IDRC (International Development Research Centre) International Development Research Awards (IDRA) are intended to build capacity and develop research skills in Canada and the Global South to improve the lives of people in the developing world.
The objective of the project is to strengthen the capacities of emerging researchers at Canadian universities, growing the cohort of researchers able to design, lead and carry out high-quality research that contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals and specific development outcome areas of particular interest to IDRC.
Amount: up to $20,000
Deadline: August 31,2022
Eligibility criteria:
- You must be a citizen or permanent resident of Canada, or a citizen of a developing country (i.e., defined as ODA-eligible by the OECD Development Assistance Committee) in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.
- You must be enrolled at a Canadian university at the doctoral level.
- You must have completed several courses of the doctoral program, but not necessarily all courses, when you submit your application. Note: if you are awarded, you must have completed all coursework and passed comprehensive exams before taking up the award.
- Your research proposal must be approved by your thesis supervisor. Proof of this is required as part of the application.
- Your proposed field research must be conducted for a doctoral dissertation and must take place in one or more developing countries.
- Your field research must be relevant to one of following five development outcome areas to which IDRC aims to contribute through its work:
- Climate-Resilient Food Systems
- Democratic and Inclusive Governance
- Education and Science
- Global Health
- Sustainable Inclusive Economies