The Economic and Social Research Council and the Department for International Development, under their joint fund for poverty alleviation research program, invite proposals for their second call on development frontiers research fund grants. These support innovative, interdisciplinary research that is focused on new ways to tackle the challenges encountered at the intersections between poverty, environmental sustainability and conflict or fragility in specific developing country contexts.
Opportunity
The countries of focus should be from one of the following three regions: the Horn of Africa, West Africa and South or Southeast Asia. They should represent a range of different environments, different types of conflict or fragility and different dimensions, scales and facets of poverty. Research focused on other countries is not considered.
Eligibility
- Proposals are accepted from researchers based anywhere in the world.
- Eligible research organizations from the UK and other developed countries are permitted to lead on up to two proposals.
- There is no restriction on the number of proposals which can be submitted by developing country research organizations.
- At least one developing country researcher and at least one early-career researcher must be included in the research team, either as a principal investigator or co-investigator.
- The principal investigator must be able to attend the Pitch-to-Peers assessment workshop, to be held on 26 and 27 April 2017.
Funding Available
- Maximum amount: Between £200,000 and £300,000
- Project duration: Projects can be between 12 and 18 months long, but must finish no later than 31 March 2019
Helpful Links
- Full details regarding the Development Frontiers Research Fund
Deadlines
| Full Application: | ||
| CURO Internal Deadline for Review | Please contact your Research Facilitator. | |
| cuResearch Checklist Deadline | January 19, 2017 | |
| Full application submission to sponsor | January 26, 2017 | 4 p.m. (UK Time) |
Submitting Your Application
- Applications must be submitted via cuResearch, through which Departmental and Associate Dean’s approval must be provided to complete the online application process.
- More information on cuResearch can be found here.
Internal Contacts
If you would like assistance with proposal development and/or a substantive review of your proposal, please contact the appropriate Research Facilitator.