📋 Tender Overview
PROJECT ID
110998
TOTAL FUNDING
CAD 750,000.00
PROJECT STATUS
Active
DURATION
44 months
This project is part of the third phase of the Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI-3) in sub-Saharan Africa, an initiative funded by IDRC, the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), and the Wellcome Trust. Since it began in March 2015, the initiative has grown the capacity of Africa’s Science Granting Councils to support research and evidence-based policymaking, feeding into economic and social development in 17 countries. Despite gains, science, technology and innovation systems in the region continue to face persistent structural challenges, including limited and unsustainable funding, weak institutional capacity, low research productivity, and gaps in collaboration and policy implementation.
Building on two successful phases, SGCI-3 (2026–2030) has expanded to include 20 participating countries. It aims to consolidate and institutionalize capacity gains, while advancing high-quality, locally useful research. The goal is to strengthen the Councils’ leadership and their policy influence by improving research and innovation management systems. A central feature of this phase is co-funded research grants going directly to the Councils, helping to foster national ownership and more sustainable, locally led systems.
Senegal’s Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation will implement a 44-month project to strengthen national science, technology, and innovation systems through the Directorate General for Research and Innovation and the Directorate for Scientific Research Funding and Technological Development,. The project will expand competitive research funding, build institutional capacity and support research aligned with national priorities in fields such as agriculture, health, energy, environmental sustainability and digital transformation. It is expected that the work will lead to increased research outputs, enhanced support for early-career researchers, improved research governance and stronger innovation outcomes.
