Table 1 Characteristics of NCD-RCS initiatives included in this study
SN | NCD-RCS Initiatives | Implementers | Region and countries | Period | Target researchers | Disease focus | Skill areas | Funding support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | TOBAC Program [29] | 29 individual TOBAC projects by various implementers | All regions of LMICs | 2002–2012 | Early and mid-career researchers | Tobacco use | Research skills | NIDA, NHLBI, FIC |
|  | 1.1 Building GIS Capacity in Tobacco research | Loma Linda University | Cambodia, Lao, Mongolia | 2002–2010 | Tobacco control workforce | Tobacco use | GIS skills in research | NIH/FIC |
|  | 1.2 Analytical capacity building for study of Tobacco carcinogen | University of Minnesota; Tata Memorial Center; Healis-Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health | India | 2017–2022 | Early and mid-career researchers | Tobacco exposure | Analytical capacity | NIH/FIC |
|  | 1.3 Tobacco Cessation training and Research in India and Indonesia | University of Minnesota, University of Arizona, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, India and Gaja Mada University Indonesia | India, Indonesia | 2002–2007 | Tobacco cessation researchers | Tobacco cessation | Tobacco Research | NIH/FC |
|  | 1.4 Building Capacity for Tobacco Cessation in India and Indonesia | University of Arizona, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, India and Gaja Mada University Indonesia | India, Indonesia | 2008–2013 | Tobacco cessation researchers | Tobacco cessation | Building research capacity | NIH/FC |
2 | GACD research Network [30] | Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases and member institutions | Global but focus on LMICs | 2007- | Researchers in LMICs | Chronic disease | Individual and institutional level | Various |
3 | 3.1. CNCD-Africa [31] | CNCD Consortium | Africa | 2009 | Members of consortium | NCDs | NCD prevention and control | CDC, IUPHE |
| Â | 3.2. Training Health Researchers into Vocational Excellence (THRiVE) [32] | THRiVE Consortium | African and UK universities | 2009 | Members of consortium | Generic | Academic rsearchers | Wellcome Trust |
4 | YP-CDN: NextGen leaders [33] | YP-CDN: Self-initiated network of professionals | International | 2009- | Young professionals | Chronic diseases | Individual and network level | RTI |
5 | Training and Capacity Building in LMIC for Research in Heart and Lung Disease [34] | NHLBI-UnitedHealth Collaborating Centres of Excellence (COE) | International – 10 countries | 2009–2014 | Early stage investigators (ESIs) | Heart and lung disease | Clinical and public health-related research | NHLBI, NIH, HHS |
6 | NCD-Lifespan [35] | US institutions and institutions in LMICs | All regions of LMICs | 2010 - | Early and mid-career researchers | NCDs | Individual and institutional level | FIC/NIH |
|  | 6.1: ASCEND [36] | Monash University, University of Melbourne | South East Asia | 2010–2015 | Early career researchers with at least Masters (or equivalent experience) | NCDs | NCD research & networking | FIC/NIH |
|  | 6.2: Wits RLTP | Wits University | Africa Region | 2010–2015 | Masters, PhD, postdocs | NCDs | NCD research | FIC/NIH |
|  | 6.3 Strengthening Nurse NCD Research and Training Capacity in Thailand | University of Michigan; Benjaporn Rajataramya; Praboromarachanok Institute | Thailand | 2014–2019 | Pre and post-doctoral | NCDs | NCD research | FIC/NIH |
7 | APCDR [37] | APCDR along with 18 partner centres including in US and UK | 10 countries in Africa | 2010 - | Early and mid-career researchers | NCDs | Individual, institutional | MRC |
8 | Instituto de CancerologÃa (INCAN) [38] | INCAN.; School of Medicine of Washington University in Saint Louis; Cancer Control Research Training Institute | Guatemala | 2010–2012 | Clinician researchers | Cancer | Individual and institutional | FIC/NIH |
9 | AWI-gen [39] | Wits University, INDEPTH network | SSA countries | 2012–2017 | Early and mid-career researchers | Cardio-metabolic | Individual and institutional | NIH |
10 | ANPPA [40] | African Population and Health Research Centre; partner institutions | Five countries in Africa | 2013–2017 | Mid-career researchers | NCDs | Policy analysis | IDRC |
11 | KSN-NCD [41] | MOH (Kenya), APHRC and other partners | Kenya | 2014- | Policy makers, health planners, researchers, | NCDs | Multiple levels | IDRC |
12 | AACR-AORTC [42] | African Organization for Research and Training in cancer; American Association for Cancer Research | Africa | 2015 - present | Health professionals, advocates, and leaders | Cancer | Cancer research | AACR |
13 | ENCORE Program [43] | University of Melbourne, Australia; PHFI, CCCC, AIIMS, SCTIMST, India | Australia and India | 2015–2018 | Early and mid-career researchers | NCDs | Research skills | The University of Melbourne |
14 | Africa wide NCD Research Group [44] | The East African NCD Alliance | Africa | Jan 2017 | Experts in different NCD specialties | NCDs | Network capacity | Various – including IDRC |