L'Agence Inter-établissements de Recherche pour le Developpement (AIRD) supports JEIA as a program to build the capacity of young research teams in the "South."
AIRD makes grants of up to 50 thousand for periods of three years to build the capacity of research teams in the developing world in collaboration with French partner organizations (CIRAD, université française, Institut Pasteur, CNRS, INSERM, IRD).