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Call for Proposal: French Embassy Fund for Nigerian Civil Society Organizations.

by OFA January 16, 2025

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Application Deadline: January 31st, 2025

The Embassy of France in Nigeria launches its annual call for proposals to support projects from Nigerian Civil Society Organizations through the development fund called “French Embassy Fund for Civil Society Organizations“.
FEF fund is an instrument from the Embassy of France in Nigeria to support projects from Nigerian Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). It aims at funding small-scale, medium-scale and innovative projects and local initiatives carried out by civil society organizations. Since 2019, multiple projects and partners have been supported, fast-tracking progress towards women’s rights, gender equality, sport and disabled people’s rights as well as and peacebuilding process across several states in Nigeria.

Eligibility Requirements

• Applicants to this Fund must be member of a Nigerian Civil Society Organization (associations, foundations, NGOs, cooperatives), officially registered for at least 24 months by the Nigerian authorities;
• Community-based organizations (CBOs) from vulnerable groups, youth-led organizations and women and girls-led organizations are particularly encouraged to apply;
• Organizations that have already carried out projects in these areas for which this grant is requested;
• The programme strongly encourages synergies, partnerships and coalitions of actors.

Priority Areas

Gender equality: Promoting gender equality, combatting gender-based violence and promoting the socio-economic integration of women by leveraging:

Economic and social empowerment for women and girls
Health accessibility for women, girls and vulnerable groups
Access to education for women, girls and vulnerable groups
Peace, security and justice for all.

Application Procedure:
For any inquiries or questions, you may have, please contact the Programme Officer:
M. Pierre-Louis BONNEL: [email protected] with the following
subject “FEF-OSC-25-question-Name of your organization”

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the French Embassy Fund for Nigerian Civil Society Organizations

January 16, 2025 0 comments

Call for Proposals: Advancing civic technology and digital engagement – strategic support to the AU-ECOSOCC.

by OFA December 26, 2023

written by OFA

Application Deadline: January 31st, 2023

The Charter Project Africa, in collaboration with the AU-ECOSOCC, is launching a call for proposals to advance civic technology and digital engagement across Africa, aiming to strengthen democratic governance and citizen participation in continental institutions. The call invites prospective applicants to collaborate with AU-ECOSOCC in refining and enhancing their digital engagement strategy. The priorities include audience analysis, testing messaging and channels, developing an engagement strategy and establishing effective feedback mechanisms.

Eligibility Criteria:

Open to not-for-profit and for-profit organisations, including social enterprises, in the civic and tech ecosystem. Must be registered in an AU Member State.
Organisations with demonstrated ability in audience research and engagement strategy and a focus on innovation and large-scale impact interventions are encouraged to apply. A comprehensive understanding of AU policies, previous engagements with AU organs and alignments with the AU agenda are also valued.

Submission requirements:

Interested organisations must submit a completed application template, a filled-in budget template and legal entity registration documents.

Application Form

Budget Form

The requested documents must be sent to [email protected] with the subject line “Application | Support to AU-ECOSOCC | ORGANISATION NAME.” maximum by 31st January 2024.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the AU-ECOSOCC Charter Africa Project

December 26, 2023 0 comments

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Call for Proposal: Accelerating inclusive green growth through agri-based digital innovation in West Africa (AGriDI)

by OFA May 17, 2023

written by OFA

Application Deadline: 31st May 2023

The ‘Accelerating inclusive green growth through agri-based digital innovation in West Africa (AGriDI)’ intervention supports innovations to address key challenges related to climate change, sustainable use, and management of biodiversity as well as responsible production and consumption among farming communities in West Africa.

AGriDI aims at strengthening innovation systems and fostering adoption of agri-based digital technologies in West Africa. Digital technologies offer potential to make it easier and more efficient for farmers and small business owners, especially women and youth, to produce (thanks to access of information and technologies) and market their goods and services, leading to greater profits. AGriDI will increase identification, adaptation, and use of agri-based digital technologies by farmers, SMEs especially women and youth to enhance agricultural production and marketing though strengthened linkages between research communities, industry, and policy actors, and improved policy environment.

Target groups

The target groups for this call are:

i) scientists and researchers in universities and research institutes

ii) agri-business owners and proprietors of legally incorporated small and medium enterprises

iii) innovators in tech hubs, innovation labs, and university technology transfer offices

iv) policy makers in national government ministries, departments, and agencies responsible for creating enabling policy environment to promote digital innovations, including those responsible for rural development, gender and social inclusion

v) farmers in legally registered groups and cooperatives based in the eligible countries.

Target groups

The total envelope for this call is up to EUR 663,809.72. Up to a maximum of three (3) to four (4) grants depending on categories are foreseen. Each grant is implemented for a period of up to 15 months from the time it is awarded

Apply

For more information and how to apply kindly click on the following links: https://apply.rsif-paset.org/

Application Documents:

Call for Proposals

For More Information:

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Call for Proposals for Side Events: 7th Pan-African Forum on Migration in Kigali, Rwanda.

by OFA September 9, 2022

written by OFA

Application Deadline: September 15, 2022

The Pan African Forum on Migration (PAFoM) is an African Union continental interstate dialogue on migration that brings together African Union Member States and other relevant stakeholders, to discuss and deliberate on various topical issues related to migration and human mobility in Africa. As a continental dialogue, this forum aims to provide an opportunity for AU Member States and RECs, together with other relevant stakeholders to share information, best practices, lessons learnt, as well as learn from each other on ways to improve migration governance and management on the continent.

The 7th PAFoM to be held in Kigali, Rwanda, presents yet another opportunity for the AU Member States, RECs and other relevant stakeholders to deliberate on the impact of climate change on migration and displacement governance on the continent, a key phenomenal subject of our times. This meeting will bring relevant AU Member States ministers responsible for migration, displacement, and environment, together with their experts’ in the subject matter. It is anticipated that this forum will stimulate a vibrant dialogue and conversation among Member States and invited participants; with the aim of providing necessary policy and operational guidance on mitigating climate-induced migration and displacements at national, regional and continental levels for socioeconomic development. The 7th PAFOM will also presents a unique opportunity to focus discussion on transformative recovery agenda that strengthens Africa’s ability to address a cascade of multi-faceted climate change risks as it navigates the post-covid-19 world and further contribute to the upcoming COP 27 scheduled to hold in Egypt this year.

Side Events
In accordance with the envisioned programme for the 7th PAFoM, side events will be organized alongside the main meeting during the senior officials meeting of the Forum that will be running from 19th and 20th of October 2022.

Submission of call for proposals for Side Events
As an open space for the exchange of ideas, experiences and lessons learned and that gathers together key member state representatives and premier institutions charged with migration and mobility issues on the continent, the meeting affords an occasion for various stakeholders to organize side-events that have a clear focus on the themes and objectives of the 7th PAFoM meeting and that will feed into its deliberations.

Selection criteria
The criteria for selection include the following:
• The theme of the side event should relate to at least one of the seven clusters of thematic areas provided above or be cross-cutting in nature, and the outcome of the side event should inform the overall outcome of 7th PAFoM meeting;
• Consideration should be given to gender balance and geographic (including local) contexts in the choice of speakers and panelists;
• The format of the side event should ensure broad stakeholder participation, and actively involve the audience;
• The side event should last no longer than 1 and 1/2 hours.

Responsibility of the organizers
The logistics of the side events, need to be arranged in collaboration with the side events coordinators. The organizers of the side events will be responsible for the following:
• Inviting speakers and panelists;
• Inviting participants from member States, major groups and other stakeholders;
• Preparing a summary report on the event and sharing it with the secretariat of the Forum;
• Publicity, reproduction of materials and media coverage;
• Any costs related to the event;
• Events should be conducted in English, French, Arabic and Portuguese. Arrangements for simultaneous interpretation will be the responsibility of the organizers.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Call for Proposals for Side Events: 7th Pan-African Forum on Migration

September 9, 2022 0 comments

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Call for Proposals: Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa 2022 (FIFAfrica22) in Lusaka, Zambia

by OFA June 17, 2022

written by OFA

Application Deadline:July 29, 2022

Registration is now open for the ninth edition of the Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica22). The Forum, which is set to take place in Lusaka, Zambia on September 26-29, 2022, offers a platform for deliberation on gaps and opportunities for advancing privacy, free expression, inclusion, free flow of information, civic participation, and innovation online.

As part of the registration, we invite session proposals including panel discussions, lightning talks, exhibitions, and skills workshops to shape the agenda for FIFAfrica22.

CIPESA recognises that internet freedom is multi-faceted, and just like it is essential to have a multiplicity of stakeholders working jointly, it also requires diversity in the voices, backgrounds, viewpoints, and thematic work areas of those that attend FIFAfrica. In line with this, there is limited funding to support travel for participation at FIFAfrica22. Preference will be given to applicants who can partially support their attendance.

Requirements

Session proposals will be accepted till July 29, 2022
Applications for travel support will be accepted till July 29, 2022
Successful session proposals and travel support applicants will be directly notified by August 31, 2022.
Registration to attend will close on September 5, 2022.

NOTE: All data collected as part of the registration and session proposal exercise will only be used for purposes of the FIFAfrica event management.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa 2022

June 17, 2022 0 comments

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Région Normandie call for proposals ‘Our Freedom Prize 2021’ (€ 25,000)

by OFA January 5, 2021

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Application Deadline: January 18th 2021

The Freedom Prize invites young people aged 15 to 25 from France and around the world to choose an inspiring person or organization, committed to an exemplary fight for freedom. What makes this prize so special is that it involves young people at each of its stages: from the proposals submitted to the international panel of judges to the final selection of the winner.

A key stage of the Freedom Prize, the call for proposals ‘Our Freedom Prize 2021’ offers the opportunity to 15-25 years olds from all over the world to present, in a form, the person or organization whose fight for the freedom they wish to defend. freedom.

The 2021 Freedom Prize can be a person or an organization, media or unknown. He / She must have carried out at least one concrete action during the last three years.

All the elements transcribed in the form “Our Freedom Prize 2021” will be used by the international jury of the Freedom Prize which will meet on February 12 & 13, 2021 in Caen to study all the proposals received and select the 3 people or organizations that will be put to the online vote from March 15 to April 25, 2021.

It’s up to you to make your choice and find the right arguments. One of the proposals will be awarded the 2021 Freedom Prize!

2021 Freedom Prize ceremony

The laureate of the Freedom Prize will receive an endowment of € 25,000 to support their fight during an award ceremony that will take place in Caen as part of the Normandy World Peace Forum in June 2021.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Région Normandie call for proposals ‘Our Freedom Prize 2021’

January 5, 2021 4 comments

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ERF Call for Proposals: Mitigation and Adaptation to Impact of Climate Change in the MENA Region

by OFA December 30, 2020

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Application Deadline: January 9th 2021

ERF is pleased to announce a call for proposals on “Mitigation and Adaptation to Impact of Climate change in MENA countries” Selected authors will present their papers during a workshop by June 2021.

The MENA countries are particularly vulnerable to climate change disasters and their consequences given the fragility of their ecosystems, their heavy dependence on natural capital and the environment for survival and prosperity, the limited adaptive capacities of these countries to environmental shocks and the limited preparedness to mitigate these shocks.

The physical vulnerability of these countries is particularly severe in low coastal lands (UAE, Egypt, Lebanon), harsh environments (those with large desert areas (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar)), those with fragile ecosystems (almost all of the Arab countries), and water stress problems (all Arab countries with the possible exception of Lebanon). This is further exacerbated by socioeconomic vulnerability as reflected by a high dependence on the production and export of natural resources and other environmentally sensitive commodities. This dependence on natural capital and environmental resources reduces their resilience and adaptive capacities to the consequences of climate change. It is here where an adaptation approach that jointly addresses both types of vulnerabilities in these countries is obviously required. Such an adaptation approach would require, in addition to the domestic effort, a parallel international effort focused on minimizing the impacts of response measures and strengthening the ecological resilience of these economies to cope with climate change and its related policies.

The impacts of climate change translate into significant public and private costs, taken together and across numerous sectors. The exposure and vulnerability of people, physical and natural assets to climate change are dynamic, varying across temporal and spatial scales and are influenced heavily by economic, social, geographic, demographic, cultural, institutional, governance, and environmental factors. Quantifying the economic impacts of climate change is requisite to an informed policy debate regarding the urgency and choice of actions to mitigate the most severe impacts. While a risk-based assessment and related techniques are needed to understand the “total climate risk” at a national level, these need to be complemented by rigorous economic analysis, using sound methodologies, relevant variables and accurate data to ensure decision-makers and stakeholders are fully informed.

Methods:

The analyses of the climate change can use both individual and macroeconomic datasets. Researchers can merge environmental, climate data, macroeconomic and sectoral data with individual data (firm and household surveys) if needed. The following methods can be adopted:

Analysis of cross-sectional or panel survey data: These data can be at either the household level or the firm level. There are challenges in achieving causal identification if the data is cross-sectional and data may need to have unique features or be merged with other types of data to achieve good results. Yet, where panel data exist, this offers an attractive route to high quality research, especially if this data also contains information on conflict events.
Analysis of country-level datasets: Such data can be either at the macroeconomic or sectoral levels, especially for variables that measure climate change, mitigation, agreements, precipitation, etc. Several international organizations make their datasets publicly available.

IV. Guidelines for Submission:

Authors should submit a proposal of a maximum length of five double-spaced pages (excluding appendices, tables, figures, and references). It should be structured to contain three sections in the following format. ERF reserves the right to exclude proposals that are not consistent with these guidelines.

IMPORATANT NOTE: the proposal should NOT include the authors’ names, as it will undergo a blind review process.

Statement of the research problem: A clear and concise description of the nature and importance of the proposed research; its scope and boundaries; its general context; and objectives with explicit reference to feasibility and policy relevance.
Value Added: A selective and analytical review of the relevant literature, intending to both demonstrating knowledge of past theoretical and empirical work, as well as identifying the knowledge gap that the proposed research is intended to address.
Conceptual Framework and Research Methodology: A clear statement of the conceptual framework should be provided elaborating on the set of specific, identifiable and concrete questions for which the proposed research is intended to provide answers. This is to be followed by an elaboration of the research methods to be employed and why they are best suited to answer the research questions. The section should also indicate the nature of the information required and the data collection techniques, whether primary or secondary or a combination of the two. Finally, it should explain how the information will be analyzed and interpreted using quantitative and/or qualitative methods.
Budget: The budget should be submitted in US dollars, itemized and inclusive of all research and dissemination expenses. Research costs should be defined by deliverables. Other budget items may include travel, if necessary, research assistance, data collection, office supplies and photocopying. The purchase of equipment is not allowed under ERF grant rules. Please note that the maximum budget per paper that ERF can fund is $8,000.
References: A list should be attached to the proposal specifying the suggested references to be used in writing the proposed paper.

Eligibility

The following eligibility criteria will be applied:

Researchers should have expertise in the topic being researched.
At least one of the main researchers should be from the ERF region, whether residing inside or outside the region.
Researchers from disciplines other than economics may apply.

Selection Criteria
A refereeing committee will evaluate all proposals by the following criteria:

The value added from the project in terms of contributing to existing knowledge,
The methodological soundness, be it econometric or in-depth case studies,
The analytical rigor of the results
The policy relevance of the findings.

Important Dates:

Submission of proposals deadline: January 9, 2021
Announcement of winning proposals: January 20, 2021
Submission of draft papers: May 30, 2021
Workshop for discussing draft papers: June 2021 (TBD)
Submission of final papers: September 30, 2021

VIII. Submission:
To submit your proposal, please fill in the following form:

YOUR SUBMISSION SHOULD INCLUDE:

Author(s)’ CV(s)
Two published or working papers, and
Proposal as per the above mentioned guidelines.

For further inquiries, please contact Ms. Ramage Nada, Senior Programs Officer, email: [email protected].

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Mitigation and Adaptation to Impact of Climate Change in the MENA Region

December 30, 2020 1 comment

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Call for Proposals: British Council’s Going Global 2021 Conference for tertiary education leaders.

by OFA December 21, 2020

written by OFA

Application Deadline: 15 January 2021 at 4pm (UK time).

The British Council will be hosting Going Global virtually in 2021. From 15 – 17 June 2021 we invite you to explore the theme Reimagining International Higher Education for a post-pandemic world with international education leaders from around the globe.

Going Global 2021

As the uncertainty around the ongoing pandemic persists, we want to continue to offer a platform for higher education leaders to discuss the pressing issues facing the sector today without compromising the health and safety of our staff and delegates. Therefore we will be delivering a virtual conference in June 2021 which will offer all the same benefits as attending in person.

Our virtual platform will allow you to engage and connect with education leaders from around the world. You will be able to:

attend live events delivered by sector experts where you’ll hear about the latest knowledge and trends affecting the higher education sector;
get involved in participant-led interactive sessions where you can make your voice heard, and exchange knowledge and best practice;
network with other delegates and make mutually beneficial connections;
move in and out of conference sessions just like a face-to-face event;
visit expo booths, engage with our sponsors, and more.

British Council now invite you to submit a proposal that addresses the conference theme and sub-themes.

British Council review all submissions to ensure that we maintain the highest quality and include the broad range of research, practice and policy which will be of interest to our conference audience. Each proposal will be reviewed by tertiary education experts prior to being presented to the Going Global Steering Committee who will decide on the content going forward into the virtual conference programme.

Please review the proposal guidelines prior to developing your proposal in order to ensure that your proposal content meets our criteria.

There are four types of proposal which can be submitted. Please apply via the online submission forms available in the table below. Sample versions of the application forms are available in the Downloads section below. Please note these are for reference only.

If you have any questions regarding your proposal please contact the Going Global team .

Type of proposal	Description	Deadline
Individual contributor	Propose a response to the Going Global 2021 themes in order to be placed in one of the sessions as a presenter, panellist, table host, or chair. Proposals can be a maximum of 4,000 characters long.	Friday 15 January 2021 – 4pm (UK time)
Full session	Propose an innovative and interactive online and digital session with a diverse range of speakers from around the world. You will be asked to outline your proposal in line with the conference themes (4,000 characters max.) as well as the format of the session and activities which you would run (4,000 characters max.)	Friday 15 January 2021 – 4pm (UK time)
Workshop	Delivered entirely online, propose an innovative and interactive workshop session with relevant and applicable outputs for practical use. You will be asked to give an overview of the topic which will be covered in the workshop (4,000 characters max.), the expertise of facilitators in this subject area and in leading workshops (4,000 characters max.), and finally the suggested activities and format which you would use (4,000 characters max.)	Friday 15 January 2021 – 4pm (UK time)
Poster	The content of each poster should relate to the conference themes. Propose a poster to be displayed online at the conference to discuss with delegates. Application for poster proposals opens on the 15 January 2021.	Friday 26 February 2021

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the British Council’s Going Global 2021

December 21, 2020 0 comments

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Call for Proposals: UN-Habitat Global Public Space Programme 2020 ($80,000 grant)

by OFA October 5, 2020

written by OFA

Application Deadline: 2nd November 2020, 05:00 PM, East Africa Time

UN-Habitat’s Global Public Space Programme is launching a call for proposals (CFP) to seek partnership in the implementation of innovative public space projects in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Nepal, Palestine, Peru, Senegal, South Africa, Syria, Tanzania and Vietnam. National and local authorities as well as non-profit organisations are invited to submit proposals which aim to achieve the following expected result:

Influence cities to recognize the importance of localized city-wide public space network and policies and to maximize public space areas at a city level.
Effective creation, protection, design, and management of public spaces, particularly in disadvantaged communities in rapidly urbanizing cities and towns, as critical preconditions for poverty reduction and the fulfilment of human rights in urban areas.
Re-build confidence about being out in urban and public spaces following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Proposal must demonstrate that they contribute to the following outcome:

Improved local policies, plans and designs for safe, inclusive, and accessible public spaces for all which supports more compact, better integrated and well connected, socially inclusive and resilient cities and neighbourhoods in partner cities.

Instructions to applicants

Proposals received after the above deadline will not be considered.
Proposals and accompanying documents submitted to a different email address will not be considered. Any clarification queries and correspondences should also be sent by email.
Proposals failing to provide the requested information will be disregarded.
Applicant’s proposal and accompanying documents must clearly indicate the CFP reference:
CFP/1-2020/PFES-GPSP
All prices must be in USD
Proposal language is English language. We also accept submissions in French and Spanish language.
Email correspondence:
- Address the call for proposal response by email to the attention of Christelle Lahoud and Rizwan Kasmani
- E-mail address: [email protected] and [email protected]
- The email must quote the call for proposal reference in email subject: CFP/1-2020/PFES-GPSP

Project Key Information

UN-Habitat project title: Public space implementation projects | City-wide programme and COVID-19 recovery
Country/territory: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Nepal, Palestine, Peru, Senegal, South Africa, Syria, Tanzania, and Vietnam.
Anticipated start date: 1 March 2021
Estimated duration of project in calendar months: 14 months
Maximum proposed value in US$: $80,000 (Eighty Thousand)
Lead Organization Unit: Planning, Finance and Economy section, Global Public Space Programme

Download key documents

Full text of call for proposals
Annex A – Partner Declaration form
Annex B – Technical Proposal
Annex C – Budget template

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the UN-Habitat Global Public Space Programme 2020

October 5, 2020 1 comment

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IFAD Call for Proposals: Rural youth employment opportunities: Support to Integrated Agribusiness Hubs

by OFA July 31, 2020

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Application Deadline: 17 August 2020, 23:59 CEST.

This call for proposals is to select a recipient or consortium of recipients to receive a four-year IFAD grant financing to implement the project: Rural youth employment opportunities: Support to integrated agribusiness hubs initiative, for a total amount of up to US$3.5 million.

The recipient can be an inter-governmental and governmental organizations, TVET and business development institutions, a civil society organization (including NGOs), an academic/research institution or a private sector entity. In the case of a consortium, an organization can join more than one consortium but can be leading only in one of them. The recipient must demonstrate a strong focus, experience and expertise in working on youth employment in rural settings.

This grant programme will be implemented in around eight countries in Africa. However, as part of a phased approach, this current call for proposals is focused on three countries (Mozambique, Kenya and Cameroon) of the entire programme with a set limit on funding (US$3.5 million) for all three hubs.
The applicant(s) may: (a) apply independently or as a consortium. Although, it is highly encouraged to apply through a consortia given the nature of the grant and (b) apply to deliver on one hubs OR more of the hubs to deliver the work.

The selected organization or consortium must have:

Ability to provide shared facilities and equipment alongside business development, market access, technology transfer and linkage to services (such as financial services) that are backstopped through mentorship and networking
Readiness to facilitate a holistic and proactive process focussed upon early-stage development of agribusiness growth and train on key technical/business skills along entire value chains, leading to enterprise start-up/or entry into food chain labour markets
Willingness to interact and constructively engage with the larger farming community
Flexibility in developing mentorship modules of the main ingredients of integrated agribusiness hubs and above all, post-mentorship support services, e.g. setting up support services for mentored agri-preneurs, as well as incentives, prizes and recognition systems; be inclusive and able to create relevant strategic partnerships to create service/market deals and/or financing linkages for youth entrepreneurs with relevant stakeholders (e.g. the private sector and the government)
Business continuity to implement the project in light of the COVID-19 pandemic
Financial management of the grant, including the capacity to receive, record, monitor and report on multiple sources of grant funding in line with IFAD requirements.

While no upper limit is set, the applicant must ensure a minimum counterpart contribution of US$150,000.

How to submit a proposal:

Prepare a project proposal that should be submitted using the IFAD Grant Design Document template with a detailed budget using the activity based budget table. The proposal must be aligned with the Grant Concept Note and Project Description provided. Please read the Letter of Invitation, Grant Concept Note and Project Description for further explanation.
Submit a completed Bidders’ self-certification of eligibility for IFAD grant financing.
Submit a brief institutional profile, detailing experience in the priority area and specific theme outlined in the Grant Concept Note, and in the region/country(ies) where the grant would be implemented.

Deadline to receive proposals is 17 August 2020, 23:59 CEST.

Proposals submitted after this deadline will be considered ineligible.

All proposals and communications should be submitted via email to:

IFAD agribusiness Grant Team: [email protected]

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the IFAD Call for Proposals: Rural youth employment opportunities

July 31, 2020 3 comments

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Thomson Reuters Foundation 2019/2020 Reporting on Illicit Finance in Africa workshop for African Journalists (Fully Funded to Cape Town, South Africa )

by OFA July 31, 2019

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Application Deadline: 13th August 2019

Thomson Reuters Foundation, in partnership with the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism, is looking for journalists based anywhere in Africa who are motivated to understand how their country could be losing money via illicit means.

Wealth of Nations is a long-term engagement, and journalists who take part must commit to all elements of the scheme, signing an agreement to this effect. These elements include:

The production of stories on illicit financial flows
A mentoring support scheme that will help produce these stories
Intensive training on reporting illicit finance with a workshop from 22 – 23 October 2019
Attendance of a two-day conference related to illicit financial flows in Cape Town as part of the workshop

Journalists will not be considered to have completed the scheme until they have completed all the elements, which include producing at least one story on illicit financial flows and will not receive their certificates until this point.

Benefits of the scheme

If selected, you will take part in one intensive workshop (5 days) covering illicit finance, reporting on companies, accounts and budgets, and investigative techniques. The Workshop will take place in Cape Town, South Africa.
During the workshop you will also attend a two-day conference related to illicit financial flows. Being at the conference will allow you access to leading experts on illicit financial flows.
You will propose one or more story ideas that you wish to work on within the scheme – we will provide experienced journalists to help you pursue your stories right up to publication/broadcast.
You will have exclusive access to expertise through our network of illicit finance experts.
You will also have access to story ideas and editorial advice, and will be invited to share your own expertise with participants from other regions.

ELIGIBILITY

Journalists with at least two years of professional experience and fluent English
It is an advantage if you are familiar with investigative journalism, reporting on finances and/or dealing with numbers more generally, but if you have a strong motivation to learn about and understand these issues then we will consider your application. Early career journalists are invited to apply.
You must be able to spend significant time working on illicit finance stories.
Both freelancers and staff journalists may apply. Journalists working for a news organisation will need consent from their editor to take part. Freelancers should provide evidence that one or more media organisations will be willing to take their work.
Journalists working in any medium or multiple media are welcome to apply (print, online, radio or television).
Journalists should be based in Africa and working for one or more African media organisations.
Journalists applying must have fluent English.

Please note that if you have previously attended a Wealth of Nations programme at any point or a TRF training in the last 12 months you are not eligible for this course.

FUNDING

Successful applicants will receive a full bursary that will cover air travel expenses (economy class), accommodation, local transfers and meals. Please note that you need to check visa requirements and ensure you have the necessary documentation required. The cost of your visa and any other related costs will be the responsibility of the participant.

If you should be selected for the mentoring programme, the maximum story grant we can provide is USD 500. Please note that grants awarded vary depending on the anticipated resources required to complete the story. Any proposed costs without a detailed explanation will not be considered.

SUBMISSIONS
• Two work samples
• A letter from your editor consenting to your participation and confirming that they will publish any story produced through the programme

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Thomson Reuters Foundation 2019/2020 Reporting on Illicit Finance in Africa workshop

July 31, 2019 1 comment

Call for Applications Call for Proposals Cameroun Cote d'Ivoire Ghana Kenya Malawi Mozambique

Call for Proposals: World Bank Group/RUFORUM Strengthening Higher Agricultural Education in Africa (SHAEA)

by OFA September 21, 2018

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Application Deadline: November 30, 2018

The governments of six African countries, the World Bank Group, and the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) are calling for proposals from eligible higher education institutions to become a Regional Anchor University (RAU) with a focus of addressing skills and knowledge gaps in agriculture facing Sub-Saharan Africa.

The proposals are part of the preparations for the Strengthening Higher Agricultural Education in Africa (SHAEA) project, which aims to strengthen linkages between selected African universities and regional agricultural sector needs for developing required human resources needed to accelerate agri-food system transformation in Africa in six countries across the continent.

The six participating countries are Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi and Mozambique. With an expected $190 million in financing from the International Development Association (IDA), the project will support the selected universities to become RAUs designed to meet regional agricultural sector needs in human resource development required for accelerating this transformation through partnerships with other tertiary education institutions, including post-secondary agricultural vocational institutions, and key agricultural sector actors both public and private.

SHAEA complements the Africa Centres of Excellence for Development Impact (ACE Impact) project with a focus exclusively on agricultural higher education, and particularly emphasizes its integration with the agricultural sector. The project aligns with the region’s development priorities as outlined in: Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want; the Science, Technology, and Innovation Strategy for Africa 2024; the 2014 Malabo Declaration on Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation; and the global Sustainable Development Goals.

All proposals must also address at least two of the following six regional key gap areas:

Agribusiness and Entrepreneurship
Agri-food Systems and Nutrition
Rural Innovation and Agricultural Extension
Agricultural Risk Management and Climate Change Proofing
Agricultural Policy Analysis
Statistical Analysis, Foresight and Data Management

How to Apply:

As a regional project, SHAEA will be governed by its Regional Steering Committee (RSC), including government representatives from participating countries, and facilitated by its Regional Facilitation Unit (RFU) – RUFORUM.

All proposals must be submitted to the RFU through their respective governments.

SHAEA IEC Protocol: English | French | Portuguese
Project Description: English | French | Portuguese
SHAEA Proposal Submission Form: English | French | Portuguese
Evaluation Criteria
Frequently Asked Questions

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the World Bank Group/RUFORUM Strengthening Higher Agricultural Education in Africa (SHAEA)

September 21, 2018 0 comments

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Call for Proposals: Education Research in Africa Award (ERAA) 2018 for African Education Researchers.

by OFA September 20, 2018

written by OFA

Application Deadline: October 15, 2018 at 11:59 pm GMT

The third round of competition for the Education Research in Africa Award (ERAA) is now open.

Launched in 2012, the Award aims to promote high quality education research, produced by African universities, research centers and research networks. There are four award categories: (1) emerging educational researcher, (2) accomplished educational researcher, (3) outstanding mentor of educational researchers, and (4) enabling institutional environment for education research.

The research works of candidates can focus on a wide range of thematic areas, but the following will receive special attention: technical and vocational skills development (TVSD); early childhood development and education (ECDE); information and communication technology (ICT); science, technology and innovation (STI); gender issues; special education needs; teacher training and the teaching profession. This year the Award will also givespecial attention to education, training or capacity building works related to the African Development Bank’s five operational priorities known as High 5s: energy, food and agriculture, industrialization, continental integration and improving the quality of life for the people.

The terms and conditions of participation in the competition are available online. The organizing committee strongly encourages women to participate in the 2017/2018 Education Research in Africa Award.

Research on education is crucial for African education systems to function well. It provides decision-makers with the information they need to orient policy, conduct reform and enhance the quality, equity, relevance and efficiency of their education and training systems. Yet, education research in Africa remains limited and underused. Among the main factors explaining this, there are the inadequate institutional environment for education research and the persisting weak involvement of higher education in the policy-making process.

The objectives of the Education Research in Africa Award are:

Strengthening the link between education research and education policy-making and practice in Africa;
Encouraging and supporting Africa-based researchers and their institutions to produce and disseminate rigorous and relevant research that stimulates innovative policy-making for Africa;
Facilitating interaction between researchers and policy-makers in order to promote the systematic use of research findings in policy conceptualization, formulation, design, implementation and evaluation;
Facilitating the identification of strong researchers to provide content for the ADEA Knowledge Hub, one of the main pillars of the ADEA Strategic Plan 2018-2020.

ERAA ultimately seeks the institutionalization of a culture of quality research that contributes both to informed decision-making and to the effective implementation of promising reforms and practices

The Award is organized by the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) and the African Development Institute (ECAD) of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), with financial support from the Korea-Africa Economic Cooperation (KOAFEC).

For further information on ERAA, visit the website www.adeanet.org/eraa or contact Ms. Raky Gassama, Knowledge Management Officer, ADEA, e-mail: [email protected]

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Education Research in Africa Award

September 20, 2018 0 comments

World Bank Group Youth Summit 2015 Competition, Washington DC USA .

by lanredahunsi September 3, 2015

written by lanredahunsi

Application Deadline: 11:59 pm EST October 3^rd, 2015.

World Bank Group Youth Summit 2015: Crowd-Sourcing Solutions for Climate Change

November 16-17, 2015IFC Auditorium, Washington, DC

The World Bank Group Youth Summit 2015 invites young people from around the world to use their knowledge and creativity to crowdsource solutions for climate change that contribute to growth and development in developing and emerging countries.

This year the World Bank Group Youth Summit will focus on the following topic: If Not Us Then Who: Crowd-Sourcing Solutions for Climate Change. The event will gather exceptional future leaders to tell the story of climate change and inspire communities everywhere to take action.

The aim of the Youth Summit is to provide a platform for young people to act as change makers and help solve one of the world’s most complex challenges. The Youth Summit 2015 will feature a live competition in which selected young professionals will present their final competition proposals in front of a jury.

The competition will crowd-source: “Innovative ideas on how to mainstream climate change and achieve development needs in a specific World Bank Group client country.”

Participants must submit proposals that provide business or policy level ideas or a combination of both on how to tackle climate change impacts and achieve development needs in a specific country.

Eligibility:

The competition is open to individuals and teams of up to 5 people. Participates must be between the ages of 18 to 35 at the time of submission.

Submission:

Completed proposals must be submitted through the Youth Summit email account [email protected] with the subject line “WBG Youth Summit 2015 Climate Chnage Solutions Competition entry. All submissions must be received by 11:59PM EST on October 3rd, 2015. Each team or individual may only submit one proposal.

In order for your proposal to qualify it must:

Be between 2,000 – 3,000 words in length
Submitted in English
Submitted as one PDF, less than 10 MB
Include a filled out Youth Summit Title Sheet. Template available here

Selection and Judging:

Qualifying proposals will be submitted to an evaluation committee for further review and competition finalists will be notified mid-October via email.
Further, finalists will be invited to present their proposals in a live competition in front of an audience and a jury of field experts.
The jury will select the winning proposal which will be announced at the closing ceremony along with a People’s Choice Winner determined by the audience.
Prizes for the winning teams will vary based on how their proposal placed in the live competition.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the World Bank Group Youth Summit 2015 Competition

September 3, 2015 5 comments

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Call for Proposals: 2016 African Women’s Development Fund for Empowerment of African Women ( $UD5,000 to $USD 30.000).

by lanredahunsi August 17, 2015

written by lanredahunsi

Application Deadline: 11th September 2015.

The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) is a grant making foundation that supports local, national and regional organizations working towards the empowerment of African women and the achievement of gender equality on the continent.

The vision of AWDF is for women to live in a world where there is social justice, equality and respect for women’s human rights. To this end, the mission of AWDF is to mobilize and disburse financial, human and material resources to support positive transformation in Africa.

The AWDF is inviting applicants working on specified areas to put in applications for support. Applicants are to send in proposals with innovative but effective strategies to address issues relating to the specified focus areas under the various listed themes:

Themes:

To achieve its vision and mission, the African Women’s Development Fund provides grant and technical support to women’s groups and organizations in Africa working on issues in line with the following themes:

Eligibility Criteria

Applicant Organisation must have been in existence for at least 3 years
The organisation must be duly registered, at least with its local government structure
The organisation must be led by a woman and have a focus on Women’s Rights
The organisation must have the needed organizational structures
The organisation must have an appreciable financial management system
The organisation must be capable of reporting back on the outcomes of the project
The organisation must be highly recommended by a donor agency, a grantee or partner of AWDF or the local government office
The applying organisation must complete the necessary application forms

Grant Size :

Grants disbursed will be in the range of $5,000 to $30.000.

Geographical Scope

Applications from the following countries are specifically encouraged to apply;
Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia & Zimbabwe

How to apply

Interested organisations should send in their proposals to the AWDF secretariat in Accra, Ghana, using the required grant applications guidelines which include a financial management assessment form and an outcome form:

Application guidelines- Main grants

Financial-Management-Assessment-Guidelines-AWDF-Grant-Applications-20121

Framework for Measuring Outcomes

The African Women’s Development Fund

Office: Plot 78 Ambassadorial Enclave, East Legon

Post: P.M.B CT 89 Cantonments, Accra, Ghana

Email: [email protected]; [email protected]

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the African Women’s Development Fund

August 17, 2015 23 comments

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2015 Free Movement West Africa Non-State Actors (NSA) Funds: Call for Proposals

by lanredahunsi August 7, 2015

written by lanredahunsi

Application Deadline: August 15th 2015

The NSA Fund provides grants and capacity building services to Non-State actors (NSA) to scale up effective and comprehensive free movement and migrant assistance services, as well as to reinforce the cross-border cooperation.

The Fund was established to provide a coordinated support to NSAs and Local Authorities (LA) in West Africa, in line with the ECOWAS Common Approach of migration, the Vision 20-20 and the Draft Action Plan on Gender and Migration (2015-2020).

The FMM West Africa is calling proposals for the non-state actors fund 2015. The Non-State Actors Fund seeks to strengthen the capacities of NSAs and local public authorities to promote and protect the rights of migrants and to develop networks and cross-border cooperation projects.

The project ‘Support to Free Movement of Persons and Migration in West Africa (FMM West Africa) aims to boost the development potential of free movement and migration in West Africa.

The Fund will provide to the selected applicants capacity building activities in project development, implementation and monitoring and evaluation

Thematic areas:

Free Movement of Persons
Cross-border cooperation
Protection of migrants
Empowerment of migrant workers
Reintegration of returning migrant
Gender and migration

FMM West Africa is funded by the European Union and the ECOWAS Commission. It is implemented by the International Organisation for Migration, the International Centre for Migration Policy Development and the International Labour Organisation.

Eligibility Information – Non-governemental organisations (NGOs), economic and social partners, private sector, traders and transporters syndicates, medias, and migrants associations are eligible.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the 2015 Free Movement West Africa Non-State Actors (NSA) Funds

August 7, 2015 1 comment

Call for Proposals: 2015 Bloomberg Initiative To Reduce Tobacco Use Grants Program

by lanredahunsi June 24, 2015

written by lanredahunsi

Application Deadline: 24th July 2015

The Bloomberg Initiative (BI) Grants Program was started in 2006 to support projects that develop and deliver high-impact, evidence-based tobacco control interventions.

The BI Grants Program provides funding to government ministries and agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), civil society organizations, and universities in more than 60 countries.

The Bloomberg Initiative Global Initiative to reduce tobacco use in low- and middle-income countries was launched in 2006 with funds from Michael R. Bloomberg. A competitively awarded grants program is an important part of the Initiative. The grants program supports projects to develop and deliver high-impact evidence-based tobacco control interventions.

The grants program is managed by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) and the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.

Tobacco kills more than 14,000 people every day. Unless urgent action is taken, tobacco will kill 8 million people a year by 2030, 80 percent of them in developing countries.

To address this global public health crisis, Michael R. Bloomberg, philanthropist and mayor of New York City, launched a global initiative to fight tobacco use in low- and middle-income countries, where more than two-thirds of the world’s smokers live.

Requirements:

While applications are welcome from all low- and middle-income countries (as categorized by the World Bank), the Initiative places a priority on countries with the greatest number of tobacco users.
Approximately two-thirds of the world’s tobacco users live in fourteen countries: China, India, Indonesia, Russia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Mexico, Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt, Ukraine, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

Who can apply for a grant?

Governmental and non-governmental organizations based in eligible countries can apply for grants.

Governmental organizations include, but are not limited to, national Ministries, state/provincial authorities and affiliate offices.
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with relevant advocacy experience aimed at changing or implementing policies including but not limited to civil society organizations and educational institutions.
Applicants must be recognized legal entities capable of entering into contractual arrangements, receiving foreign funds and assuming legal and financial obligations.
NGO applicants cannot be the recipients of financial support from any tobacco product manufacturer or the parent, subsidiary or affiliate of a tobacco product manufacturer.

Funded Projects:

Proposals must focus on achieving policy change that will lead to substantial reductions in tobacco use.
The grants program gives priority to projects that lead to sustainable improvements in tobacco control laws, regulations, policies and programs at the national or sub-national level

Funding:

Proposals can be submitted for grants from US$50,000 up to a maximum amount of US$500,000. Short-term, one-year or two-year project proposals will be considered.

How to submit Idea:

Applicants should first submit a short “Project Idea” using the online system at: www.tobaccocontrolgrants.org.
Applicants may submit more than one Project Idea.
Duplicate proposals will be deemed ineligible.
The deadline for submitting Project Ideas is 12:00 hours, US Eastern Standard Time (GMT -5 hours) on Thursday, 24 July 2015 (to see what time that is in your country please check www.timeanddate.com).
Applications can be accepted only in English.

Apply Now for the Bloomberg Initiative To Reduce Tobacco Use Grants Program

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Bloomberg Initiative To Reduce Tobacco Use Grants Program

June 24, 2015 0 comments

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2013 Google Research Awards

by lanredahunsi August 2, 2013

written by lanredahunsi

Application Deadline: October 15 2013

Google Research Awards are one-year awards structured as unrestricted gifts to universities to support the work of world-class full-time faculty members at top universities around the world. Faculty members can apply for Research Awards by submitting a proposal to one of our two 2013 funding rounds. Our 2013 deadlines are April 15 and October 15.

Recipients are selected through a comprehensive internal review process and notified of their awards within 4 months of the initial submission. Faculty members can apply for up to 150,000 USD in eligible expenses, but actual award amounts are frequently less than the full amount requested.

Most awards are funded at the amount needed to support basic expenses for one graduate student for one year. Please see our FAQs for more details on eligibility and budgets.

The intent of the Google Research Awards is to support cutting-edge research in Computer Science, Engineering, and related fields. We ask applicants to categorize their proposals into one of the following broad research areas of interest to Google:

Economics and market algorithms
Geo/maps
Human-computer interaction
Information retrieval, extraction, and organization
Machine learning and data mining
Machine perception
Machine translation
Mobile
Natural language processing
Networking
Policy and standards
Privacy
Security
Social networks
Software engineering
Speech
Structured data and database management
Systems (hardware and software)

Each funded project will be assigned a Google sponsor. The role of the sponsor is to support the project by discussing research directions, engaging with professors and students, and overseeing collaboration between the project team and Google. We encourage Research Awards recipients to visit Google to give talks related to their work and meet with relevant research groups here. Through the Research Awards program, we try to fund projects where collaboration with Google will be especially valuable to the research team.

Applying for Google Research Awards

To apply for a Google research award, faculty members should use the following general guidelines for proposal submission. More details are available in our FAQs. We made significant updates to our policies and requirements in 2012. Please read the information below, as well as our FAQs, carefully.

Full-time faculty members from universities worldwide are eligible to serve as Principal Investigators (PIs) or co-PIs on Research Awards proposals. Faculty members may submit one proposal per funding cycle as a PI or a co-PI unless they received an award the previous round. In that case we ask that PIs wait until the following round to apply for funding again, whether or not the projects are related. More details, including the definition of a PI and our eligibility criteria can be found in our FAQs.
This advice on drafting a strong proposal, written by a group of Google researchers and engineers involved in the review and selection process, is an excellent place to start as you prepare an application for the Research Awards program.
The application process for the Research Awards includes filling out an online form requesting basic information and uploading a PDF proposal via the form. As part of the online form, you will be asked to select a topic area from among the 18 areas listed above. Please select carefully, as this will determine which of our review committees will review your proposal. We may, at our discretion, move proposals between areas. Please note that Google cannot accept any proposal containing confidential or proprietary information.
1. Proposal: the main proposal section is comprised of 4 parts: An overview, a proposal body, a data policy, and a budget. The maximum length of the entire proposal section, including references, is 3 pages. In addition to the 3-page proposal, we require a CV from the primary PI and allow the inclusion of CVs from co-PIs. The maximum length for each CV is 2 pages. For PIs (and co-PIs) who have been funded by Google in the past, in addition to the 4 parts listed above, we also require a brief (1/2 page maximum) summary of the results of past projects funded by Google. This section does not count toward the three-page proposal limit.
  1. Overview
    - Proposal Title
    - Principal Investigator (PI) full name, contact information (postal address, email address, phone), affiliation (university, school, college and/or department)
    - [Optional] The name(s) of up to two Google contacts. Contacts are defined as people at Google who are familiar with your professional work.
    - [Optional] The name(s) of up to two potential Google sponsors. Potential sponsors are defined as people at Google with whom you have already discussed the specific proposal. Providing contacts and potential sponsors as part of the appliction is optional; Google will assign sponsors to each funded proposal. Please see our FAQs for details on Google contacts and potential sponsors.
  2. Proposal body
    - Abstract
    - Research goals, including a problem statement
    - Description of the work you’d like to do, as well as the expected outcomes and results
    - How this relates to prior work in the area (including your own, if relevant)
    - References, where applicable
    - Please carefully review the advice provided by some of our reviewers before crafting your proposal
  3. Data policy
    - Google’s Research Awards program is designed to support work whose output will be made available to the public and to the research community. To that end, we ask that you provide us with a few sentences sharing what you intend to do with the output of your project (e.g. open sourcing code, making data sets public, etc). Please note that Research Awards are structured as unrestricted gifts, so there are no legal requirements once a project is selected for funding. This is simply a statement of your current intentions.
  4. Budget
    - The budget section should provide a breakdown in US dollars across major line items, such as student salary, student tuition, travel, and the cost of Android hardware where applicable. We prefer a short bulleted list of overall costs with basic explanations where needed. Please keep in mind that your budget counts towards the 3-page limit. Full-page budgets are not helpful to us.
    - Research Awards generally support basic expenses for one student for one year, so budgets are frequently reduced to this level of support. If two universities are involved, we may support one student at each school. Most awards are in the 40,000-70,000 USD range. The maximum amount a PI can request is 150,000 USD. Please see our FAQs for more details on eligible budget items.
    - If the your project will require on additional funding from another source (e.g. for specialized hardware), it may be helpful to note if you have already secured this funding.
    - Awards are structured as unrestricted gifts to universities, so Google has a strict policy against supporting overhead. Research Awards cover direct costs only. Indirect costs, administrative costs, and overhead are not considered eligible budget items.
  5. [For previously-funded PIs only] Results from past projects
    - If you have received Google funding in the past (in any form or through any program), we’d like a brief description of the outcomes of the work. We are most interested in concrete output (publications, software artifacts, data sets, awards, press, etc) and collaborations with Google (visits, talks, involvement with the Google sponsor, student interactions, etc). We require this information from all past funding recipients, even if the current application is unrelated to the project we previously funded. If you faced setbacks that prevented you from carrying out the work you initially laid out, please take a moment to explain what happened and how things turned out.
2. CV of the PI(s)
  1. The maximum length of a PI CV is two pages. Any submitted CV that is longer than 2 pages may be cut off at two pages before the proposal review process begins.
  2. We require a CV for at least the primary PI on the proposal. We will accept CVs from each of the PIs listed on the proposal (up to three are allowed). Each CV must be limited to two pages.
  Google will post a submission link by October 4th, 2013. Please carefully review all the instructions below, including our FAQs and proposal advice.
For More Information visit the Official Webpage of the Google Faculty Research Award

August 2, 2013 1 comment

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Call for Applications Call for Proposals

ILO-MTV search for good practices on youth employment.

by lanredahunsi August 1, 2013

written by lanredahunsi

Submission Deadline: 16 September 2013

The International Labour Organization and MTV have launched a campaign to promote good practices that support young people in accessing decent work. The campaign invites organizations implementing programmes on youth employment to submit their practices for a chance to promote them on MTV Agents of Change

Has your organization implemented a programme to support young people in accessing decent work? Do you want your practice to be recognized and widely disseminated?

This is your opportunity! The ILO Youth Employment Programme is launching a call for submissions of good practices that have proven effective in promoting decent work for young people.

All applications will be assessed based on 6 specific criteria: (i) relevance, (ii) effectiveness and impact, (iii) efficiency, (iv) sustainability, (iv) innovation, and (v) replicability.

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To improve the implementation and impact of youth employment practices, in order to create more and better jobs for young people.

The identification, through a call, of good practices that promote decent work for young people.

The evaluation of the practices that meet the requirements and selection criteria.

The visibility provided to the selected best practices in order to avoid duplication of efforts and as an opportunity to be replicated.

The recommendations developed by a group of experts on youth employment, which will help to strengthen and improve the impact of the practice.

An evaluation committee composed of experts and young specialists on youth employment will identify the good practices from the programmes submitted. The best good practices will receive prizes!

Top prize per region: 2000 USD + an online publication + a one-on-one interview with a youth employment expert. Three best practices will be featured in an MTV Agents of Change video.

The final deadline to submit proposals is in 16 September 2013.

For more information visit: www.youthpractices.org

August 1, 2013 0 comments

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The Open Society Foundations’ Youth Initiative proposals- $10,000 Grant for Curating NGOs.

by lanredahunsi April 24, 2013

written by lanredahunsi

The Open Society Foundations’ Youth Initiative requests proposals for up to $10,000 in funding to develop and curate thematic pages on the new global youth portal and community at youthpolicy.org.

The site aims to consolidate knowledge and information on youth policies across the international sector, ranging from analysis and formulation to implementation and evaluation.

Themes

Potential themes for website pages include, but are not limited to:

Participation and Citizenship
Activism and Volunteering
Children and Youth Rights
Global Drug Policy
Community Work
Research and Knowledge
Informal Learning
Environment and Sustainability
Multiculturalism and Minorities
Justice

You can find additional information about these and other potential youthpolicy themes here.

Context

Youthpolicy.org is a project by Demokratie & Dialog e.V. with initial support by the Open Society Foundations. More about youthpolicy.org.

Eligibility

Organizations seeking funding must be registered NGOs. Please note: grants will not be made to individuals or for-profit entities. Proposals should not exceed $10,000 or one year in length. All proposals must be submitted in English. To Apply, download the complete application guidelines below.

Deadline

Proposals will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Further info

Read through the comments on the previous call for curation.

Download the complete guidelines and application form: Call Curation Thematic Pages

April 24, 2013 3 comments

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Call for Proposals: West Africa Forum for Clean Energy Financing (WAFCEF) Business Plan Competition.

by lanredahunsi April 2, 2013

written by lanredahunsi

Application Deadline: April 30, 2013

The ECOWAS Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), the Climate Technology Initiative . Private Financing Advisory Network (CTI PFAN) and the Regional Clean Energy Investment Initiative (RCEII) of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), together with their West Africa CTI PFAN partners are inviting West African entrepreneurs with promising clean energy projects (renewable energy resources and energy efficiency) to enter into a Business Plan Competition – the West Africa Forum for Clean Energy Financing (WAFCEF).

WAFCEF is being promoted by ECREEE, CTI PFAN, RCEII together with the African Development Bank (AfDB) through its Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), Banque Oeste Africaine de Developpement (BOAD), and the African Biofuels and Renewable Energy Company (ABREC), which is affiliated with the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID).

The purpose of the Forum is to identify and nurture entrepreneurs, start-up companies and existing companies with promising clean energy projects by linking them with investors and financiers. West African businesses selected through the Business Plan Competition will receive free mentoring to help them polish their business plans, develop convincing investment pitches, and formulate a commercially, financially, socially and environmentally viable growth strategy that in turn will significantly enhance the possibility of obtaining financing.

WAFCEF will be held in Accra, Ghana over three days during the week of October 7, 2013, with final dates to be announced no later than July 1, 2013. At the Forum, five to ten (5-10) qualified projects will have the opportunity to present their Business Plans to invited investors and make a pitch for financing. As part of the competition, an Expert Panel including investors, industry specialists and business executives with a keen interest in enabling cleaner and greener projects in West Africa, will judge the Finalists’ presentations and select the top three (3) projects for the West African Clean Energy Financing Awards.

Prior to the Business Plan Competition Awards, all Investment Forum participants will be invited to attend a one-day Dialogue on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency which will provide an opportunity for dialogue with policymakers on policies, regulations and laws and investment in clean energy in West Africa.

ELIGIBILITY

Any entrepreneur or company actively operating and registered in

ECOWAS countries of West Africa including: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo may participate in the Business Plan Competition.

Foreign persons or companies with projects in West Africa are also eligible.

Clean Energy Focus of Projects

The project / business must promote or use clean energy technologies, products or services,

Clean Energy Technologies : Eligible for Business Plan Competition

Biomass
Biogas
Bio-fuels
Clean Transport
Distributed and Off-grid Generation
Energy Access
Energy Storage and Conservation
Energy Efficiency
Geothermal power and thermal energy
Hydroelectric power
Rural Electrification
Tidal /Wave /Ocean power
Solar power and thermal energy
Waste-to-Energy
Wind power

Project Size in the Competition

In principle, only business proposals that require total (initial) capital in excess of US$1 million (or any currency equivalent) but less than

US $50 million will be considered , although the WAFCEF organizers reserve the right to accept projects that do not fit within these guidelines if other features of the project are particularly exceptional.

Acceptable Proposals

Proposals eligible for the competition, may include, but are not limited to:

Greenfield andbrownfield utility projects and distributed generation projects;
New business ventures;
Deployment of an existing clean technology;
Commercialization of a new clean technology;
Merger, acquisition or joint venture that will add value to an existing clean energy business;
Other innovative proposals and business models focused on clean energy that have positive development impacts and result in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions.

Proposals must reasonably demonstrate that the project is commercially and technically viable.

Expert Panel

The Expert Panel will consist of five (5) judges that are clean energy industry experts, investors and financiers familiar with the local business environment.

Application Process and Deadline

All applications should be sent to investment [email protected] and [email protected]

The Application Package should contain three attachments including:

1. The completed Application Form (as a PDF file)

2. The Project Data Sheet (as an excel sheet),

3. The completed Project Proposal (as a PDF file),

Applications can be submitted in English,FrenchandPortuguese languages.

Questions may be sent to [email protected] before April 15.

All questions and answers will be posted on the ECREEE website as they are

received and no later than April 20. Individual communication with regard to the competition will not be answered.

More information is available at: www.ecreee.org and www.cti-pfan.net

All applications must be received by midnight (23:59 hours) GMT on April 30, 2013.

For More Information:

Download the WAFCEF Request For Proposal Brochure

April 2, 2013 1 comment

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South African International Music Mobility Fund.

by lanredahunsi March 26, 2013

written by lanredahunsi

First round Submission Deadline is 14 April 2013.
Second round is 31^st July 2013.

The South African International Music Mobility Fund (SAIMMF) is a joint one-year funding programme established by the SAMRO Foundation and the British Council. The SAIMMF offers opportunities for professional musicians and music industry professionals in South Africa to build links with artists, organisations and/or music professionals in South Africa’s neighboring countries and the UK. The programme is designed to support musicians and music professionals with an established practice in South Africa, but who have carried out little or no work internationally.

The objectives of the programme are to:

support professional relationship building between the music sectors across South Africa’s neighbouring countries and the UK
encourage the mobility of South African music and musicians
develop artistic and professional capacity
support ongoing creativity and innovation in South African music through new experiences.

The fund is designed to help musicians and music industry professionals build on already established domestic success and develop connections, markets and audiences in South Africa’s neighbouring countries and UK for their work.

The programme is open to individuals and organizations:

who have received recognition for their work in South Africa
who do not have extensive international experience
whose work will benefit from launching better international networks –either musically/creatively or in terms of developing an audience for their work
who can demonstrate an interest in their work from an overseas partner or host.

How much money can you ask for?

You may request up to ZAR 40,000. This amount must not exceed 80% of the total costs of the project. In exceptional cases, the grant may cover the entire eligible costs of the project if this is deemed essential to carry it out. If that is the case, the applicant must justify the request for full financing in the grant application form.

Who may request the grants?

Grants for individuals are available to: musicians, managers, promoters, producers, agents, groups (one member will need to take the lead and have the main responsibility for managing the application and any grant). All people participating in the project must be over 18 years old.

Grants for organisations are available to: music organisations and businesses (both for profit and non-profit), record labels, agencies, forums, associations, partnerships, local, regional and national organisations, groups of organisations (one will need to take the lead and have the main responsibility for managing the application and any grant).

In order to be eligible for a grant, you must:

be established in South Africa
be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the project, not acting as an intermediary.

The types of projects that may be financed are:

tours and concerts: performances; country and regional tours; participation at festivals and showcases, etc. (where you are able to demonstrate that such performances will develop your professional or creative practice)
collaborative projects: artistic collaborations between musicians in South Africa’s neighbouring countries or the UK
professional development projects/visits: for South African music industry professionals to build networks, and knowledge in neighbouring countries or the UK. Projects of this nature must directly lead to the development of live music.

Local partners: You will need to conduct your own research and have identified and communicated with a potential partner or host based in the country you wish to work in. The partner may be an individual or organisation and must be an established musician or music professional.

Your project must take place in one or more of the following countries: United Kingdom, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Swaziland, and Lesotho.

The following types of project are NOT ELIGIBLE

academic research projects
scholarships and fellowships for studies or training courses;
fund-raising events, such as charity galas;
projects supporting political parties or religious faith;
attendance at workshops or conferences
recording of albums
music education projects

The duration of your project may not be less than four days, nor exceed 6 months.

You may submit only one application per round under this Call for Proposals, but may only be awarded one grant under the two rounds of this Call for Proposals.

Items that the fund will cover are: travel and transportation; daily needs (per diems); material costs (hiring of backline and other music & sound equipment); accommodation; visa.

Items that the fund will not cover are: hiring of venues and other spaces; buying assets, such as equipment, computers, software and instruments; general running costs and overheads that are paid for by other income, including own funds of the applicant; costs that are already covered by other funding; ongoing overheads related to equipment or buildings, such as insurance and maintenance costs.

How do you apply?

You must complete the Application Form in English and submit it, including the mandatory attachments, to the address indicated below. The mandatory attachments of every application are:

Legal documentation of the applicant: ID/Passport copy for individuals and organisation representatives; deed of incorporation for organisation.
Letter from your international host confirming their support for your visit.
Evidence that you are a musician or music professional (such as press coverage, website links, evidence of prizes, public appearances or residencies, CV, etc.).
Budget (income and expenditure of the project).

Incomplete applications will not be assessed.

There are two funding rounds in this call, one in March-April and one in July:

The opening date for applications in the first round is 14 March 2013. The deadline for the submission of applications for the first round is 14 April 2013.
The opening date for applications in the second round is 1^st July 2013. The deadline for the submission of applications for the second round is 31^st July 2013.

Please submit your Application Form including the attachments to Naseema Yusuf ([email protected]) SAMRO Foundation, 20 De Korte Street, 4^th Floor, 2017, Braamfontein, Johannesburg.

Music Mobility Fund – Application Form

Music Mobility Fund – Call For Proposals

March 26, 2013 0 comments

Call for Applications Call for Proposals

FRIDA -The Young Feminist Fund ($5,000 Grant for Young Female Activists).

by lanredahunsi March 2, 2013

written by lanredahunsi

Applications Deadline: March 26 2013

Flexibility Resources Inclusivity Diversity Action (FRIDA)- The Young Feminist Fund is a new initiative that funds and strengthens the participation and leadership of young feminist activists globally.

FRIDA offers grants of up to $5,000 USD. They are general support grants to be used over a period of 12 months but are open to renewal.

FRIDA is committed to funding organizations and initiatives that are unlikely to be funded by more traditional funding sources. This may mean that traditional funding sources are either not interested in the particular area of work or that it is too radical for most conventional funding sources.

Who can apply?

Groups founded or led by young women or transgender youth (under 30 years) that are committed to:

Advancing and defending women’s rights from a feminist perspective*;
Improving the lives of young women/transgender youth at local, national, regional or international levels;
Inclusive organizing, collective action and feminist movement building
Groups, networks, or collectives based in the Global South (Africa, Asia and the Pacific, The Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean and Central, Southern, Eastern Europe and Caucuses and Central Asia).
Groups founded in the past 5 years (i.e. your group was formed between 2009 – 2013).

Priority will be given to:

Small, emerging grassroots groups, networks, or collectives with little or no access to funding from larger donors.
Groups, networks, or collectives that are working on emerging or issues that have not received prior funding.
Groups, networks, or collectives located in remote underserved areas.
Groups, networks, or collectives that are diverse in their membership and made up of and/or working with socially marginalized young women especially: refugees, ethnic, national and caste minorities, rural women, urban poor, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, women living with HIV/AIDS, sex workers, women with disabilities, women living in armed conflicts and post conflict zones.
Groups using creative and innovative strategies to further their activism (including art, music, culture, poetry, social media etc).What is NOT supported by FRIDA?
- Groups or organizations that display an intolerant attitude towards others on the basis of age, religion, sex, race/ethnicity, disability, class or sexual orientation.
- Organizations working with young women and transgender youth but led by individuals (over 30 years of age). We do not fund youth “programs” of existing organizations — we fund youth-led groups.
- Scholarships, internship or school fees (including Doctoral or other research)
- Groups with large government grants (and budgets over $25,000 USD)
- Proposals submitted by individuals, government institutions, political organizations or religious groups.
- Groups that focus only on the provision of direct services (e.g. community literacy, formal education, technical training, craft or health care etc).
- Groups that focus on income generating activities.
- Groups based in the Global North
Important things to remember…
- Before completing the application, please read the application guidelines to determine your eligibility. Also, you can review the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the FRIDA Website at http://youngfeministfund.org/grants-program/faqs/
- All applications must directly benefit young women and transgender youth in a culturally appropriate, sustainable, and gender inclusive manner and address issues central to women’s human rights.
- If you would like to see the kinds of groups FRIDA is currently supporting, please visit our website: http://youngfeministfund.org/grants-program/grantee-partners/
- You do not need to be a legally registered group to apply.
- You may submit your application in ONE of the following languages: English, French, Spanish, Russian and Arabic.
- Applications must be received by: Monday March 26^th 2013.
- You can submit only ONE proposal this funding cycle.
- If unsuccessful, you will be informed by email in May 2013. Funds will be distributed to grantee partners in July 2013.HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION
  In order to streamline the application process, FRIDA is currently accepting proposals online! We strongly recommend that you read through the complete application form before you submit online. This will help you prepare complete responses before you begin your online submission.If you think your group is eligible to apply for a grant from FRIDA, please see the application materials below:
  - ENGLISH: Click HERE to read the application form. To submit your application online: http://bit.ly/ZaHlnc
  - FRANÇAIS: Pour lire cette information dans Français et formulaire de demande. Pour soumettre votre formulaire de demande en ligne: http://bit.ly/VglYxa
  - ESPAÑOL: Para leer esta información en Español y formulario de solicitud. Para enviar su formulario de solicitud en línea: http://bit.ly/WJqLZ6
  - Русский Чтобы прочитать эту информацию на русском языке и форма заявки. Чтобы подать заявку на сайте: http://bit.ly/VaQPxB
  - العربية لقراءة هذه المعلومات باللغة العربية ونموذج الطلب. أن يقدم على الانترنت التطبيق: http://bit.ly/X5BtbQ
  You may also submit by:
  
  Fax/Mail
  FRIDA c/o The Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID)
  215 Spadina Avenue., Suite 150, Toronto, ON
  M5T 2C7
  Canada
  
  Fax: +416. 594. 0330
  
  NOTE: All applicants will receive a confirmation email indicating that we have received your proposal.
  
  For more information, please email: [email protected]

March 2, 2013 0 comments

Call for Applications Call for Proposals

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Literacy Courseware Challenge 2013.

by lanredahunsi February 28, 2013

written by lanredahunsi

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation seeks to invest up to $6 million in web-based courseware to support students in mastering the Common Core State Standards for literacy at the 4th–8th grade levels.

Our approach aims to entice publishers, developers, and entrepreneurs to propose the most innovative digital solutions for engaging, personalized software that helps students with reading and writing. Through an RFP process, we will make 20 to 30 awards in amounts of $25,000-$500,000.

Recipients of awards in the amount of $100,000-$500,000 will have the opportunity to pilot their products in order to participate in an independent evaluation of their product’s impact on student learning and receive feedback they can use to refine their solutions.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation invite you to explore the Challenge through the background information and submission requirements detailed in the Literacy Courseware Challenge Request for Proposal (RFP).

Application & Selection Timeline

February 4	Literacy Courseware Challenge RFP released
March 29	Completed proposals due by 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time (PT)
April	Proposals reviewed by external review panel and foundation review team
April 30	Finalists notified
May	Work with finalists to complete due diligence and organizational review, and finalize grant agreements
June	Grants awarded and announced when grant agreements are signed

How to Apply

Your proposal must include:

An Application Narrative (10 pages maximum), including a link to a 3-minute video
Documentation of your organization’s tax status and financials
Simple budget template
Outcomes and milestones chart (Appendix A)

Begin submitting a Literacy Courseware Challenge proposal.

More Information

Detailed information about the objectives, scope, eligibility criteria, and application process is provided in the Literacy Courseware Challenge RFP (PDF)
Frequently Asked Questions
Additional resources (academic research, tools for developers, and literacy specific resources)
Learn more about the Challenge in a one-hour webinar on February 14, 12-1 Pacific Time

February 28, 2013 0 comments

Call for Applications Call for Proposals Social Entrepreneurship

Japanese Award for Most Innovative Development Project. ($45,000 Grant for NGOs)

by lanredahunsi February 21, 2013

written by lanredahunsi

The Global Development Network (GDN) invites NGOs from developing and transition countries to submit Development Project Proposals for the Japanese Award for Most Innovative Development Project.

The Japanese Award for Most Innovative Development Project (MIDP) is a competitive grant program administered by the Global Development Network (GDN) and supported by the Ministry of Finance, Government of Japan.

The program invites proposals from projects supporting improved service delivery, in particular, for innovative approaches that may be scaled up through grant financing. The applying projects must be implementing activities with a high potential for development impact to exceptionally marginalized and disadvantaged groups located in developing and transition countries.

Since its inception in 2000, GDN has awarded roughly US$ 3.6 million in travel and grants to finalist and winners. Nearly 7,200 researchers and development practitioners from developing and transition countries have participated in this competition. Using GDN funding as a launch pad, many projects go on to scale up or replicate elsewhere.
The winning projects will receive grants worth US$ 45,000. Finalists will be invited to travel and present their proposals at GDN’s 14th Annual Global Development Conference in Manila, the Philippines from 19-21 June 2013. The award will be given to the organization whose project embodies an innovative approach to an important development need and holds the greatest promise for:
(i) responding directly to the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable, underserved groups to improve their lives;

(i) supporting initiatives that lead to developing sustainable outcomes through the scaling-up of the project.

The first prize winner will receive a grant of US$ 30,000. The second prize and third prize winners will receive a grant of US$ 10,000 and US$ 5,000 respectively. In addition, the World Bank-administered Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) team will review the suitability of
the proposal winning the First Prize for a much larger grant of up to US$ 200,000 under the auspices of the JSDF.
The last date for submitting the application for MIDP is March 11, 2013 (Indian Standard Time 6:00 PM). For details on ‘how to apply’ see below the relevant section.

COMPETITION RULES AND GUIDELINES:

Please review carefully. Any application that does not follow the below mentioned guidelines, will NOT be considered.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

• The MIDP Award is open to all development projects being implemented in low income countries and low middle income countries in Africa, Asia, Commonwealth of Independent States, Middle East, Latin America, the Caribbean, Pacific Islands, and the transition economies of Eastern Europe and Central Asia1.

• The project must be managed by a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) with its headquarters in a country in one of the above regions.

• The project implementation must have started before January 01, 2012.
• Applications concerning a recently started project or only a project idea or a feasibility or baseline study will not be considered.

• Applications for funding conferences and seminars (either in part or in full) will not be considered.

• Applicants from previous years (except winners) may re-apply, but they must update the application to include new aspects of the project.

• Past MIDP winners are not eligible to apply.

HOW TO APPLY
Follow the steps given below:

1. Download the proposal template by clicking here; fill it in and save it on your computer.

2. Prepare a document providing the profile of your organization and save it on your computer.

3. Logon to GDN’s Online Proposal Appraisal system (OPA) using the following internet link; http://opa.gdn.int and fill in the online application form for MIDP (i.e. Call for Proposal: CFP-1) and submit it. (On completion of this step, you
would receive an automated response from OPA via email (at the address that you provided in the application form) confirming successful submission of your application.

• All applications and documents must be submitted as electronic files at GDN’s Online Proposal Appraisal system – OPA (http://opa.gdn.int). Please note that GDN accepts applications only through OPA.

• All applications must be submitted only in the designated application template (Click here to download)
• If you are unable to submit your application through OPA, please contact us at [email protected], with the subject line: ‘MIDP – Application Request’.
• An organization can not submit more than one application.
• Submissions should not exceed 15 pages (excluding cover page and the table of contents page). Format should be in Times New Roman, 11-point font with single line spacing.
• Submissions must be in English language only.
• Incomplete applications will NOT be considered.

For More Information: Check the Most Innovative Development Project Application Guideline

February 21, 2013 3 comments

Call for Applications Call for Proposals Social Enterprise Social Entrepreneurship

Call for Proposals: The 2013 Rising Voices Microgrant Funding Opportunity for Citizen Media Outreach Projects. (USD2,500-4,000)

by lanredahunsi February 18, 2013

written by lanredahunsi

Application Deadline: March 1 2013

Do you have an idea for a project that would help your local community use citizen media to tell their own story? Do you need funding and support in making that idea become a reality?

Rising Voices is pleased to announce the launch of the 2013 Microgrants for Citizen Media Outreach Projects.

Since 2007, Rising Voices has sought to support individuals, grassroots groups, networks, and organizations committed to helping their local communities participate more fully in the digital online space. By providing funding and mentoring to small-scale projects around the world, Rising Voices has supported 35 citizen media outreach projects located in all corners of the globe.

These projects have helped local leaders bring new and underrepresented voices into the global digital conversation in order to tell their own stories or bring to light issues important to their own communities.

Beginning with the 2013 round of microgrant funding, Rising Voices has developed a new platform where applicants can publicly share their ideas with the broader community. This open process can enable greater opportunities to seek feedback and to help facilitate connections between groups located in the same geographic area or working around the same issue. We feel that this new way of sharing ideas will have a positive effect on the global community that shares the common goal of a more inclusive and diverse digital online space.

Once again, we will provide up to five microgrants in the amount of $USD 2,500-4,000 to successful applicants that have demonstrated a strong and clear idea how to best provide training and ongoing support to their local community members. Selected grantee projects will join the Rising Voices community of projects and be featured prominently across the Global Voices network.

GUIDELINES

Rising Voices seeks project proposals that share our mission of bringing voices from new communities, as well as underrepresented language groups to the online global conversation through the use of participatory citizen media. The project’s primary activities should be to provide citizen media training workshops to the target community, as well vital ongoing support and mentoring. Please see our roster of current and alumni grantee projects for examples of previously funded projects.

Examples of potential projects may include:

Organizing a citizen media “boot camp” with experienced local bloggers to train and mentor participants from underrepresented communities that will result in a local network of support.
Working with an indigenous community to teach and encourage new generations to begin to use Twitter to connect with others as a way to preserve and promote their native language online.
Partnering with a local library with a computer lab to invite community members to discuss local problems and solutions, and train them how to create a group blog to take these conversations to the wider community.
Organizing a series of digital photography group walks where residents can document life in their community together and create an online Flickr photography exhibit.
Teaching local residents to record and edit audio recordings on Audacity for a community podcast that can be uploaded online, as well as distributed to local radio stations for a wider reach.

Project ideas are not limited to these, and we encourage you to be creative, yet realistic in your proposals. See the Frequently Asked Questions for additional information.

To apply, please visit the “Submit a Proposal” page, where you will find short questions that will enable you to outline your project plans. Please note that there is a character-limit for each answer (not word-limit).

APPLICATION PROCESS

The competition will follow the following timeline process:

First Round – Applicants submit their initial proposal via the online platform. Once the proposal has been published, we invite applicants to share their proposal with their networks, as a way to solicit comments and input from others. Please note that there is an option for applicants to keep their proposal private if there are security concerns.

All of the proposals will be reviewed by a committee comprised of members from the Global Voices community, including past microgrant recipients.

Application deadline is Friday, March 1, 2013 at 23:59 GMT

Second Round – The selection committee will choose a shortlist of finalists, who will then be invited to submit a longer and more detailed proposal including budget, timeline, and additional detailed information. These finalists will also have the option to submit additional multi-media, such as a user-created video or photographs to help the committee make a final decision.

Winners will be announced by March 31 (subject to change based on the number of proposals to be reviewed).

February 18, 2013 0 comments

Call for Applications Call for Proposals

Call for Proposals: The Open Society Moving Walls Documentary Photography Exhibition.

by lanredahunsi February 14, 2013

written by lanredahunsi

Application Deadline: February 26, 2013.

Proposals Sought for Moving Walls Documentary Photography Exhibition Addressing Social Justice Issues

The Open Society Foundations invite photographers to submit a body of work for consideration in the Moving Walls 21 group exhibition, scheduled to open in New York in the fall 2013.

The Moving Walls exhibition series showcases documentary photography that highlights human rights and social issues that coincide with the Open Society Foundations’ mission. Moving Walls is exhibited at our offices in New York and Washington, D.C.

For participating photographers, a key benefit of the program is to gain exposure for their projects, as well as the social justice or human rights issues they address. In addition to a $2,500 honorarium, photographers receive their professionally produced exhibitions at the end of the exhibition tour in New York and Washington, D.C.

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February 14, 2013 0 comments

Call for Proposals

The-Donald-W.-Reynolds-Journalism-Institute,

by lanredahunsi February 5, 2013

written by lanredahunsi

The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute invites proposals from people who have innovative ideas to improve the practice or understanding of journalism. Because of the current acute financial challenges to supporting quality journalism, we are particularly interested this year in ideas on how to connect citizens with news and advertising more efficiently, to grow revenues, to engage communities or to ensure that the industry is taking full advantage of new and emerging technologies.

To help turn these ideas into useful new tools, strategies, products or services, the RJI offers an annual fellowship program that gives individuals an opportunity to help nurture and grow innovative ideas — to build their expertise and the public’s knowledge in these areas.

The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute inviting applications from individuals, inside and outside the media industries, who want to spend the next school year working with us developing new knowledge and new possibilities to enhance journalism practice. We generally select between four and seven fellows each year.

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Consider the opportunity to devote eight months to intense thinking, research and experimentation with a goal of advancing the practice of journalism in important ways. If that opportunity looks inviting,

There are two options:

1. RJI residential Fellow — Designed for persons, inside and outside media industries, who want to pursue solutions to journalism challenges or who have an idea that would explore new opportunities. Residential fellows spend eight months on the Missouri campus, taking advantage of the intellectual and technological resources of RJI and the University and interacting with Missouri faculty and students. Some examples include: Access to programmers and app developers, financial support to conduct market research, and hiring students to produce multi-media content.

Solutions, in the form of strategies, products or services, developed from these ideas would be shared with many news and news-related organizations. You must reside in Columbia for the duration of this fellowship.

WHO: Anyone over the age of 18.
WHEN: September 1, 2013.
HOW LONG: Eight months (two academic semesters).
HOW MUCH: Fellows receive a $10,000 monthly stipend, plus a one-time $10,000 housing allowance.
DEADLINE: Consideration of applications will begin February 15, 2013 (visit Fellowship FAQs for details).

2. RJI Non-residential Fellow — Designed for employees of a news, technology or related company who have ideas they can develop while continuing in their jobs. You must have permission from your company to join us. Your idea should also provide a direct benefit to your company and have a clear path to implementation. In addition, successful ideas, products or strategies should serve as a model for the industry. You do not need to live in Columbia, Mo., but will need to make occasional visits to consult with RJI leadership and staff.

WHO: Anyone currently working for a media, technology or related company.
WHEN: September 1, 2013.
HOW LONG: Eight months (two academic semesters).
HOW MUCH: Fellows receive a $20,000 stipend for the year, plus research and travel support.
DEADLINE: Consideration of applications will begin February 15, 2013 (visit Fellowship FAQs for details).

How to apply

It’s easy. In a Word document, answer the four questions below and give us some contact and other personal info. Send the document with a short cover e-mail to Roger Gafke, RJI’s selection committee chairman, at [email protected]. Your proposal will be judged by its potential for broad impact on the understanding and practice of journalism.

If you want more information, please visit www.rjionline.org.

The questions: (each answer should be 250 words or less)

Are you interested in a residential or non-residential fellowship?

Describe the idea you would like to pursue.

Outline some of the key issues you would need to tackle to bring your idea to fruition.

Tell us what a successful outcome of your fellowship would be.

In addition, please include the following information at the top of your document:

Name:
Address:
Phone:
Email:
Education:
Employer and/or related work experience:

February 5, 2013 0 comments

Call for Proposals Fellowships

2013 Persephone Miel Fellowship for media professionals outside the U.S.

by lanredahunsi January 23, 2013

written by lanredahunsi

Call for proposals to the Persephone Miel Fellowship for 2013 is now open. The deadline for applications is February 15, 2013.

The fellowship, overseen by the Pulitzer Center in collaboration with Internews, is designed to help media professionals outside of the United States do the kind of reporting they’ve always wanted to do and enable them to bring their work to a broader international audience. The fellowship will benefit those with limited access to other fellowships and those whose work is not routinely disseminated internationally.

See the announcement of the fellowship at the Internews ceremony in honor of Persephone in October 2010, as well as the work of the 2012 fellow, Anna Nemtsova, and the three 2011 fellows.

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January 23, 2013 0 comments

Call for Applications Call for Proposals Francophone Africa

Research Grant Competition on Urbanization and Development in Francophone Africa.

by lanredahunsi January 18, 2013

written by lanredahunsi

The Global Development Network’s (GDN) and the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs have issued a call for proposals for the Research Grant Competition on ‘Urbanization and Development: Delving Deeper into the Nexus-Francophone Africa Component.’

This research grant seeks to support systematic research that addresses fundamental issues on urbanization and development in Francophone Africa as well as provides opportunities for researchers from this region to engage in dialogue with other researchers and policy makers.

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January 18, 2013 0 comments

Call for Applications Call for Proposals

The United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women.

by lanredahunsi December 7, 2012

written by lanredahunsi

The UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UN Trust Fund) is a leading global grant-making mechanism exclusively dedicated to addressing
violence against women and girls in all its forms. It supports effective initiatives
that demonstrate that violence against women and girls can be systematically addressed, reduced and, with persistence, eliminated.

Each year, the UN Trust Fund launches and widely publicizes its Call for Proposals, soliciting applications focusing on addressing all forms of violence against women and girls. Ensuring that the core principles of an open, fair, transparent, competitive and merit-based process are maintained, the UN Trust Fund makes the Call for Proposals available in six languages, and solicits applications in English, French and Spanish. To date, the UN Trust Fund has delivered more than 86 million to 351 initiatives in 128 countries and territories.

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December 7, 2012 3 comments

Call for Proposals

Eligibility Criteria:

Submission requirements:

Target groups

Target groups

Apply

Application Documents:

IV. Guidelines for Submission:

Eligibility

Important Dates:

VIII. Submission:To submit your proposal, please fill in the following form:

ELIGIBILITY

FUNDING

SUBMISSIONS• Two work samples• A letter from your editor consenting to your participation and confirming that they will publish any story produced through the programme

How to apply

Applying for Google Research Awards

Google will post a submission link by October 4th, 2013. Please carefully review all the instructions below, including our FAQs and proposal advice.

Themes

Context

Eligibility

Deadline

Further info

Application & Selection Timeline

How to Apply

More Information

GUIDELINES

APPLICATION PROCESS

How to apply

VIII. Submission:
To submit your proposal, please fill in the following form:

SUBMISSIONS
• Two work samples
• A letter from your editor consenting to your participation and confirming that they will publish any story produced through the programme