SGCI Partners

Department for International Development

- Canada

-Sweden

- South Africa

SGCI Contacts  

Email: lochanda@idrc.ca | lochanda@crdi.ca

SGCI Panel of Advisors

Director: International Strategic Partnerships

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Professor, Agricultural Transformation in Africa (ATA), Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Executive Director, African Academy of Sciences (AAS), Kenya

Professor and Program Director, Higher Education Program, New York University, USA

Chief Operating Officer & Company Secretary, National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), United Kingdom

Who we are

Science Granting Councils

Science granting councils play a critical role in supporting the consolidation of a country’s national system of innovation, and are central to funding and catalysing research and innovation. These organisations are both agents of government and represent the interests of a country’s scientific community. They inter alia disburse funds for research and development; build research capacity through appropriate scholarships and bursaries; set and monitor research agendas and priorities; advise on science, technology and innovation policies; manage bilateral and multilateral science and technology agreements; and assess the communication, uptake and impact of publicly funded research.

 

SGCI Contribution

Science, technology and innovation landscapes across developing regions still suffer from a number of challenges including low capacities in research and research management. The importance of strengthening the capacities of publicly funded science granting councils in sub-Saharan Africa, important brokerage institutions for continued gains in STI development on the continent is an imperative.

 

The SGCI contributes to strengthening the ability of science granting councils to:

• Manage research
  
• Design and monitoring of research programmes based on the use of robust science, technology and innovation indicators
  
• Support knowledge exchange with the private sector
  
• Strengthen partnerships between Science Granting Councils and other science system actors 

 

 

 

SGCI Collaborating Technical Agencies 

Southern African Research and Innovation Management Association (SARIMA) - South Africa

New Partnership for Africa’s Development – Planning and Coordination Agency (NEPAD-NPCA) - South Africa

African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) - Kenya

The African Technology Policy St​udies Network (ATPS) - Kenya​​