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Core funding

SciDev.Net currently receives core funding from:

  • UK Department for International Development (DFID), London, UK
  • Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), Stockholm, Sweden
  • Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DGIS), The Hague, The Netherlands

Past core activities have been funded by:

  • International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Ottawa, Canada
  • The Rockefeller Foundation, New York, USA

Project funding

SciDev.Net receives financial support from aid agencies, foundations and other partners for individual projects. For example, in 2006 and 2007 the Swiss Development Cooperation Agency funded the redesign of the website, and the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research funded a dossier to raise awareness of desertification.

IDRC fund our ongoing internship programme and, through the World Federation of Science Journalists, our science journalism practical guides. Our regional science communication workshops also receive financial support from key local partners. For example, our China-based workshops have received funding from the British Council, the British Embassy, the publishers Elsevier, and UNESCO.

Partnerships

SciDev.Net works with a range of organisations at global, regional and national levels to achieve shared objectives.

The scientific journals Nature and Science both provide us with free access to selected papers and articles each week. SciDev.Net is also affiliated with TWAS, the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, based in Trieste, Italy.

Partnerships can involve joint projects, such as science communication workshops and events, content sharing and reciprocal awareness-raising ventures. In Latin America, for instance, we work closely with Red Pop, the Latin American Network on Science Popularisation.

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