- Build scientific and critical research skills and capacity among emerging researchers in Africa, Latin America and Asia;
- Create opportunities for mentorship between established international researchers and grant recipients;
- Provide spaces at a regional and international level for grant recipients to share experiences and knowledge in face-to-face settings; and
- Provide training on interdisciplinary research, methods, ethics, research to policy, etc.
- Establish networking connections between African, Latin American and Asian researchers; and
- Disseminate research findings locally and internationally in order to strengthen the body of methodologically sound, multi-disciplinary and theoretically-based research.