Scientific Working Groups
About us
Scientific Working Groups (SWGs) provide support to specific portfolio workplans. These are part of TDR’s overall system of consultations and horizon scanning to assess needs and bring in the highest level of scientific oversight and input.
Members of SWGs help review and prioritize proposed activities, screen and select projects, recommend funding and follow-up progress and evaluation of results. They are selected by the TDR secretariat, in consultation with the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC), TDR’s main scientific review body. For coordination, each SWG’s chair is a member of STAC.
TDR documents
26 August 2025
TDR financial management report 2024 and outlook 2025-2027
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11 July 2025
TDR Programme budget and workplan 2026-2027
The 2026–2027 Programme Budget and Workplan represents the second biennium into TDR’s six-year Strategy for 2024–2029 which, in turn,...
13 May 2025
TDR investment case
TDR, the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, is a global programme of scientific collaboration that helps facilitate, support...
27 March 2024
Annual report 2023: Research capacity strengthening
Research Capacity Strengthening activities are at the heart of the UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training on Tropical Diseases...
27 March 2024
Annual report 2023: Research for implementation
Research for implementation is one of the three strategic priority areas of the UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training...
27 March 2024
Annual report 2023: Global engagement
An essential part of TDR’s work is to engage with the global health community to promote and facilitate the role of research for development and...
2 August 2023
Programme budget and workplan 2024-2025
The 2024–2025 Programme Budget and Workplan represents the first biennium into TDR’s six-year Strategy for 2024–2029 which, in turn,...
2 August 2023
Financial report 2022
2022-2023 Financial update2024-2025 Programme budgetTDR Certified Financial Statement for the year ended 31 December 2022
3 April 2023
Annual report 2022: Research capacity strengthening
Research Capacity Strengthening (RCS) activities are at the heart of the UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training on Tropical...
3 April 2023
Annual report 2022: Research for implementation
Research for Implementation is one of the three strategic priority areas of the UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training...
3 April 2023
Annual report 2022: Global engagement
An essential part of TDR’s work is to engage with the global health community to promote and facilitate the role of research for development and...
Two budget scenarios for 2020−2021 were approved by the Joint Coordinating Board in 2019: a lower scenario at US$ 40 million and a higher...
20 June 2022
Seventh external review of TDR
External reviews of TDR take place every five to seven years. The previous review, the sixth, took place in 2016. The current review looks at the early...
18 May 2022
Annual report 2021: Research for implementation
Research for Implementation is one of the three strategic priority areas of the UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO–TDR (Special Programme for Research and...
Research Capacity Strengthening (RCS) activities are at the heart of the UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training on Tropical...
18 May 2022
Annual report 2021: Global engagement
An essential part of the work of the UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) is to engage with...
19 September 2021
Financial management report 2020 and outlook 2021-2023
2020–2021 Financial update2022–2023 outlookAnnex - TDR Certified Financial Statement for the year ended 31 December 2020
23 August 2021
Programme budget and workplan 2022-2023
The 2022–2023 Programme Budget and Workplan is completing TDR’s Strategy for 2018 to 2023, which, in turn, aligns with the Sustainable Development...
20 May 2021
Annual report 2020: Research for implementation
Research for Implementation is one of the three strategic priority areas of the UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training...