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Learn the latest details about IDRC’s programs and activities and those of the researchers we fund.

A mother crouches to pick leafy vegetables while holding a baby in Efate island, Vanuatu

The Asian Development Bank and IDRC partner to inform investments in childcare in Vanuatu

GT4Africa cohort writing workshop, Cape Town

Journal special issue highlights IDRC-funded research on gender-transformative approaches to improve sexual, reproductive and maternal health in Africa

How LEEPS is shaping policymaking in Africa

New webinar series: How LEEPS is shaping policymaking in Africa

A woman in Tanzania holds a sweet potato vine, symbolizing local agricultural and food security efforts supported by IDRC.

IDRC at the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development

Group photo of ANeSA workshop participants, with some standing and others seated, posing together outdoors

Newly funded projects under the ANeSA initiative: Health Policy and Research Organizations and Cohort 1 of Implementation Research Teams

Graphic processing units (GPU) on a conveyer belt

Addressing the global AI challenge: How IDRC is contributing to the Canadian-led G7 commitment to advance responsible AI

Two women and one man watch as a man writes on a flipchart.

A forum for Myanmar’s democratic future in a time of crisis

Doctor looks at boy's throat in medical examination.

IDRC at INSPiRED_2025: Supporting global research on Indigenous children’s lung disease

Photo of Oveka Obroh, Peter Duker and Zahra Moloo

2024 John G. Bene Fellowship recipients