From council submissions to validated institutional plans
Proposal-derived information is shown as a potential priority for council validation. It is not an approved plan, Committee priority or support commitment.
Angola
FUNDECIT
For council validation
R&D accreditation, digital platforms and institutional capability
PRIORITY NEEDS
Evaluation and accreditation of R&D
Digital project and scientific-data platforms
Research ethics, integrity and management
International cooperation and resource mobilization
DESIRED RESULTS
National R&D and researcher database
R&D evaluation and accreditation regulation
Diversified financing instruments
Source: SGCI-3 council submission
Botswana
MCI / MCKT
For council validation
Professional research management and ecosystem support
PRIORITY NEEDS
Research management and grant-making
Research ethics and integrity
IP rights, gender in science and science diplomacy
Research infrastructure and postgraduate development
DESIRED RESULTS
GMS and RIMS upgrades
Open data and open science policy
Gender, partnerships and research ethics policies
Source: SGCI-3 council submission
Burkina Faso
FONRID / FOSER
For council validation
Adapt systems and capabilities to the new fund architecture
PRIORITY NEEDS
Multi-actor project design and management
Digital project management
MEL and risk-management manuals
Commercialization, gender and inclusion
DESIRED RESULTS
Updated procedures
Integrated grant and MEL workflows
Stronger private-sector interfaces
Source: SGCI-3 council submission
Côte d’Ivoire
FONSTI
For council validation
Integrated, impact-oriented research management
PRIORITY NEEDS
Full project-cycle management
Impact-oriented MEL
Scientific-data interoperability
Financial management, ethics and resource mobilization
Technology transfer and innovation services
DESIRED RESULTS
Integrated Research Management System
Updated finance, MEL and valorisation policies
National training programme
Innovation support hub
Source: SGCI-3 council submission
Ethiopia
RGC / Ministry structures
For council validation
Digital grants, MEL and responsible innovation capability
PRIORITY NEEDS
Digital grants management
MEL framework
IP, ethics and gender policies
Commercialization and foresight
Postgraduate, researcher and policymaker development
DESIRED RESULTS
Operational digital GMS
Comprehensive MEL
Updated IP, ethics and gender policies
Source: SGCI-3 council submission
Ghana
GNRF / MEST
For council validation
Transparent digital grant systems and shared data infrastructure
PRIORITY NEEDS
End-to-end grants digitalization
Audit trails and real-time decision data
FAIR research-data infrastructure
Research-management and MEL professional development
DESIRED RESULTS
Fully digital GMS
Open-access data repository
Trained cohort of 15 research-management and MEL staff
Source: SGCI-3 council submission
Kenya
National Research Fund
For council validation
Efficient, transparent and sustainable fund operations
PRIORITY NEEDS
Grant-management systems and staff skills
MEL
Priority setting and impact evaluation
Resource mobilization, partnerships and public engagement
DESIRED RESULTS
Upgraded GMS
Portfolio-level MEL
Priority-setting and impact guidance
Source: SGCI-3 council submission
Malawi
NCST
For council validation
Modern research information, governance and evidence capability
PRIORITY NEEDS
Grants management and innovation governance
Digital systems and R&D data
MEL, ethics, IP and knowledge translation
Financial management
Data analytics and science communication
DESIRED RESULTS
Modernized NRIMS
Harmonized MEL
Improved financial tools
Source: SGCI-3 council submission
Mozambique
FNI
For council validation
Modern research management and professional innovation services
PRIORITY NEEDS
Research and grant administration
Project management and research ethics
IP and technology transfer
Partnership development and knowledge exchange
DESIRED RESULTS
Operational research-management system
Stronger M&E
IP, open-science and data policies
Source: SGCI-3 council submission
Namibia
NCRST
For council validation
Scale grants systems and strengthen institutional practice
PRIORITY NEEDS
Grants-management policies and online systems
MEL frameworks
Resource mobilization and grant writing
Ethics, gender and data analysis
Cross-border collaboration
DESIRED RESULTS
Consolidated digital platform
Embedded MEL
Ethics and gender SOPs
Source: SGCI-3 council submission
Rwanda
NCST
For council validation
Build and retain STI human capital
PRIORITY NEEDS
Industry-aligned skills development
STI professional development
Talent attraction and retention
Private-sector participation
DESIRED RESULTS
Human-capital policy frameworks
Private-sector incentives
Expanded pool of STI professionals
Source: SGCI-3 council submission
Senegal
MESRI
For council validation
Digital fund management and evidence-informed governance
PRIORITY NEEDS
Digital research-fund management
MEL
Resource mobilization and financial governance
STI data collection, management and analysis
DESIRED RESULTS
Operational grant platform
MEL framework
National STI data standards
Source: SGCI-3 council submission
Sierra Leone
NSTIC
For council validation
Build the institutional foundation for a functioning council
PRIORITY NEEDS
STI research funding
Researcher and grant-management capability
Public-private partnerships and inclusion
Functional secretariat
Research/STI Act
Strategic plan and rolling budget
DESIRED RESULTS
Operational secretariat
Legislative basis
Five-year institutional plan
Source: SGCI-3 council submission
Tanzania
COSTECH
For council validation
Advanced grant management, foresight and peer leadership
PRIORITY NEEDS
Researcher matchmaking
Science diplomacy and foresight
Multidisciplinary research teams
Grant and output management
IP and commercialization
Council-to-council learning
DESIRED RESULTS
National STI management system
Institutionalized IP tools
Improved call and award procedures
Source: SGCI-3 council submission
Togo
DRST
For council validation
Professionalize national research and innovation management
PRIORITY NEEDS
Integrated research-management and MEL systems
Professional research-management training
Administrative and financial procedures
Foresight and resource mobilization
Twinning, exchanges and national STI coordination
DESIRED RESULTS
SIGR and national scientific-information system
Certified professional programme
Research and innovation observatory
Source: SGCI-3 council submission
Uganda
UNCST
For council validation
Digital coordination, evidence and STI leadership
PRIORITY NEEDS
STI ecosystem coordination
Digital STI systems
Indicators in planning and budgeting
National Research Agenda and STI policy
Evidence-to-policy and science diplomacy
Professional research managers
DESIRED RESULTS
Stronger national coordination
Professional research-management capability
Peer-learning node for GMS and RIMS
Source: SGCI-3 council submission
Zambia
NSTC
For council validation
Modern systems, financial controls and partnership capability
PRIORITY NEEDS
Private-sector engagement
Impact communication
Financial management and compliance
Digital GMS, MEL and open data
STI diplomacy and policy analysis
GEI and evidence-to-policy
DESIRED RESULTS
GMS, MEL and repository stack
Improved controls
Greater co-financing capability
Source: SGCI-3 council submission
Zimbabwe
RCZ
For council validation
Integrated research management and knowledge uptake
