Prearranged funding mechanisms and actions plans will be developed to allow for earlier and more efficient interventions. However, it is dispersed across many goals and targets and its total contribution to the achievement of the SDGs is hard to measure. Still, strong commitments and significant efforts have been made in recent years to support developing countries harness the power of new technologies and incentivise innovation. Additional resources are also being mobilised for research relating to global challenges. While many fruits of these efforts are yet to materialise, the increasing awareness placed on the importance of STI within development raises the need for adequate monitoring of the financial resources supporting these efforts. This paper makes an effort to estimate the financial resources spent on STI-related development activities by combining information across different CRS fields.