PEER Grants Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant must be an academic institution, non-profit organization, or government-managed research laboratory, center, or institute in a PEER-eligible country.
- PEER applicants must hold a career-track position or equivalent at their respective institution or organization.
- Applicants should be working in the country from which they are applying and should be nationals (citizens or permanent residents) of a PEER-eligible country for the focus area to which they are applying.
- Currently active PEER grant holders are not eligible to apply to serve as PIs in future cycles of PEER until their first funded project has been successfully completed. The successful completion date must be prior to 31 July 2015.
- PEER applicants should partner with a US Government (USG)-supported researcher from one of the US-Government Funded Partners mentioned above.
- USG-supported partners may either be intramural researchers or serve as principal investigators or co-principal investigators of active US Government-funded research awards.
- The USG-supported partner’s award must be active for the duration of the PEER project, which may extend no more than 12 months past the end date of that award. If the award expires more than 12 months prior to the planned end date of the PEER project, a no-cost extension should be requested and in place before the PEER pre-proposal is submitted. Her/his expertise should align with and contribute to the PEER proposal.
- US-based researchers are not eligible to submit pre-proposals.
How to apply?
To apply for the PEER Grants, you need to create an account on the US Global Development Lab providing your email address. If you already have an account on the Lab, log on and continue with application.
For more information, please visit PEER Program Synopsis.
