• 2009 Small Grants Competition

    to adopt a cross-learning and iterative approach that will enable all researchers to learn from each other across different types of bio-innovation throughout the region.

  • Overview of the Project

    to enhance biological innovative capabilities, policies & institutions to support just, equitable & sustainable social & economic development in developing countries.

  • Bio-innovations in the NEWS

    Policy briefs and articles on relevant dimensions of bio-innovation.

Enabling bioinnovation for poverty allevation in Asia.

Partners

International Development Research Centre

Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is one of the world’s leading institutions in the generation and application of new knowledge to meet the challenges of international development. For nearly 40 years, IDRC has worked in close collaboration with researchers from the developing world to build healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous societies.

Asian Institute of Technology

The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) promotes technological change and sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region through higher education, research and outreach. Established in Bangkok in 1959, AIT has become a leading regional postgraduate institution and is actively working with public and private sector partners throughout the region and with some of the top universities in the world.

Project Core Team

IDRC
  • Dr Ellie Osir, Senior Program Specialist, Information Technology and Society (Singapore) eosir@idrc.org.sg
AIT
  • Dr Edsel Sajor, Urban Environmental Management esajor@ait.ac.th
  • Dr Bernadette Resurreccion, Gender and Development Studies babette@ait.ac.th
  • Prof Sudip Rakshit, Food Engineering and Bioprocess Technology and Vice President for Research rakshit@ait.ac.th
  • Lena Sthapit, Geotechnical Engineering and Project Manager lena@ait.ac.th
Project Advisory Committee
 
  • Dr Rajeswari Sarala Raina, Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, India rajeswari_raina@yahoo.com
  • Prof Boonsirm Withyachumnarnkul, Professor, Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Thailand boonsirm@yahoo.com
  • Dr Sachin Chaturvedi, Fellow, Research and Information System for Developing Countries, India sachin@ris.org.in
  • Dr Keng-Yeang Lum, Chief Scientist, CABI Southeast & East Asia, Malaysia ky.lum@cabi.org
  • Prof  Phua Kai Hong, Associate Professor of Health Policy & Management, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy National University of Singapore  spppkh@nus.edu.sg
  • Dr Thelma Paris, Senior Gender Specialist,  International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines  T.PARIS@cgiar.org
  • Dr Darryl Macer, Regional Advisor, Social and Human Sciences Sector, UNESCO d.macer@unescobkk.org