<div dir="ltr">Please circulate widely. Thanks!<br><br>Laura<div><br><div>********************************************************************************************<br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Laura M. Ahearn<div>Senior Learning Advisor and AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow</div><div>USAID Center of Excellence on Democracy, Human Rights and Governance</div><div><div>1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 3.10A, Washington, D.C. 20523</div><span style="vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">T.</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><a value="+12027125011">202.712.4348</a></span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> | </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">M.</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><a value="+17036266481">908.227.7198</a></span> |<span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/laura-m-ahearn/4a/978/101" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></div></div></div></div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">dem.grants</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dem.grants@iie.org">dem.grants@iie.org</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 12:29 PM<br>Subject: New USAID-funded research grant opportunity<br>To: <br><br><br>





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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">IIE, on behalf of USAID’s Center of Excellence in Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance (DRG Center),
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invites applications from research institutions</a> to support USAID in answering a research question that is integral to how USAID designs programs in the DRG sector. Applications are due
<b>May 3, 2016</b>.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Applicants will form working groups of 3 – 6 PhD students and 1 – 2 supervising faculty; students must have passed their qualifying exams and be from diverse social science
 disciplines. Over a period of six months, each working group, in close collaboration with USAID, will produce a multi-disciplinary analytical literature review that provides an overview, assessment, and synthesis of the empirical research relevant to its selected
 research question. The questions, which are further elaborated in the RFA, are in the following areas:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11pt">The role of local advocates in advancing human rights<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11pt">The process of regaining civil liberties that have been restricted or denied<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11pt">The relevance of good governance to sustainable development across sectors<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11pt">The process of increasing women’s civic and political participation<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11pt">The role of civil servants in reducing corruption<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11pt">The process by which citizen efforts to improve service delivery can diffuse across sectors.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Members of each working group will apply for a single grant of $30,000 - $60,000, with grant value dependent on working group size; each working group member will receive
 a $4000 stipend.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Thank you very much for your interest. Please feel free to forward this grant opportunity to colleagues and peers, and please direct any questions to
<a href="mailto:dem.grants@iie.org" target="_blank">dem.grants@iie.org</a>. The deadline for questions is April 15, 2016.</span></p></div></div></div>
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