Deadline: 31 March 2015
The Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women (GrOW) Program is seeking proposals for its new call for a systematic review of existing evidence of the effects of women’s economic empowerment on economic growth. GrOW aims to generate new knowledge about women’s economic empowerment, gender equality, and economic growth in low-income countries.
The total budget available for the program is up to CA$500,000. The project duration cannot exceed 24 months, including all research activities and final reporting. The call aims to assess whether more equal economic participation of women enhances their well-being as well as the conditions for economic growth.
GrOW program is jointly funded by the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID), The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC).
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants should have a strong prior record of undertaking and publishing evidence synthesis.
- All research must be relevant and provide lessons for low-income countries; however, research under this call is not restricted to low-income contexts.
- Proposed projects are to be undertaken by, or in the case of a research consortium, led by a research-oriented institution with legal corporate registration.
- Research consortia comprised of multiple institutional partners may apply; however, one partner must be designated as the lead institution and submit the application on behalf of the consortium.
- More than one application may be submitted per institution if projects are led by different principal investigators
- United Nations, donor, and multilateral organizations, and members of the consortium of International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) centres are not eligible to apply. However, UN organizations and CGIAR centres can be included in applications by other research teams as third party organizations.
- Applications from individual persons will not be accepted.
- Applications led by principal investigators who are already leads in other GrOW-funded project(s) will not be accepted.
- Research organizations based and/or intending to conduct research in the following countries are not eligible for research grants: Cape Verde, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Mauritius, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, and Somalia.
How to Apply
Complete and submit the online application form before deadline.
For more information, visit IDRC.
