Call for proposals Connecting Indigenous Research and Leadership in Canada and the Global South 2025, IDRC is a Crown corporation created in 1970 by the Parliament of Canada. IDRC supports and strengthens the capacity of people and institutions in low- and middle-income countries to undertake the research that they identify as most urgent. It works with researchers and research users as they confront contemporary challenges in their own countries and contributes to global advances in their fields.
IDRC has a rich history of supporting Indigenous research in the Global South. This includes strengthening Indigenous health systems; supporting Indigenous scientists in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields; resiliency against climate change; governance; and providing more leadership and research opportunities to members of these communities through education, capacity strengthening and access to global research networks and forums. Gender equality and inclusion are central to all our programs.
Overview of the call
This call was developed through a partnership between IDRC and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), a Canadian federal research funding agency that promotes and supports research and research training in the humanities and social sciences. Through its research training and talent development, insight research and research partnership programs, and through partnerships and collaborations, SSHRC strategically supports world-leading initiatives that reflect a commitment to ensuring a better future for Canada and the world.
Applicants are encouraged to carefully review the full details and submit their applications before the specified deadline to seize this grant opportunity.
Last Date of Submission: 23rd September 2025
Funding scope and duration
(Call for proposals Connecting Indigenous Research and Leadership in Canada and the Global South 2025)
- As a result of this call, up to seven grants of up to CAD100,000 will be issued. The project duration for these grants is one year including all research activities and final reporting.
- IDRC reserves the right to fund additional proposals from this call if/when more funding becomes available.
- IDRC is under no obligation to issue any funds prior to the applicant returning a fully executed Grant Agreement to IDRC.
- All grants are subject to sufficient funds being made available to IDRC by the Parliament of Canada or under a donor partnership agreement with a particular external funder.
- IDRC reserves the right to cancel this call for proposals at any time without prior notice and/or to not issue any grants under this process.
Eligibility criteria
(Call for proposals Connecting Indigenous Research and Leadership in Canada and the Global South 2025)
Proposals need to meet the following eligibility criteria to be considered:
- The Lead Applicant Organization to this call must be headquartered in an eligible country in the respective region where it operates (West and Central Africa, East and Southern Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East and North Africa). See Annex 1 for the list of eligible countries.
- The Lead Applicant Organization to this call must have independent legal status (or “legal personality”) and be capable of contracting in their own right and name, receiving and administering funds, and have authority to direct proposed project activities. Applicants must be able to demonstrate legal status through written documentation. Legal status will only be reviewed if and when applicants are selected following technical selection.
- The call for proposals is not open to individuals or government ministries, and agencies or branches, offices and chapters of international organizations, but it is open to public research institutes, think tanks, universities and not-for-profit organizations with a research mandate. Regional or country offices of international organizations are ineligible to apply as Lead Applicant Organizations even if these offices are registered as independent legal entities in their countries of location.
- The Lead Applicant Organization must be Indigenous or supporting Indigenous-led research programs. Preference will be given to Indigenous organizations or organizations supporting Indigenous-led research programs that have established linkages with First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities in Canada. Indigenous organizations or organizations supporting Indigenous-led research programs seeking to establish such linkages will be considered as well.
- The research team must include Indigenous researchers and, in particular, women or gender-diverse Indigenous researchers.
Eligible Countries
(Call for proposals Connecting Indigenous Research and Leadership in Canada and the Global South 2025)
Asia
- Cambodia
- Indonesia
- Laos
- Malaysia
- Mongolia
- Philippines
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Vietnam
- Fiji
- Papua New Guinea
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- Maldives
- Nepal
- Pakistan*
- Sri Lanka*
Middle East and North Africa
- Jordan
- Lebanon*
- West Bank and Gaza*
- Algeria
- Egypt
- Morocco
- Tunisia*
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- Belize
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
- Guatemala*
- Honduras
- Mexico
- Nicaragua*
- Panama
- Argentina
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Colombia
- Ecuador
- Guyana
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Suriname
- Cuba
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Grenada
- Haiti*
- Jamaica
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Eastern and Southern Africa
- Angola
- Botswana
- Burundi*
- Comoros
- Djibouti*
- Eritrea*
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia*
- Kenya*
- Lesotho
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali*
- Mauritius
- Mozambique*
- Namibia
- Rwanda
- South Africa
- South Sudan*
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe*
West and Central Africa
- Benin
- Burkina Faso*
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon*
- Central African Republic*
- Chad*
- Congo
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Democratic Republic of the Congo*
- Equatorial Guinea
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Liberia
- Mauritania
- Niger*
- Nigeria*
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Togo
How to apply?
Applicants should submit an electronic application through Survey Monkey Apply before the deadline.
Complete applications must be received no later than September 23, 2025, at 23:59 Eastern Daylight Time. Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.
Applications can be submitted in either English, French or Spanish.
An acknowledgement of receipt of your submission will be sent to all applicants whose application was received before the closing date and time.
IDRC will solicit feedback from all groups that apply through this process via an online survey. IDRC will send the survey to all organizations at the end of the application process. IDRC also welcomes oral or written feedback from all participants at all stages of the process
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