ANeSA SRHR Implementation Research Grants
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Funds African-led implementation research on sustainable, evidence-informed and gender-transformative approaches to neglected SRHR needs among underserved populations.
- Deadline
- 23 August 2026, 11:59 PM ET
- Funding / benefit
- Up to CAD 1,200,000
- Duration
- Up to 36 months
- Career stage
- Established researcher, Research team
- Eligibility
- Sub-Saharan Africa
This call is closed. The deadline was 23 August 2026. This page remains available for reference.
Methods Bench assessment
Is this a good fit?
Our interpretation of the call, not official eligibility advice.
Worth pursuing if
- The Principal Applicant is an eligible African researcher based at an eligible institution in sub-Saharan Africa
- The team includes the required civil-society co-Principal Applicant
- The team includes a relevant decision-maker co-Principal Applicant
- The team includes an independent Canadian researcher co-Principal Applicant
- The proposed work is implementation research and addresses at least one priority SRHR area
Probably skip if
- You want to apply as an unaffiliated individual
- You do not have the required core partner roles
- The proposal is mainly service delivery without an implementation-research question
- The work falls outside the call's SRHR priority areas
Prepare first: Partner roles, letters of support, institutional approvals and costing.
Eligibility
- African Principal Applicant
- Required and based at an eligible institution in sub-Saharan Africa
- Civil-society co-Principal Applicant
- Required
- Decision-maker co-Principal Applicant
- Required
- Canadian researcher co-Principal Applicant
- Required
Funding and benefits
- Family planning and contraceptive access
- Safe abortion where legally permitted and post-abortion care
- Adolescent SRHR
- Prevention of and response to sexual and gender-based violence
- SRHR advocacy
- Implementation research focused on underserved populations
What you need to prepare
- Letter of Interest / online application
- Applicant and team information
- Budget information
- CVs
- Relevant organisational letters of support
- 1. Stage 1 — Letter of Interest
Submit the initial application with the core team already identified.
- 2. Stage 2 — Full proposal
Up to 12 applicants are expected to be invited to develop full proposals.
- 3. Final selection
Up to six projects are expected to receive awards.
How applications are assessed
- Budget appropriateness
- 10%
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