The Global Development Network (GDN) has announced a call for applications for the second phase of Global Research Capacity Building Program™ which is the annual Global Research Competition (GRC) in which the best performing researchers from the Regional Research Competitions are invited to team up with peers from around the world to collaborate on a common research project. The scope of GRC is inter-regional and multidisciplinary, both in terms of analytic scope and team composition. The GRC is being piloted in 2012, followed by a full launch in 2013.
Applications for GRC grants are invited from inter-regional and multidisciplinary teams of up to four early-career researchers (one applicant plus one or more co-applicants). GDN leverages the latest technologies to support the inter-regional and multidisciplinary team formation. For the current pilot year, research teams must be multidisciplinary and cross-country, but not necessarily inter-regional.
Research Themes
Each year, the competition will focus on diverse research themes which originate from the policy research priority areas defined by GDN’s Global Research Agenda. The nature of the research themes will be such that they encourage collaboration amongst researchers from various disciplines and are of relevance to more than one region.
Themes for the GRC 2012 pilot are:
- Education and Gender
- Food Security
- Political, Economic and Social Transformations
Research Grant Information
The GRC grant performance period is for 18 months. The value of individual awards varies according to various aspects of the research projects such as team size and composition, scope of the research project, amongst others.
The deadline to submit proposals is 21 May 2012. For more information, visit this link.
Thanks and congratulations for initiating this “way of forward thinking and change in this twentifirst century.”
Catherine Bernard
I would like to congratulate you on your vision and mission to help people embark on research work to enhance human development. I wish I had the capacity to apply for this grant. Kudos, and God bless you all.
John
Development Coordinator
DAV, Ghana
Dear Sir or Madam,
Hello!
I am interested in “Food Security” challenge. Being located in Sub-Saharan Africa especially in the DR Congo, I want to conduct reseach in order to identify the human factors for the challenge of hunger in my country. Therefore, I would like to work in partnership with your Organization. If that is possible, please do not hesitate to let me know as soon as possible.
Good luck with your career.
Sincerely,
Wabula Pierre
Project Officer/CACDEF
Sir, Education and Gender: We ar interested to work in partnership with your organization. May you kindly forward to us your cooperation agreement form. However if you need any other information please kindly request it.
Thanks for your understanding
Have a nice day.
Regards
Ekane Robinson
Director
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