Focus countries

We devote a significant proportion of our funding to supporting research in developing and restructuring countries. We welcome funding applications from eligible individuals from any of these countries but would particularly like to see applications from those working in 'focus' countries.

Focus and other developing or restructuring countries are shown on the map and in the list below. Also shown on the map are the Trust's Major Overseas Programmes.

• Annual expenditure 2005: around £450 million (US$840m)
• Directly funded international spend 2005: around £50m (US$90m)

Focus developing countries

Africa

• Angola
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Ivory Coast
• Kenya
• Lesotho
• Malawi
• Mali
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Senegal
• South Africa
• Swaziland
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Uganda
• Zimbabwe
• Zambia

Asia

• Bangladesh
• Cambodia
• India
• Laos
• Nepal
• Pakistan
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Focus restructuring countries

Europe

• Czech Republic
• Estonia
• Hungary
• Poland

Other developing countries

Africa

• Algeria
• Benin
• Cape Verde
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Comoros, The
• Congo, Democratic Republic of
• Congo Brazzaville
• Djibouti
• Egypt
• Equatorial Guinea
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Liberia
• Libya
• Madagascar
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Morocco
• Nigeria
• Sao Tome and Principe
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Tunisia
• West Sahara
• Zanzibar

Asia

• Afghanistan
• Bhutan
• China
• East Timor
• Indonesia
• Korea
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Mongolia
• Myanmar
• North Korea
• Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Taiwan

Australasia

• Cook Islands
• Fiji
• French Polynesia
• Kiribati
• Samoa
• Solomon Islands
• Tonga
• Tuvalu Islands
• Vanuatu

America

• Antigua and Barbuda
• Argentina
• Bahamas, The
• Barbados
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Chile
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Grenada
• Guadeloupe
• Guatemala
• Guyana
• Haiti
• Honduras
• Jamaica
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Puerto Rico
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Suriname
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Uruguay
• Venezuela
• West Indies

Middle East

• Iran
• Iraq
• Jordan
• Lebanon
• Kuwait
• Oman
• Palestine
• Saudi Arabia
• Syria
• United Arab Emirates
• Yemen

Other restructuring countries

Europe

• Albania
• Belarus
• Bosnia
• Bulgaria
• Croatia
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Macedonia
• Moldova
• Romania
• Serbia
• Slovak Republic
• Slovenia
• Ukraine
• Turkey

Asia

• Armenia
• Azerbaydzhan
• Byelorussia
• Georgia
• Kazakhstan
• Kirghizia
• Kyrgyz Republic
• Russia
• Tadzhikistan
• Turkmenistan
• Uzbekistan