GRANTS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRY RESEARCHERS STUDYING POVERTY ISSUES

The Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) Research Network
    announces a call for proposals for its 2010 competition for
    research grants with a total value of up to $CAN 50,000
    each.
   
    DEADLINE: January 6, 2010
    
    
    OBJECTIVES:
    
    PEP provides financial and scientific support to teams of
    developing country researchers studying poverty issues.
    Specific objectives are to:
    
    - Better understand the causes and consequences of poverty
    - Propose pro-poor policies and programs
    - Improve the measurement and monitoring of poverty
    - Strengthen local research capacity on poverty issues
    - Develop new concepts and techniques for poverty analysis
    
    To maximize capacity building, PEP favors teams composed of
    at least one senior researcher supervising a gender-
    balanced group of junior researchers. PEP especially
    encourages proposals from the poorest countries. Funding
    includes a core research grant of $CAN 20K, plus separate
    funding of up to $CAN 30K to participate in training
    workshops, PEP meetings, international conferences, study
    visits and other activities. All team members must
    originate from and reside in a developing country during
    the course of the project.
   
   
    GRANT PROGRAMS:
   
    Grants are awarded under four programs:
    
    - Community Based Monitoring Systems (CBMS): For the
      development and institutionalization of a community-based
      poverty monitoring system involving either: (1) the
      development and pilot-test of a CBMS, or (2) expansion
      and institutionalization of an existing CBMS.
    - Modeling and Policy Impact Analysis (MPIA): Analyzing the
      impacts of macroeconomic shocks and policies on poverty
      and income distribution (Priority themes: Inclusive
      growth, public spending and agricultural policies).
    - Policy Impact Evaluation Research Initiative (PIERI):
      Evaluations of the impacts of interventions that aim to
      increase human capital and alleviating poverty, e.g.
      child health, schooling, training and safety net
      programs.
    - Poverty Monitoring, Measurement and Analysis (PMMA):
      Monitoring, measurement and analysis of a wide range of
      poverty issues (Priority themes: Multidimensional
      poverty, public spending, intrahousehold allocation and
      poverty dynamics2).
    
    
    FURTHER INFORMATION/SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:
    
    For more information and to submit a proposal, please
    consult the "Call for Proposals" section on the PEP 
    website:
    
                   http://www.pep-net.org
    
    PEP is financed by the Australian Agency for International
    Development (AusAID), and by the Government of Canada
    through the International Development Research Centre
    (IDRC) and the Canadian International Development Agency
    (CIDA). 
    
    Decisions will be communicated by April 30, 2010 at the
    latest.