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Planning & Strategic Initiatives



Winrock explores new ideas and technologies, and addresses emerging issues that will affect global development, sustainable productivity, environmental stewardship, and equity worldwide. Testing new approaches often leads to new projects, partnerships, and collaboration across sectors.

Innovation Investment Program

Developing new concepts to address global concerns and forging partnerships with institutions that work in related fields.

Innovation Initiative: Water

Addressing concerns including: competition, disparities in access, threats to aquatic ecosystems, water borne disease, and potential for conflict.
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Innovation Initiative: Digital Futures for Development

Exploring constraints and opportunities for greater use of sustainable, community-level ICT interventions for global development.
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John D. Rockefeller 3rd Scholars Program

Recognizing Rockefeller’s lifelong contributions to international development and supporting research on critical issues of importance across Asia.
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Internal Grants Program

Providing Winrock International staff worldwide with small grants to address critical issues that fall outside donor-funded projects.