2026 International Joint Initiative for Research Harnessing Disruptive Technologies to Address Global Challenges

Closed
Call for
Proposals
Deadline
Programs
Education and Science
Duration
36 months
Topic(s)
Development
Funded by
This is an international collaboration involving several funding organizations, coordinated by the Canada Research Coordinating Committee’s New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF).
Budget
Various. See below for maximum grant amounts set by each participating funding organization.
Point of contact
See below for contact details for each country.
Type
Grant
Status
Closed

Scope

IDRC is participating in the 2026 International Joint Initiative for Research Harnessing Disruptive Technologies to Address Global Challenges. We encourage researchers and research institutions interested in this funding opportunity to consult the NFRF international joint initiative call site.
 
The NFRF is under the strategic direction of the Canada Research Coordinating Committee.

This webpage is intended to complement the full call site by providing additional information for project teams who wish to apply for funding from any of the six national funding agencies from Ghana, Indonesia, Namibia, Peru, Rwanda and Zimbabwe, whose participation is being coordinated by IDRC. Grants to researchers in any of these six countries will be managed by their respective national funding agencies. IDRC is providing a limited amount of matching funds to increase the funding available for grants by these agencies. 

Eligibility

Researchers and research institutions interested the 2026 International Joint Initiative for Research Harnessing Disruptive Technologies to Address Global Challenges.

More details

Each funding agency has established its own eligibility criteria, term and conditions, and maximum grant amount for applicants in its respective country, as follows: 

Ghana — Ghana National Research Fund 

Indonesia — National Research and Innovation Agency/Badan Riset dan lnovasi Nasional (BRIN) 

Namibia — National Commission on Research Science and Technology (NCRST) 

Peru — National Council on Science and Technology/Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONCYTEC) 

  • National Annex (eligibility criteria, terms and conditions): TBC 
  • Maximum grant amount: CAD250,000 
  • Point of contact: mramirez@prociencia.gob.pe  

Rwanda — National Council for Science and Technology (NCST) 

Zimbabwe — Research Council of Zimbabwe (RCZ) 

Researchers should consult the project team section of the NFRF call website for the full eligibility criteria for building a project team.  

Project teams may involve principal investigators (PIs) from more than one council in the IDRC-coordinated consortium. However, the consortium can be counted only once in meeting the minimum criterion for teams to be “eligible to receive funds from at least three funding organizations,” as stipulated in the call. Projects involving a PI who is eligible to receive funding from any member of the IDRC consortium must also include the participation of at least (a) one PI who is eligible to apply to the NFRF program in Canada; and (b) one PI who is eligible to receive funding from another funding agency outside of the IDRC consortium. 

To apply to this call, teams must submit a Notice of Intent (NOI) by March 3, 2026. This is a mandatory step in the application process. The NOI is used for administrative purposes and is not assessed. Once the NOI deadline has passed, the research team will immediately be able to work on its Letter of Intent (LOI). The team must submit its LOI by June 9, 2026. Submitted LOIs will be evaluated for the purpose of identifying teams to be invited to the full application stage. 

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