foundation (NRF) Science Granting Councils ...