The Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) Research Network (www.pep-net.org)has announced a call for proposals for its 2008 competition, in which up to 29 grants for a total value of $CAN 1,800,000 will be awarded.
This is only for researchers originating from and residing in a developing country. In addition to the research grants, all selected teams will also be eligible for additional funding to participate in training workshops, PEP meetings, international conferences, study visits and other activities.
Grants will be awarded under four programs:
1. MPIA-PMMA CORE PROGRAM: 6-9 grants of $CAN 20,000 (plus up to $CAN 30,000 in additional funding) will be awarded for proposals submitted to either Poverty Monitoring, Measurement and Analysis (PMMA) or Modeling and Policy Impact Analysis (MPIA) subnetworks, which have the following thematic priorities:
Multidimensional poverty, public spending, intrahousehold allocation and poverty dynamics, the poverty impacts of growth, public spending and agricultural policies.
DEADLINE: January 7, 2008.
2. CBMS NETWORK RESEARCH GRANTS: NA for Bangladesh
3. PEP-AUSAID POLICY IMPACT EVALUATION RESEARCH INITIATIVE (PIERI): 6 grants of up to $CAN 140,000 will be awarded to conduct policy impact evaluations. Projects should be designed to evaluate interventions that aim at improving human capital and alleviating poverty, e.g. child health programs, schooling programs, training programs, safety net programs.
DEADLINE (expression of interest): November 30, 2007.
4. PEP-OPHI Human Development Capabilities Initiative: Jointly with the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI; www.ophi.org.uk), PEP will offer 5 grants of $CAN 20,000 (plus up to $CAN 30,000 in additional funding) for research on analyzing poverty in the multidimensional context of the capabilities approach. Proposals are welcome for one of two themes, listed below:
Theme 1: Missing Dimensions of Poverty Data
Theme 2: Identification and Multidimensional Poverty
DEADLINE: January 7, 2008.
FOR MORE INFORMATION and to submit a proposal, please consult the "Call for Proposals" section on the PEP web site (www.pep-net.org). PEP is funded by the Australian Aid Agency (AusAID; www.ausaid.gov.au), the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA; www.cida-acdi.gc.ca) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC; www.idrc.ca).
