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Gender and Inclusivity Theme

February 14, 2023

Gender & Inclusivity Theme Posters The Gender & Inclusivity Project, a component of the Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI), is led by the HumanSciences Research Council (HSRC) of South Africa in partnership with Gender at Work (G@W), Jive Media Africa...

Evidence in Policymaking Private Sector Engagement Report Research Management

Report: Politics and policy developments in knowledge production for development

November 22, 2022

The report recommends that the research community disseminates their research products through other non-academic platforms to benefit the broader community. It recommends that the research community communicates their findings to policymakers through policy briefs, and on the part of politicians...

Evidence in Policymaking Private Sector Engagement Research Article Research Management

Research article: Research based policy in Africa

November 22, 2022

The research article emanates from a report titled, ‘Politics and Policy Developments in Knowledge Production for Development’. The report recommends that the research community disseminates their research products through other non-academic platforms to benefit the broader community. It recommends that...

Evidence in Policymaking Evidence in Policymaking Private Sector Engagement Research Management

Policy Brief: Knowledge Production for Development in Africa – how should policymakers respond

November 22, 2022

The policy brief emanates from a report titled ‘Politics and Policy Developments in Knowledge Production for Development’. The report recommends that the research community disseminates their research products through other non-academic platforms to benefit the broader community. It recommends that...

Gender and Inclusivity

Integrated Report-Intersectionality in Research, Grant-making and Human Capital Development

November 21, 2022

A new report by the Human Sciences Research Council offers practical recommendations for advancing intersectional gender transformation in science, technology and innovation (STI). The study was funded by the NRF South Africa and the German Research Foundation (DFG) under the...

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Gender and Inclusivity Brochure

November 7, 2022

This brochure provides an overview of the gender and inclusivity project.

Gender and Inclusivity Gender and Inclusivity

Tapping the change-making power of grant-making: Reflections on a targeted technical assistance workshop

November 1, 2022

The grant-making cycle is a powerful tool for change and can help to advance gender equality and inclusivity in the field of science, technology and innovation in Africa. A recent targeted technical assistance workshop was designed to make that change...

PORT: Good practice guideline on the quality of research competitions

Research Management Research Management

Discussion paper: Towards effective public-private partnerships in research and innovation- a perspective for African research granting councils

March 29, 2022

Summary report: Effective public–private partnerships in research and innovation

2017 Private Sector Engagement Private Sector Engagement Resources

ENG: SGCI newsletter on enhanced knowledge exchange and technology transfer through public-private partnerships in research and innovation

March 29, 2022

ENG: Building sustainable research management in SGCs in SSA – capacity needs assessment survey

2016 Research Management Research Management Resources

Policy brief: Perspectives on research excellence in the Global South – assessment, monitoring and evaluation in developing country contexts

March 29, 2022

2020 Private Sector Engagement Private Sector Engagement Resources

Policy brief: Public private partnerships and the implications for technology transfer – a political settlement framework

March 29, 2022

Policy brief: Solar powered technologies for the smallholder dairy industry in Malawi

2020 Cooperation Projects Cooperation Projects Private Sector Engagement Private Sector Engagement Resources

2021 Gender and Inclusivity Gender and Inclusivity Resources

Strengthening capacities of science granting councils in advancing gender and inclusivity transformation: the SGCI intervention

March 8, 2022

Gender and Inclusivity Theme

Report: Politics and policy developments in knowledge production for development

Research article: Research based policy in Africa

Policy Brief: Knowledge Production for Development in Africa – how should policymakers respond

Integrated Report-Intersectionality in Research, Grant-making and Human Capital Development

Gender and Inclusivity Brochure

Tapping the change-making power of grant-making: Reflections on a targeted technical assistance workshop

PORT: Good practice guideline on the quality of research competitions

FRE: Good practice guideline on the quality of research competitions

ENG: Good practice guideline on the quality of research competitions

Scaling up professionalization of research management in Southern Africa

SGCI research management newsletter 2019/2020

SGCI research management newsletter 2018

SGCI research management newsletter 2016/2017

Perspectives on gender in STI – a review of Sub-Saharan Africa’s SGCs and achieving the SDGs

Capacity strengthening of SGCs to measure economic sub-sector innovation perfomance in SSA

Case studies of the political economy of science granting councils in Sub-Saharan Africa

Discussion paper: Towards effective public-private partnerships in research and innovation- a perspective for African research granting councils

Summary report: Effective public–private partnerships in research and innovation

ENG: COVID-19 Africa Rapid Grant Fund framework and application guidelines

ENG: SGCI newsletter on enhancing regional cooperation

ENG: SGCI newsletter on igniting change, creating impact

ENG: SGCI newsletter on enhanced knowledge exchange and technology transfer through public-private partnerships in research and innovation

ENG: Building sustainable research management in SGCs in SSA – capacity needs assessment survey

ENG: O.R. Tambo Africa Research Chairs Initiative framework and application guidelines

FRE: COVID-19 Africa Rapid Grant Fund framework and application guidelines

FRE: SGCI newsletter on enhancing regional cooperation

FRE: SGCI newsletter on igniting change, creating impact

FRE: Building sustainable research management in SGCs in SSA – capacity needs assessment survey

FRE: O.R. Tambo Africa Research Chairs Initiative framework and application guidelines

Updating the case studies of the political economy of science granting councils in Sub-Saharan Africa

Generic manual for the management of research grants

How do political economy factors influence the evolution of science funding in SSA

New approaches for funding research and innovation in Africa

Open innovation and innovation intermediaries in SSA

Policy brief: A national framework for research, innovation and commercialisation in Ghana

Policy brief: Biomass gasification for decentralised electricity generation in Malawi

Policy brief: Building the capacity of small scale cocoa farmers to conduct on-farm fermentation in Uganda

Policy brief: The SGCI empowering Africa through innovation

Policy brief: Establishing competitive and socially inclusive local pharmaceutical industries in West Africa

Policy brief: Improving access to essential medicines through public-private partnerships in East Africa

Policy brief: Initiatives to support local pharmaceutical production of quality essential medicines in East Africa

Policy brief: Maize germ and bran for value addition of high fibre bakery and confectionery products in Uganda

Policy brief: Perspectives on research excellence in the Global South – assessment, monitoring and evaluation in developing country contexts

Policy brief: Public private partnerships and the implications for technology transfer – a political settlement framework

Policy brief: Solar powered technologies for the smallholder dairy industry in Malawi

Policy brief: Strategies for increased utilisation of new propolis products in Uganda

Policy brief: Tackling forest cover loss in Malawi by switching to biogas

Policy brief: The digital revolution, open science and innovation for development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Policy brief: The role of public private partnerships in health systems – experiences from Southern Africa

Policy brief: Towards effective public-private partnerships in research and innovation – a perspective for African SGCs

Policy brief: Valorisation of indigenous knowledge for ecotourism in Mozambique

PORT: SGCI newsletter on enhancing regional cooperation

PORT: Building sustainable research management in SGCs in SSA – capacity needs assessment survey

PORT: O.R. Tambo Africa Research Chairs Initiative framework and application guidelines

Covid-19 Africa Rapid Grant Fund: Science advice project abstracts

Covid-19 Africa Rapid Grant Fund: Research project abstracts

Covid-19 Africa Rapid Grant Fund: Science communication project abstracts

Research excellence in Africa- policies, perceptions and performance

Research paper: New approaches for funding research and innovation in Africa

Science granting councils in Sub-Saharan Africa – the SGCI scoping report

STI policy training for Africa – a basic module on reconciling theory, practice and policies

The inaugural O.R. Tambo Africa Research Chairholders

Using micro-data to understand the interactions within national research and innovation system- the case of Ethiopia

Communicating with the private sector – a toolkit for science granting councils in Africa

Strengthening capacities of science granting councils in advancing gender and inclusivity transformation: the SGCI intervention

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