Closing soonGrant2026
ANeSA SRHR Implementation Research Grants
Addressing neglected areas of sexual and reproductive health and rights in sub-Saharan Africa
International Development Research Centre (IDRC) with Global Affairs Canada with Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Funds African-led implementation research on sustainable, evidence-informed and gender-transformative approaches to neglected SRHR needs among underserved populations.
What it funds
- 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
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
Is this a fit?
Apply 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
Skip it 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
What you need to prepare
Needed at application
- Letter of Interest / online application
- Applicant and team information
- Budget information
- CVs
- Relevant organisational letters of support
How the application works
- 1
Submit the initial application with the core team already identified.
- 2
Up to 12 applicants are expected to be invited to develop full proposals.
- 3
Up to six projects are expected to receive awards.
Key dates
- Call launched
- 29 June 2026
- Letter of Interest deadline
- 23 August 2026
- Applicants notified
- 18 December 2026
- Proposal development workshop
- 2027-02-09 to 2027-02-11
- Full proposal stage opens
- 12 February 2027
- Full proposal deadline
- 2 May 2027
- Funding decisions
- 21 July 2027
How applications are assessed
- Budget appropriateness10%
- The funder assesses whether costs are justified and appropriately distributed across partners.
The Methods Bench take
- Best suited for
- Established African research teams with implementation-research capacity and active SRHR partnerships.
- The main hurdle
- The mandatory team architecture is central to eligibility and must be solved before proposal writing.
- Start early on
- Partner roles, letters of support, institutional approvals and costing.
- Watch out for
- A strong research idea will not compensate for an ineligible team structure.
Before you start, check
- Confirm all four mandatory team roles
- Confirm institutional eligibility
- Confirm implementation-research framing
- Define why the target population is underserved
- Start partner costing early