Acumen East Africa Fellows Program

APPLICATIONS CLOSE: JULY 31, 2015
 
The Regional Fellows Program is a one-year leadership development program designed to build the next generation of social leaders with the audacity to transform society and create a better, more inclusive world.

The program equips 20 extraordinary individuals from across East Africa with the knowledge, support system and practical wisdom to unlock their full potential and drive positive change in society. Over the course of a year, Fellows remain in their jobs while taking part in five week-long seminars, where they receive the tools, training and space to innovate new ideas, accelerate their impact, build a strong network of social leaders from across their region and around the world.

The Fellows are bright minds and big thinkers who dare to do what’s right, not what’s easy, to create positive change in their country. Fellows can come from diverse cultural, geographic and socioeconomic backgrounds and work in any sector, and they must be committed to ending poverty in their community through their work.

The Fellows Acumen seeks are:
  • Innovators who either started an organization or enterprise, or who are driving change within an existing organization or company.
  • Men and women of all ages and education levels who are able to participate in a program conducted in English.
  • East Africans who demonstrate a commitment and concrete connection to the region.
  • Leaders with strong personal integrity, unrelenting perseverance and moral imagination.
  • Committed individuals ready to undergo an intensive yearlong personal transformation and leadership journey.

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://acumen.org/leaders/regional-fellows/east-africa/

Exploratory Research Grants: 20th Call for ERG Proposals

Exploratory Research Grants

 Deadline: July 30, 2015
The 20th Round of the Exploratory Research Grants under the PEDL initiative is now open. Proposals for the 19th call must be submitted by 5pm GMT on July 30, 2015.

PEDL will support approaches that promise to produce credible research results that will be useful for policy-making. It will promote research related to private enterprises of all sizes and will initially focus on four research themes:
  • Modelling market frictions in LICs using newly available data
  • Understanding how constraints interact using micro-founded macro models
  • The dynamics of SMEs: Informality and entrepreneurship
  • The role of export-oriented industries in driving growth
Proposals that address the following cross-cutting issues will be encouraged.
  • Fragile and conflict affected states
  • Gender
  • Climate, environment and social compliance
Exploratory Grants are research grants of between £10,000 and £35,000 that are designed to allow researchers to:
  • explore new approaches to the study of firms in low-income-countries (LICs); and
  • to develop new (or build on) existing sources of data on firms in LICs.
If you have any issues with the website, please contact: pedl@cepr.org.

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://pedl.cepr.org/node/4029

Call for Applications: AuthorAID Small Grants 2015 (Second Set)

AuthorAID is pleased to announce the second set of AuthorAID small grants for 2015. AuthorAID plans to award the following grants to people working in eligible developing countries, following a competitive selection process.
  •  8 travel grants ($1500 each): For researchers who have an accepted abstract or proposal to present at a conference. Deadline to apply: 22 July 2015, 10 PM GMT.
  •  8 workshop grants ($2500 each): For experienced researchers or administrators who would like to organise a workshop on research writing or grant proposal writing. Deadline to apply: 29 July 2015, 10 PM GMT.
  •  2 online course grants ($1500 each): For experienced researchers with exposure to online training who would like to organise an online course on research writing or grant proposal writing. Deadline to apply: 29 July 2015, 10 PM GMT.
If you’re interested, please go through the PDF copy of the application form:

When you are ready to apply, please fill out the online application form for the relevant grant:

AuthorAID We will announce the next set of grants in January 2016.

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://www.authoraid.info/en/news/details/918/

TREE Fund: Jack Kimmel International Grant Program

DEADLINE: October 1 each year

This grant is administered by the TREE Fund, with participation from the Canadian TREE Fund in the evaluation process.

Projects are expected to be completed within one to three years. Grant award amounts are limited to a maximum of $10,000 and will vary depending upon the adjudged value of the project relative to the needs of the arboriculture community. No project may receive more than one award from this program. Please note that funds cannot be used to pay for overhead expenses or student tuition and fees.

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://www.treefund.org/grants/research-grants/kimmel

Norad Grant to civil society in the Oil for Development Programme 2016-2018

DEADLINE 1 October 2015.

Norad calls for proposals from civil society as part of the Oil for Development Programme for the period 2016 to 2018

The aim of the Oil for Development Programme is to reduce poverty by promoting economically, environmentally and socially responsible management of petroleum resources.

The main approach in the Oil for Development Programme is capacity development through institutional collaboration. Norwegian public institutions enter into long-term agreements with public institutions in a partner country.

The support for civil society will contribute to the Oil for Development Programme’s third outcome: Partner countries authorities are held accountable for the management of petroleum resources. Applications must demonstrate how the project will contribute to this outcome.

Four thematic areas
In order to achieve the Oil for Development third outcome, four thematic areas are of particular importance. Therefore, applicants are asked to submit proposals within the following thematic areas:
  • Environmental protection
  • Transparency in revenue generation and distribution
  • Local participation in decision-making processes
  • Labour rights
Eligible Countries

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://www.norad.no/en/front/funding/grant-to-civil-society-in-the-oil-for-development-programme/