[wanabidii] Ebrief; 'Call for Proposals;Capacity Development Research Grants'

Thursday, 30 May 2013

[wanabidii] Ebrief; 'Call for Proposals;Capacity Development Research Grants'

Call for Proposals

Capacity Development Research Grants

REPOA is pleased to announce the 2nd 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. Support is provided to short term research 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, and in informing stakeholders on constraints to and/or alternative paths to achieving 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 following themes relating to REPOA’s broad research agenda:

1. Growth and Development

2. Social Protection

3. Governance

Gender, Technology and Environment are cross-cutting in all the three themes.

Researchers are expected to be innovative and clear in the research questions they aim to answer, with a clear articulation of methodology that is well grounded on literature.

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.

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 available online.

Proposals that contain a clear research question and methodological designs that are well grounded on literature and appropriate to the research question will be given preference.

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. Data from various

studies will be available upon official request and authorization by REPOA

Together with the proposal, a short curriculum vita of two (2) pages is required, indicating professional affiliations, relevant expertise, and publications.