The Foreign Policy Research division (POR) launched and is managing the International Policy Ideas Challenge, a competition that supports the engagement of Global Affairs Canada with young Canadian academics—talented Canadian graduate students and post-doctoral fellows—to help identify concrete, innovative solutions to emerging international policy challenges. Global Affairs Canada received 83 proposals submitted by university students from across Canada and abroad covering a wide range of internationally relevant topics, such as climate change, development, technology-related ideas, diplomacy (in its broad sense), and corporate social responsibility. POR along with subject matter experts reviewed each submission. The high quality and wide-ranging nature of the proposals made selecting the winners difficult. The 83 submissions were whittled down to 15 proposals, and the institutions submitting them were asked to either submit a three-minute “briefing” video explaining their proposals or take part in teleconferences. The short list was then reduced to 10 and finally to five proposals.