Our Methodology

A systematic, transparent, and reproducible approach to building a comprehensive STI funding data pipeline. Select a phase to explore the details.

Identifying Funders

Identifying and pinpointing relevant funding organizations.

Data Sources

Leveraging diverse sources for comprehensive coverage.

Data Collection

Automated and manual methods for data acquisition.

Data Preprocessing

Cleaning, standardizing, and validating raw data.

Identifying STI Funding

Identifying STI-related grants within development aid data.

Organization Disambiguation

Resolving entities name variants and assigning unique organization indentifiers

Organization Typology

Categorizing organizations by type (e.g., university, government, NGO).

Grant Typology

Classifying grant by their nature and purpose of each.

Field Classification

Assigning grants to specific scientific fields.