Call for Proposals: SGCI offering approx. $1,020,000 to NGO Projects

Deadline: 5-Aug-22

The Science Granting Councils Initiative in sub-Saharan Africa (SGCI) invites project proposals from organizations (including think tanks, institutes, universities, and agencies) with proven experience and track records to deepen ongoing work with councils that enhances gender, equality and inclusion(GEI).

The goal of the project on Gender Equality and Inclusivity, to be funded under this call by the new SGCI partnerships involving IDRC, the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), is to reinforce the capacity of science granting councils to mainstream gender and inclusivity into science, technology and innovation.

The SGCI’s ongoing work on gender, equality and inclusion will be deepened and councils will be supported to implement the knowledge and lessons gained during the two phases of SGCI initiatives (SGCI-1 and SGCI-2). Achieving this goal could include work in three broad areas: promoting

the equality and status of women in research environments;
diversity and inclusivity beyond gender equality in research environments; and
the sex, gender and inclusivity dimension in research design and content.
Themes
Theme 1: Strengthening the ability of science granting councils in research management
Theme 2: Strengthening the capacity of science granting councils to use data and evidence in policy and decision-making
Theme 3: Supporting the ability of science granting councils to fund research and innovation
Theme 4: Supporting strategic communications, uptake of knowledge outputs and networking
Theme 5: Strengthening the capacities of science granting councils in GEI
Funding Information
The budget available for this project is approximately CAD $1,020,000 (all inclusive) over approximately 36 months.

Eligible Countries
Botswana, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Eligibility Criteria
The Science Granting Councils Initiative in sub-Saharan Africa (SGCI) invites project proposals from organizations (including think tanks, institutes, universities, and agencies) with proven experience and track records to deepen ongoing work with councils that enhances gender, equality and inclusion. The work, to be determined in consultation with the councils, may allow them to initiate and/or deepen various forms of strategies, activities, studies and additional mechanisms to implement cross-cutting work on gender and inclusivity.

For more information, visit https://www.idrc.ca/en/funding/sgci-call-project-proposals-strengthening-capacities-science-granting-councils-gender-and