Issue 14 | Volume 11 | April 6, 2023
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International Funding Opportunities Update
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Upcoming events of the
Community of Practice on Global Development
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Global Climate Change and Food Security
Thursday, April 6
3-5PM
MSU Kellogg Center
Connect with your colleagues across multiple disciplines to discuss Global Climate Change and Food Security, April 6, from 3:00 - 5:00 P.M. at the Kellogg Center. This workshop aims to bring people from different disciplines and experiences to leverage the investments in team building and seed grants to broaden impacts and strengthen teams, while identifying specific traditional and non-traditional funding organizations, individuals, and processes.
Featuring a series of flash talks followed by break-out sessions with reporting back to the larger group, this workshop works toward a goal of developing a focused effort toward a project and grant submission. Breakout groups will meet for an hour in regionally-organized groups: Southern/Eastern Africa; West/Central/North Africa; Middle East/South Asia/Central Asia; Far East Asia/Mekong Region; Central/South America; Eurasia/Eastern Europe.
Featured Speakers:
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Mariel Borgman, Community Food Systems Educator, Extension Community Food and Environment
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Sejuti Dasgupta, Assistant Professor, James Madison College
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Krista Isaacs, Assistant Professor, International Seed Systems, International agriculture, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
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Pang-Ning Tan, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
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David Tschirley, Professor, International Development, Department of Food, Agricultural, and Resource Economics
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Felicia Wu, John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor, Food Safety, Toxicology, and Risk Assessment, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
Register below, and for more information,
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This event is co-hosted by Global IDEAS, the Office of Research and Innovation
and the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
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Listed below are international funding opportunities identified in the past week. All other open opportunities may be accessed in a searchable database by clicking on the button to the right.
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Global IDEAS hosts the International Data Portal where you can learn about MSU's international presence. There is information about past international awards, educational programming, and MSU's international student body.
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The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to expand access to comprehensive, coordinated, and person-centered care for people with Long COVID, particularly underserved, rural, vulnerable, or minority populations that are disproportionately impacted by the effects of Long COVID.
This NOFO will fund up to nine multidisciplinary Long COVID clinics to:
- develop and implement new or improved care delivery models,
- provide services to more people with Long COVID,
- expand services offered,
- strengthen care coordination,
- implement and share best practices for Long COVID management,
- support the primary care community in Long COVID education and management,
- evaluate project success, and
- disseminate project findings.
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Award size: up to $1M per year for up to 5 years
Letters of intent due: May 5, 2023
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The Scientific Exchange Program (SEP) leverages the latest developments in cross-cutting agricultural priorities, research, and technologies to educate a new generation of agricultural scientist to promote trade, trade policy, trade capacity building, and food security. The collaborative nature of the SEP leadership training and research programs improves agricultural productivity, systems, and processes in partnering emerging market economies through the transfer of new science and agricultural technologies. USDA may also use the program as a market development tool to assist in opening markets and decreasing or eliminating trade barriers in low to middle income countries, which ultimately increases and creates new trade opportunities for U.S. agricultural exports.
SEP focuses on a cohort of fellows who spend up to 12 weeks at the U.S. academic institution (host institution) and work directly with U.S. scientists in their fields. SEP fellow(s) hold a minimum of a Master’s-level degree, in the early or middle stage of their career, and represent a university, government agency, or research entity in their home country. Mentors coordinate the training program in the United States. Upon the Fellow's return home, the mentor travels to the Fellows country to follow-up.
Objectives for Track 1-For fiscal year 2023, USDA is seeking applications that focus on research related to increase access to high quality animal feed and innovative techniques leading to improved efficiency of fertilizers among African smallholder farmers. The animal feed sector in Africa remains underdeveloped. High quality, available animal feed plays a vital role in improving animal health and welfare, which directly impacts the production of safe products of animal origin and overall food security.
USDA/FAS is seeking applications that focus on training and empowering fellows from low to middle income economies in Africa. USDA/FAS envisions multiple fellows on each award to participate as a cohesive geographical cohort who will spend up to 12 weeks at the U.S. academic institution (host institution), rather than at individual times, and applicants should prepare their approach accordingly. The cohort may comprise of fellows with a policy governance, and research and technical expertise background. Additionally, the award will provide a platform for fellows of the same cohort to share ideas and foster collaboration to lead to better regional and intraregional coordination on animal feed and fertilizer innovation.
Objectives for Track 2-For FY 2023, USDA is seeking applications submissions for supporting fellows and relevant mentors to attend the 2023 World Food Prize. The World Food Prize recognizes contributions in any field involved in improving the world food supply, including food and agriculture science and technology, manufacturing, marketing, nutrition, economics, poverty alleviation, political leadership, and the social sciences.
The World Food Prize emphasizes the importance of a nutritious and sustainable food supply for all people. Held each October in conjunction with the presentation of the World Food Prize, the "Borlaug Dialogue," is a three-day symposium that brings together international experts, policy leaders, business executives and farmers to address cutting-edge issues in global food security and nutrition. USDA/FAS is seeking applications interested in collaborating with FAS Global Programs, Fellowship Programs staff members to manage travel arrangements and workshops adjacent to the annual World Food Prize Borlaug Dialogue for approximately 30 fellows and their mentors.
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Award size: up to $260,000
Deadline: May 31, 2023
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Climate, Water, Environment, & Energy
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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking applications for a Cooperative Agreement from qualified entities to implement the “Project Paysages Résilients – Sud” program. The purpose of the Projet Paysages Résilients - Sud (PPR-Sud) Activity (or the “Activity”) is to increase community, landscape, and climate resilience in the Southern Resilience Focus Zone (RFZ)1 by protecting and restoring ecosystem services on degraded highlands, using an integrated landscape management approach.
Building on the foundation of decades of watershed management in Haiti, the Activity will hone in on key strategic sub-watersheds in the South Department, presenting shared restoration interests, as well as ecological and socio-economic benefits, for upstream/downstream communities and local decision-makers.
Priority Topics:
- Haiti Biodiversity and Tropical Forest
- Agroforestry and landscape restoration
- Post-disaster needs
- International principles and standards
- Livestock and environment
- Climate services to support adaptation and livelihoods
- Climate smart agriculture and landscape restoration
- Sustainable soil management for climate benefits
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Award size: up to $15M
Deadline: April 25, 2023
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The Rapid Ocean Conservation (ROC) Grants Program is a project of the Waitt Foundation. Grants will fund projects related to the Waitt Foundation mission of supporting sustainable fishing and marine protected areas (MPAs). ROC Grants provide small grants with a quick turnaround time for solutions to emerging conservation issues and ocean protection. This complements the Waitt Foundation’s existing major grants program and is responsive to conservation opportunities, supports higher-risk ideas at a low financial cost, and engages with small, local NGOs on a global scale.
This includes sub-themes of:
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Scientific Research-Includes natural science or social science projects. For example, collecting baseline data before coastal development or MPA establishment, or studying fishery effects of a natural (e.g. tsunami) or man-made (e.g. oil spill) disaster.
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Policy– Includes opportunistic projects around unique public policy windows, such as preparation of policy analysis and support of experts’ efforts to inform decision-makers on upcoming government actions. For example, a cost-benefit analysis of proposed fishing regulations, or travel expenses for a delegation of scientists to educate elected officials.
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Management– Includes enforcement and infrastructure support. For example, stop-gap funding to increase enforcement capacity in light of a sudden uptick in illegal dynamite fishing, or training personnel to enforce new regulations about to go into effect.
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Communications– Includes raising public awareness and engaging stakeholders, including advertising by a 501(c) 3 group around a public policy moment. For example, a PR blitz (e.g. billboards or radio adds) to educate the public in advance of government action on an ocean conservation measure, or training local people to become citizen scientists or enforcement tipsters.
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Award size: up to $20,000
Deadline: Applications are reviewed on a monthly basis
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This NOFO calls for multidisciplinary observational, intervention, and/or implementation research to understand and address impacts of climate change across the cancer control continuum. Research with consideration for populations that experience cancer health disparities and who are likely to experience a disproportionate burden of effects from a changing climate, is encouraged.
Applicants should address how climate change is affecting:
- cancer risks and carcinogenic exposures;
- cancer prevention behaviors such as dietary intake, physical activity, and ultraviolet radiation exposure; or
- disruptions to healthcare systems and cancer care management.
Research applications must include collaboration with a researcher with climate change expertise and are encouraged to integrate multiple disciplines because the direct and indirect impacts of climate change on cancer-related outcomes are complex, synergistic, and multilevel.
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Award size: varies with proposal
Letters of intent due: May 5, 2023
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This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) aims to support innovative research using the R21 grant mechanism relevant to advancing the understanding of the effects of climate change on cancer risks, control, and survivorship, and ways to prevent or mitigate negative health effects. This includes, but is not limited to (i) understanding the impact of climate-related environmental changes on cancer risks, control, and health behaviors; (ii) mitigating the impacts of climate-related cancer care delivery disruptions; (iii) developing and testing behavioral interventions that reduce cancer risks and improve environmental health; and (iv) investigating and reducing health inequities resulting from direct and/or indirect effects of climate change across the cancer control continuum.
Research topics of specific interest include, but are not limited to the following:
- Assess the impact of climate change-related environmental changes on cancer risk and cancer outcomes, including carcinogenic exposures and vector-borne diseases.
- Understand and address the susceptibility of cancer survivors to direct and/or indirect climate change effects, such as the spread of vector-borne disease, disruptions in care, and factors that can impact cancer recurrence and/or potential latent effects among childhood cancer survivors.
- Model the magnitude of the impacts of climate change on cancer-related risk factors and health behaviors (e.g. geospatial data linkages).
- Identify and/or characterize communities particularly vulnerable to increased environmental exposures and cancer risk due to climate change-related events and develop interventions to mitigate the impact of social determinants related to climate change and cancer risk.
- Develop and test strategies to enhance the equitable adoption, implementation, and sustainability of evidence-based mitigation or adaptation efforts that reduce the burden of climate change on cancer outcomes.
- Improve understanding of the behavioral, social, and psychological factors that underlie cancer preventive health behaviors implicated in climate change in order to develop approaches to target health behaviors related to both cancer and climate change (e.g., promoting plant-based diets, active transportation).
- Identify, develop, and test behavioral interventions at multiple levels (from the individual to systems-level) to facilitate behavioral strategies and policies that reduce climate change and promote climate-resilient and adaptive health behaviors.
- Determine factors (e.g., staffing, infrastructure, technology, supply chains, processes of care) that influence the resiliency of healthcare organizations and their ability to prepare and respond to climate-related events to prevent disruption of cancer care across the cancer control continuum.
- Identify, develop, and test strategies to enhance health care system climate-resilience and capacity to deliver high-quality, equitable cancer care, particularly in the face of multiple or compounding climate-related events.
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Award size: $275,000 over two years
Letters of intent due: May 16, 2023
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ASTMH accepts applications from physicians and scientists for this international career opportunity focused on benefiting underserved populations in locations in the world where the burden of disease is high. The recipient will receive $25,000 in support for a six-month research experience in the tropics.
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Award size: up to $25,000
Application portal opens June 1, 2023
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The CDC seeks to support partners in developing and implementing critical activities to enhance the nation’s ability to rapidly mobilize, surge, and respond to public health emergencies globally. The purpose of this NOFO is to increase coordination and support rapid response efforts to mitigate the adverse effects of public health emergencies.
The NOFO will focus on:
- increasing health protection, health equity, and health information;
- preventing and mitigating public health emergencies; and
- efficiently responding to public health emergencies and strengthening early recovery programs.
This NOFO is intended to:
- create a consortium of humanitarian response partners and
- establish a roster of organizations that would be pre-identified and pre-approved for rapid funding by CDC for public health emergencies of such magnitude, complexity, or significance that it would have an overwhelming impact upon, and exceed resources available to, the jurisdiction.
This NOFO will establish an ABU list of applicants, eligible for funding for Components 1-7 when funding is made available.
This NOFO builds upon the activities previously implemented under CDC-RFA-GH16-1719: Global Health Security Partner Engagement: Expanding Efforts and Strategies to Protect and Improve Public Health Globally which was funded from 2017 through 2022. That NOFO facilitated accomplishments such as the emergency response to Cholera in Yemen, multiple Ebola responses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Venezuelan displacement response, and global COVID-19 response work. Furthermore, partners were continuously engaged in the emergency response activities during the period of performance of the prior NOFO.
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Award size: up to $25M
Deadline: June 6, 2023
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NIMH seeks applications to support the development and pilot testing of outcomes-focused access and quality metrics in global mental health services research that could be reviewed, approved, and implemented by the relevant regulatory or governing domestic bodies of the country or countries where the research takes place. NIMH is interested in studies that take a theory-driven, empirical, and culturally appropriate approach to developing and testing measures utilizing real-world data.
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) aims to advance the development of novel and innovative research to assess outcomes mediated through changes in access to mental health care and quality of care across programs or clinical settings. This NOFO aims to support research that contributes to the long-term goals of strengthening the sustainable research capacity in LMICs. All projects must describe the extent of researchers’ involvement in LMICs and propose a research capacity-building component.
Applications are expected to describe a plan and activities that may include but are not limited to:
- Engaging students and early investigators from the partner country institutions in bilateral training and exchanging knowledge on topics relevant to the research project.
- Providing opportunities for obtaining relevant qualifications and expertise in research (e.g., Master’s and Ph.D. degrees).
- Developing and disseminating implementation science programs to support the development of future studies.
- Training in writing and submitting grants to NIH, written and publishing manuscripts.
- Professional development in grants administration to foster proficiency in the management of scientific and administrative aspects of the grant.
- Contributing to informing and disseminating common measures/data elements, evidence-based treatment, prevention, and health system policies where the study is taking place.
- Making efficient use of local/regional oversight bodies such as International Review Boards (IRB) and Data and Safety Monitoring Boards (DSMBs)
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Award size: $225,000 per year ($450,000 over the 3-year period)
Letters of intent due: September 18, 2023
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Develop Innovative Research Through International Collaboration. Through the Distinguished International Scientist Collaboration Program, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) seeks to enhance international collaborative research on drug abuse and drug-related consequences.
Through the competitive Distinguished International Scientist Collaboration Awards (DISCA) and the Distinguished International Scientist Collaboration Awards for U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents (USDISCA) senior researchers from other countries and NIDA-funded senior researchers apply to work together in the most suitable locale for their joint research.
The Program allows participants to choose the travel option that works best for their research. If the project would best be conducted outside the United States, NIDA grantees should apply for a USDISCA award to visit their partner's home country. If the project would best be conducted in the United States, international drug abuse researchers should apply for a DISCA award to visit their U.S. partners.
Successful candidates will be highly qualified researchers, and priority will be given to new collaborations. Applicants must propose an innovative collaboration that can produce outcomes—such as a new investigative finding, scientific publication, or research grant proposal—and that falls within the NIDA research mission. DISCA and USDISCA awards provide a research exchange visit lasting at least 4 weeks, depending upon the project requirements.
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Award size: up to $8,000
Deadline: Applications accepted at any time
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The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) announces a Request for Statements of Interest (RSOI) from organizations interested in submitting Statements of Interest (SOI) for locally led programs that support DRL’s goal to protect and promote respect for internationally recognized human rights and advance democracy in the Western Hemisphere. SOIs should outline detailed plans for locally led civil society initiatives in DRL priority countries including Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.
SOIs need to advance one or more of the following objectives:
Objective 1: Bolster victim-centered approaches to justice and accountability for human rights abuses and corruption. Activities under this objective might include legal assistance and support to political prisoners; documentation of human rights violations for domestic, regional, and international advocacy; development of human rights or corruption cases for international accountability mechanisms; among others.
Objective 2: Strengthen democratic values, practices, and institutions. Activities under this objective might include locally led initiatives to support civic engagement among youth and/or underrepresented populations; community level activities to implement locally identified solutions to issues of public interest; investigative journalism to inform citizens on issues of public interest; civil society led advocacy to improve representation in policymaking processes; among others.
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Award size: $100,000 up to $500,000
Letters of interest due: May 15, 2023
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The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) announces an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for projects that support the resiliency, diversity, and efficacy of Burma’s pro-democracy movement in advancing fundamental freedoms and human rights.
DRL seeks a program that applies a flexible and responsive approach to empower civil society and human rights defenders to respond to evolving needs and opportunities to advance fundamental freedoms and human rights in post-coup Burma. A competitive project will demonstrate substantial understanding of the shifting opportunities and challenges to protect civic space, human rights, and fundamental freedoms in Burma, as well as demonstrate flexibility by discussing how proposed activities could adapt to changing political conditions.
The project should include a strong locally led approach that is designed and directed to address the needs and priorities of grassroots civil society and human rights defenders in Burma. The project should prioritize working with a variety of local actors in program activities, including religious and ethnic minority groups, grassroots community leaders, youth and students, women, and marginalized and underserved communities.
The project should achieve the following objectives:
- Improve the resiliency of civil society and human rights defenders to operate securely and strategically to protect civic space and advance fundamental freedoms and human rights in Burma;
- Strengthen collaboration and mutual aid between and among pre-existing civil society and human rights defender networks to pursue collective advocacy and nonviolent tactics to advance the broader democratic movement in Burma.
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Award size: $987,654
Deadline: May 31, 2023
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The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) announces an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for projects that strengthen opposition governance actors’ ability to design policies that are responsive to the needs of local communities, promote democratic norms, and protect fundamental freedoms.
DRL invites organizations to submit applications for programs that strengthen Burma’s opposition governance actors’ ability to design and enact policies that are responsive to the needs of local communities, inclusive of minority groups, and respect and protect fundamental freedoms and human rights. Applicants are highly encouraged to design programs that support subnational governance structures in multiple locations and include opportunities for these groups to share best practices and lessons learned and strengthen cohesion within Burma’s pro-democracy movement at the subnational level. Applicants must clearly articulate their ability to carry out activities safely and effectively and are encouraged to demonstrate existing capacity and experience in implementing similar activities in the post-coup environment.
The program should be designed to achieve the following objectives:
- Opposition governance actors develop and enact inclusive and rights-respecting policies, representing the views of the communities they represent; and
- Community members, including women, youth, and ethnic and religious minority groups, have the advocacy skills, access, and opportunities to participate in local governance.
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Award size: $1M up to $1,728,395
Deadline: May 31, 2023
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U.S. Embassy Guatemala’s Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce funding now available through its Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program. This Annual Program Statement outlines our funding priorities, the strategic themes on which we focus, and procedures for submitting funding requests. All proposed activities must take place in Guatemala. Virtual and/or hybrid programs that focus on Guatemalan audiences may also be considered.
Proposed activities must support one or more of the following Embassy goals:
- Reduce irregular migration to the United States
- Expand good governance
- Improve citizen prosperity
- Increase citizen security
- Improve export and investment opportunities for U.S. firms
Priority consideration will be given to those which specifically address one or more of the following themes:
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Climate change and environmental sustainability. The U.S. Government is committed to climate change mitigation and education. We welcome proposals that seek to educate and increase awareness of the problems and challenges around the issues of climate change and environmental sustainability and that promote solutions or alternatives.
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Empowerment of Guatemalan women and/or girls. The U.S. Government is committed to diversity and social inclusion and to promoting gender equity. We welcome proposals that seek to educate and/or increase civic engagement and participation by Guatemalan women or girls, especially from indigenous communities and/or rural/non-urban areas of the country and/or areas marked by high rates of irregular migration.
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Empowering and connecting diverse Guatemalan communities. The U.S. Government is committed to ensuring that U.S. government programs and exchanges are inclusive of Guatemalans of all backgrounds, including original communities, Garifuna communities, and members of the LGBTQ+ community, or Guatemalans with disabilities. We welcome proposals that offer ways to include and promote the participation of all Guatemalans.
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Media freedom. The U.S. Government is committed to media freedom at home and around the world; a free and independent press holds leaders accountable, protects the rights of citizens, and ensures our communities are well informed. We welcome proposals that seek to explore issues around media freedom and its importance to a functional democracy, as well as those that promote community-based reporting or expanded press opportunities for junior journalists. We also welcome proposals that seek to create synergies or exchanges between U.S. and Guatemalan news agencies to improve elections reporting and the exposure of disinformation.
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Award size: $2,000 up to $25,000
Deadline: August 14, 2023
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Migration & Human Trafficking
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The summary conclusions from the 2021 Global Roundtable on Protection and Solutions for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, and Queer People Forced Displacement noted that displaced and stateless LGBTQI+ persons remain significantly under-identified and under-documented in humanitarian response efforts. Specific recommendations were made to invest in further research to identify best practices and develop guidelines on working with displaced and stateless LGBTQI+ persons, as well as to undertake research on the intersection of health and forced displacement of LGBTQI+ persons and safer data collection methods.
The Bureau of Population Refugees and and Migration (PRM) intends to use the resulting research from this notice of funding opportunity to better inform humanitarian assistance policies and responses. Additionally, the results of this research will inform training for PRM staff and partners on best practices when interacting with displaced LGBTQI+ persons.
PRM supports humanitarian research in order to:
- promote evidence-based decision making on priority protection, assistance, and durable solution challenges;
- enhance knowledge and develop guidance and tools to improve the performance of the Bureau and its partners; and
- disseminate and encourage the use of research findings and recommendations, guidance, and tools by other humanitarian stakeholders.
Research is instrumental in helping the Bureau and its partners adapt programs and policy engagement to emerging challenges and priorities, including through the development of tools, operational guidance, and best practices.
This announcement is designed to accompany PRM’s General NGO Guidelines, which contain additional information on PRM’s priorities and NGO funding strategy with which selected organizations must comply. Please use both the General NGO Guidelines and this announcement to ensure that your submission is in full compliance with PRM requirements and that the proposed activities are in line with PRM’s priorities. Submissions that do not reflect the requirements outlined in these guidelines will not be considered.
Proposals must respond to at least one of the following research questions regarding Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer and Intersex + (LGBTQI+) Persons:
- What are best practices for the ethical, safe, and confidential collection, management, and reporting of data on displaced LGBTQI+ persons?
- What are the experiences and needs of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual (LGB) women, trans-men, and intersex persons in situations of displacement and in humanitarian contexts, and what are best practices for reaching and assisting them?
- What is the intersectionality between the health (including mental health) needs of LGBTQI+ persons and displacement?
- What are best practices for assistance to meet these health needs?
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Award size: $100,000 up to $300,000
Deadline: May 29, 2023
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The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) announces an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for projects that support youth civic engagement and empowerment in Serbia.
Russia’s malign influence and disinformation narratives are spurring ultra-nationalist movements that move the country farther from EU accession and democratic progress while PRC investment drives corruption, exploits labor markets, and circumvents environmental safeguards championed by Serbia’s citizens. State capture by a single party and stagnant democratic progress have led to an apathetic public that struggles to effectively use democratic levers. Dwindling civic education has more acutely exacerbated this trend among youth. This project aims to revitalize public confidence in democratic tools and institutions through youth engagement with public processes.
DRL’s goal is for youth populations in Serbia to constructively engage with their communities and public institutions to realize rule of law, good governance, and other human rights goals in order to effectively limit the impact of malign influence. Project objectives should seek to empower young people, including those from marginalized populations (religious and ethnic minorities, youth with disabilities, LGBTQI+, etc.) to become agents of positive social change within their own communities and increase the number of young people who engage effectively in non-partisan civic activities.
Project activities targeting youth may include:
- engaging youth in education on democracy, human rights, and democratic dialogue;
- developing their leadership skills;
- raising their awareness of transparency and accountability in democratic governance;
- strengthening their understanding of policy development, communications, advocacy, strategic planning, and
- building intersectional and inclusive movements and coalitions.
Activities may also include small grants to youth-led or youth-focused organizations to promote meaningful engagement in decision-making processes and implementation of policies that positively impact youth and their communities. Project outcomes should enable youth participation and engagement with community actors, stakeholders, and political processes; and youth mobilization in collective action opportunities.
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Award size: $800,000
Deadline: April 26, 2023
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The 'Einstein Foundation Award for Promoting Quality in Research - In Cooperation with the BIH QUEST Center for Responsible Research' aims to provide recognition and publicity for outstanding efforts that enhance the rigor, reliability, robustness, and transparency of research in the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities, and stimulate awareness and activities fostering research quality among scientists, institutions, funders, and politicians. To acknowledge the outstanding role early career researchers (ECRs) have in promoting research quality, ECRs will be invited to propose projects that foster research quality and value. Projects will be competitively selected for funding and internationally showcased.
The Einstein Foundation Award honors individual researchers from all fields, as well as collaborations, institutions, and organizations (NGO or governmental), that:
- have made substantial contributions to fostering research integrity through outstanding measures that increase the quality and reliability of research, e.g. by improving transparency, access to research results (‘Open Science’), overcoming the fragmentation of research (‘Team science’);
- have developed and/or implemented quality-improving interventions, governance and policies;
- have delivered groundbreaking research on research to identify opportunities for improving research practice, have generated evidence for potential interventions, and have developed metrics and policies that incentivize the adoption of best possible research practices;
- have developed innovative approaches that foster research on research integrity, have conducted and designed novel measures or programs preventing misconduct and safeguarding validity and reliability in science and research;
- have identified and addressed systemic factors leading to improved research integrity and more responsible research;
- have performed or supported studies on the reproducibility of scientific results;
- have made a significant contribution to the teaching of good research practice;
- have identified research standards and incentives that directly or indirectly constrain the quality of research (e.g. reliance on purely quantitative output measures) and have designed more adequate means to assess the quality of research and researchers;
- have demonstrated exceptional integrity when facing difficult circumstances and/or conflicts of interest;
- have significantly contributed to increasing the diversity of research by taking into view aspects such as gender, race/ethnicity, geography, career stage, etc.;
- guarantee the long-term archiving of data and publication (generation-spanning archives);
- or that seek to make such developments and/or contributions in the future.
The Einstein Foundation will honor successful candidates in the following three categories:
- Individual Award
- Institutional Award
- Early Career Award
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Award size varies with category: Individual (€200,000); Institutional (€200,000); Early career (€100,000)
Deadline: April 30, 2023
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PD Embassy Mexico invites proposals for programs that strengthen cultural ties between the U.S. and Mexico through cultural, economic, educational, professional, and exchange programming that highlights shared values and promotes bilateral cooperation. All programs must include a U.S. cultural element, or connection with U.S. expert/s, organization/s, or institution/s in a specific field that will promote increased understanding of U.S. policy and perspectives.
Priority Program Areas:
- Economic Development
- Workforce Development
- Academic Exchanges & Education
- Migration
- Security & Human Rights
- Climate Change Resiliency
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Award size: $10,000 up to $100,000
Deadline: May 15, 2023
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The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a project to Improving Response to Sexual Violence in Moldova through Sexual Assault Response Teams (SARTs).
The purpose of the project is to support the Government of Moldova’s (GoM’s) efforts to establish a multidisciplinary group composed of agencies and organizations that provide services to sexual assault victims that will provide a coordinated response to sexual assault at the community level while effectively responding to victim’s needs. These actions will ensure sexual assault victims’ access to justice through a coordinated, systemic response that applies Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) best practices while building capacity for targeted law enforcement officials and the judiciary.
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Award size: $250,000 up to $350,000
Deadline: May 31, 2023
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The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) announces an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for projects that strengthen the resilience and capacity of independent media and citizen journalists in Burma to securely disseminate information to Burmese audiences and stakeholders that allows decision-makers and citizens to have informed debates on the country’s future.
The program should be designed to achieve the following objective:
- Burmese citizens have increased access to timely, quality information on conflict and political developments in Burma that supports informed analysis and debates on the country’s future.
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Award size: $1,234,567
Deadline: May 31, 2023
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The Open Technology Fund (OTF) is an independent non-profit organization committed to advancing global Internet freedom. OTF supports projects focused on counteracting repressive censorship and surveillance, enabling citizens worldwide to exercise their fundamental human rights online.
Through the research, development, implementation, and sustainability of technologies that facilitate the free flow of information, increase at-risk users’ digital security, and enable free expression, the OTF community is working to shape the Internet as a platform that fosters unimpeded connection and collaboration - facilitating positive social progress and reinforcing core democratic values.
OTF aims to support technologists and activists bring to life ideas that advance inclusive and safe access to global communications networks, counteract censorship and surveillance, and mitigate digital security threats to Internet freedom specifically for at-risk-users, journalists, human rights defenders, civil society activists and others living in repressive environments.
We are looking for projects in the following subject areas:
- Technology Development
- Applied Research
- Digital Security
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Award size: $10,000 up to $900,000 (most supported efforts receive between $50,000 and $200,000)
Deadline: Applications accepted on a rolling basis
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Scholarships & Fellowships
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Award winners of the Alexander von Humboldt Professorship receive the opportunity to carry out long-term and groundbreaking research in Germany.
A nomination can only be made in favor of senior researchers with exceptional qualifications who:
- live and work outside Germany
- are eligible to be appointed to full professorships in Germany
- are internationally recognized as leaders in their research field
- can also be expected to complete further cutting-edge research in the future
The Alexander von Humboldt Professorship is expected to contribute to the internationalization of forward-looking research areas in Germany. In addition, it should achieve synergy effects in the development and structure of the host institution. The host institution must guarantee that the necessary infrastructure is available to carry out the award winner’s research and nominating institutions must explain how they intend to continue the award winner’s long-term affiliation to their institution beyond the funding period.
It is not possible for researchers to apply themselves; nominations can only be made by German universities or non-university research institutions jointly with German universities.
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Award size: see website
Deadline: April 15 and September 15, 2023
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The Einstein Forum and the Wittenstein Foundation offer a fellowship for outstanding young thinkers who wish to pursue a project in a different field from that of their previous research. The purpose of the fellowship is to support those who, in addition to producing superb work in their area of specialization, are also open to other, interdisciplinary approaches – following the example set by Albert Einstein.
The fellowship includes living accommodations for five to six months in the garden cottage of Einstein`s own summerhouse in Caputh, Brandenburg, only a short distance away from the universities and academic institutions of Potsdam and Berlin, Germany.
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Award size: $12,000 stipend, housing, travel expenses
Deadline: May 15, 2023
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Much of the success of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) fellowship is due to its ability to attract some of the brightest scholars from diverse fields of tropical research. We invest more than $3 million every year to support creative young researchers at critical stages in their careers. Fellowships range from three months to three years and allow young scholars to explore their own research questions across Panama’s rich tropical ecosystems while based at our state-of-the-art facilities.
The Short-Term Fellowship Program allows selected candidates to come to STRI for three months at any time of the year. It is an excellent resource to provide support for graduate students and introduce them to tropical research.
Although focused primarily on graduate students, awards are occasionally given to undergraduate and postdoctoral candidates. These fellowships enable selected candidates to work in the tropics and explore research possibilities at STRI.
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Award size: $3,000 stipend; airfare, research allowance ($3,000)
Deadline: June 15, 2023
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Global Innovations in Development, Engagement, and Scholarship (Global IDEAS) catalyzes interdisciplinary thought, research, and action to solve global/grand challenges in an international development context. We facilitate communities of practice; collaborate and engage with external partners and donors; enhance opportunities for faculty and staff to conduct research, education, and engagement; and provide proposal development and project management to support MSU’s international objectives.
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1405 S. Harrison Rd. Manly Miles Bldg., Suite 308
East Lansing, MI 48823
Phone: (517) 884-2987
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