The Fund for Science, Technology and Innovation (FONSTI) was created by ordinance No. 2018-593 of 27 June 2018.

Designed on the model of the Swiss National Fund (SNF), it is a Research Support Fund, intended to finance high-quality scientific research and technological innovation programs and projects likely to have an impact on the socio-economic and cultural development of Côte d'Ivoire.

FONSTI is a legal entity governed by private law of a particular type recognized as being of public utility.

FONSTI MISSIONS

FONSTI's mission is to:

• Fund national research programs as well as scientific and technological research projects by allocating resources to researchers;
• Contribute to the scientific, economic and social valorization of research results;
• Provide support to research structures in terms of the rehabilitation of stations and laboratories, the acquisition of research equipment and access to scientific information;
• Disseminate scientific and technological information;
• Protect research achievements through intellectual property;
• Strengthen the capacities of researchers;
• To support the mobility of researchers;
• Promote entrepreneurship in higher education and research institutions;
• Carry out studies and surveys in connection with the national system of scientific and technological research;
• Encourage and promote international cooperation in scientific research.