[Linganth] Fwd: New USAID-funded research grant opportunity

[Laura Ahearn]

Please circulate widely. Thanks!

Laura

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Laura M. Ahearn
Senior Learning Advisor and AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow
USAID Center of Excellence on Democracy, Human Rights and Governance
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 3.10A, Washington, D.C. 20523
T. 202.712.4348 | M. 908.227.7198 | LinkedIn
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From: dem.grants <dem.grants at iie.org>
Date: Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 12:29 PM
Subject: New USAID-funded research grant opportunity
To:


IIE, on behalf of USAID’s Center of Excellence in Democracy, Human Rights,
and Governance (DRG Center), invites applications from research institutions
<http://www.iie.org/Programs/USAID-Democracy-Fellows-and-Grants-Program/Available-Grants>
to support USAID in answering a research question that is integral to how
USAID designs programs in the DRG sector. Applications are due *May 3, 2016*
.



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:



§  The role of local advocates in advancing human rights

§  The process of regaining civil liberties that have been restricted or
denied

§  The relevance of good governance to sustainable development across
sectors

§  The process of increasing women’s civic and political participation

§  The role of civil servants in reducing corruption

§  The process by which citizen efforts to improve service delivery can
diffuse across sectors.



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.



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 dem.grants at iie.org. The deadline for questions is April 15, 2016.
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