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Promoting
Food Security Research and Dialogue |
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The Research Grants
Initiative |
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the Research Grant Award Initiative (RGI) aims at
increasing civil society’s involvement in producing action-oriented research on
food policy and food security issues to inform and strengthen policy. Civil
society representatives can apply for research grants under two facilities,
namely the Programme Funded Research (PR) and the Challenge Fund (CF). The
former is geared towards supporting long-term substantive research by
institutions, organisations and centres, while the latter will support
complementary short-term research work on existing policies and interventions on
best practices.
To ensure responsiveness of the initiative to emerging food security issues and
priority research needs, the Programme conducted a participatory assessment of
Food Security Research Needs, outcomes of which were consolidated in a
Bangladesh Food Security Research Needs Digest. Two workshops organized by the
programme provided an active platform for exchange between government and civil
society stakeholders and provided inputs towards the finalization of the RNA.
This digest provides the basic thematic framework for research supported by the
Programme.
Research grants are awarded through a Research Grant Panel. The first call for
proposals took place in April 2007 and a total of 22 grants (8 PR and 14 CF)
were awarded on this occasion. A second round call for proposals is expected to
take place at the beginning of 2008. The call for proposals is posted on this
website and advertised in the major national newspapers. All materials needed
for application are also posted on the website. |
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(1) Challenge Fund (CF) |
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The CF provides
grants to conduct short term research, including research that seeks to analyze
and distill experiences related to specific interventions or practices by
Government or Civil Society Organizations, and analyses of options for scaling
up of best practices identified. The CF will award grants ranging from US$ 2,000
to US$ 10,000 (in BDT equivalent) per approved research proposal, to be
completed within 12 months from the date of award. In the fall of 2007, 14 CF
were initiated with the support of NFPCSP. For details of the research projects
and institutions, click here.
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(2)
Programme Funded Research (PR) |
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The PR provides grants to conduct longer-term more
substantive research and deal with more complex topics that require specialized
research skill. The PR component will involve grants ranging from US$ 30,000 to
US$ 50,000 (in BDT equivalent) per approved research proposal, to be completed
within 18 months from the date of award. In October 2007, after their selection
by the Research Grants Panel, eight research projects began under with the
support of NFPCSP. For more details click here. |
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