National Research & Innovation Fund (NRIF)

NRIF

Special Collaborative Research Grants to Address COVID-19 Pandemic

In December 2019, a cluster of pneumonia cases of unknown etiology was reported in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. On 9 January 2020, China CDC reported…

Academia Industry Collaboration

In line with Promoting research and development as a key to fast-tracking Rwanda’s economic transformation especially in the area of technology for…

Sector Strategic Research Grant

One of the mandates of NCST is to mobilize funds/resources to support research investment and outputs in the country. Currently NCST is collaborating…

Rwanda Innovation Challenge

In line with NST-1 intervention to strengthening the national innovation capacity and promoting technology breakthroughs; NCST through the National…

Excellent Research Grant

Excellent Research Grant was established in November 2019 for a period of 2 years to develop research excellence and foster innovation and technology…

Women in Science Research and Innovation Grant

The Government of Rwanda through the National Council for Science and Technology has established a funding instrument “Women in Science Research and…

Research and Innovation Mobility Grant

Research and Innovation Mobility Grant (RIM) Research and innovation mobility grant (RIM) is a grant scheme established by NCST to support…

Rwanda Innovation Challenges for Academia – Industry R&D

The Law No 40 of 16.08.2017 establishing the National Council for Science and Technology (NCST), also assigns it with a mandate of managing the…

Implementation Research on Malnutrition, Stunting and Fertilizers in Rwanda

The NCST won a grant from IDRC of up to 575,000 Canadian dollas (CAD) to provide funding to multi-sectorial and multi-disciplinary research project…