UN-HABITAT launched the Micro-Grant Research Fund on 11 May 2010 to promote innovative research in the area of sustainable urban and regional development leading to the publication of working papers. The publication will part of UN-HABITAT’s Micro Research on Sustainable Urbanization series.
Researchers and practitioners can submit applications to carry out research on sustainable urbanization. “It particularly encourages young researchers and those from the developing countries to pursue their research on topics related to sustainable urbanization and human settlements, which include housing and land, economic development and finance, urban planning and management, environmental issues, infrastructure, social development, information and monitoring, disaster and risk management.”
There are two categories under this grant: “One is young researcher scholarship which is open to those under 35 years old and each young researcher scholarship is limited to a maximum of US$ 5,000. Another is micro research grant which is open to everyone and each micro research grant is limited to a maximum of US$ 10,000.”
Applications are accepted round the year. For more information, visit this link.
