The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is the foremost national science and technology institution in Ghana. It was established in its present form by NLC Decree 293 of 1968 and later re-established by the CISR Act 521 of 1996. However, its origins can be traced back to the former National Research Council (NCR), which was established in 1959.
The endowment fund has been dubbed the CSIR Science for Impact Fund (CSIF). It is set up to support innovative demand-driven research and technological innovations to drive industrial development generally, as well as support developmental projects in communities through technology transfer. The target of the community developmental projects is to drive social inclusion and sustainable development in Ghana. The Fund has a target of Twenty Million US Dollars (US$20 million) and the tag name is “Supporting Science, Transforming Communities”.
