IDRC's core research funding falls under four broad program areas. Follow the links to learn more about specific funding programs.

• Agriculture and Environment
  

  Agriculture and Food Security
  The Canadian International Food Security Research Fund
  Climate Change Adaptation in Africa
  Climate Change and Water
  Ecosystem Approaches to Human Health
  

  Environmental Economics

  Urban Poverty and Environment 
  Water Demand Management

• Information and Communication Technologies for Development
  

  Africa
  Asia
  Connectivity Africa
  ICT4D in Middle East Project
  Investigating the Social and Economic Impact of Public Access to ICT
  Connectivity and Equity in the Americas
  telecentre.org

• Innovation, Policy and Science
  

  Innovation, Technology and Society 
  IDRC Challenge Fund

• Research for Health Equity
  

          Governance, Equity, and Health
          Global Health Research Initiative
          Research for International Tobacco Control
  

• Social and Economic Policy
  

  Globalization, Growth and Poverty
  Peace, Conflict, and Development
  Think Tank Initiative
  Women’s Rights and Citizenship
  

• Other corporate projects and sites
  

  Middle East Special Initiatives
  Private Sector Development