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Call for Proposals Capacity Development Research Grants

REPOA is pleased to announce the 1st call for proposals for the year 2013.                                                                                           REPOA research grants aim to develop a vibrant community of beginning and intermediate researchers capable of undertaking research that is credible and relevant to development challenges, with special attention to policy development issues. Support is provided to short term studies (up to one year) in areas that are relevant to REPOA’s overall research agenda. These studies aim to provide information that is relevant for the policy and practice of development that stakeholders can find useful in socioeconomic transformation for growth and poverty reduction initiatives, and offer beginning and intermediate researchers a platform to jump start and/or consolidate their research careers.   Focus Fields Research proposals are invited on one of the below Research Themes 1.       Growth and Development  2.       Social Protection 3.       Governance and Service delivery                 Gender, Technology and Environment are cross-cutting in all the three themes.   For background information on the research themes including areas where cross-cutting themes are most relevant, kindly visit REPOA’s website or our offices. Eligibility ·         Grants are open to young and intermediate researchers based at institutions in Tanzania that can demonstrate how the grant will add value to what they are already doing ·         Applicants should have obtained a Research Degree (Master’s based on research, M.Phil) or  PhD with not more than five years of post PhD experience ·         Applicants are expected to hold demonstrable writing skills and expertise relevant to the research theme.   Participants are expected and encouraged to prepare for active participation throughout the training. Guidelines Proposals should include a short background and problem statement, research questions, literature review, extensive indication of methodology, budget and timeline as indicated in the research proposal format which can be found at REPOA website; www.repoa.or.tz.  Proposals that contain clear methodological designs are highly preferred.   Together with the proposal, short curriculum vitae of two (2) pages maximum is required, indicating professional affiliations, relevant expertise, and publications. Process   REPOA also encourages researchers to use secondary data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and surveys done by REPOA. Brief descriptions and questionnaires undertaken   by REPOA are available on our website, or click here to download. Data from the surveys will be available upon official request.    Application deadline and submission requirement The deadline for research proposals is Friday, January 11th 2013.  After which, the review committee will review all proposals to identify successful candidates. Completed research proposals should be submitted as e-mail attachments to REPOA at repoa@repoa.or.tz or by mail.       Additional information A kick-off workshop will be held in February for all shortlisted researchers to enable discussion on the research proposals between applicants and REPOA.   Applicants are strongly encouraged to read the background information on the research themes and the proposal writing guidelines.     Inquiries For further inquiries please contact: Linda Madete through linda@repoa.or.tz or use the contact address provided. information provided below:

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