IFS SUPPORTS YOUNG SCIENTISTS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WITH MENTORING AND WORKSHOPS

Through research grants, workshops and mentoring, IFS supports young developing country scientists to establish their research careers.

IFS AWARDS RESEARCH GRANTS TO EARLY CAREER MEN AND WOMEN SCIENTISTS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

IFS-supported scientists work in their own countries and tackle research related to local needs - plugging the so-called ‘Brain Drain".

IFS SUPPORTS STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH

The interlinked development challenges that face humanity increasingly require scientists to work with other professions and specialists.

IFS SUPPORTS GRANTEES TO BRING THEIR RESEARCH RESULTS INTO PRACTICE

It is vital to promote the individual agency of men and women scientists, early in their career in developing countries, to put their science into use.

IFS SUPPORTS YOUNG SCIENTISTS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WITH MENTORING AND WORKSHOPS

Through research grants, workshops and mentoring, IFS supports young developing country scientists to establish their research careers.

Partners

Donors

For its operations, IFS depends on funds contributed by other organisations, both those having primarily a scientific agenda and those with primarily a development agenda. Since establishment in 1972, IFS has received contributions from hundreds of organisations, government agencies, private foundations, research councils and private companies.

Please read the IFS financial support policy document.

The following organisations have contributed to IFS during the past 5 years:

Belgian Science Policy Office (Belspo), Belgium

Carnegie Corporation of New York, USA

Carolina MacGillavry Fund - Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, The Netherlands

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Germany

French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE), France

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), France

INASP/AuthorAID , United Kingdom

National University of Rwanda (NUR), Rwanda

Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), Norway

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) ,The Netherlands