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Global Knowledge

Improving the evidence base for effective policy making on environmentally-driven migration – A call for papers       Deadline Date – 06-Mar-2020 The Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD) is hosting an international symposium on environmental change and migration from 04-05 June in Washington DC on “Environmentally-Driven Migration: Improving the Evidence Base for Effective Policy Making.” Environmental change is one of the many reasons that prompt people to migrate or flee, but its importance in these flows is rising as climate impacts are getting stronger. Simultaneously, environmental change can also inhibit migration or lead governments to relocate households away from affected areas. Despite the greatly improving evidence-base on these linkages over the past three decades, several knowledge gaps persist that often relate to data challenges. It remains necessary to improve knowledge and data to better map, understand, project, and address environmental migration, displacement, and planned relocation. Analyses of continuing data gaps and strategies for innovative data use are key to rise to the challenge...

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Grand Challenges

Deadline Date – 22-Apr-2020 The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is currently accepting proposals for the Round 25 of the Grand Challenges Exploration (GCE) on the topic of “Innovations in Materials Science for a Transformative Menstrual Health and Hygiene Product”. Fundamental changes in menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) products are needed to meet the needs of women and girls in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) who face challenges with regard to their overall menstrual health and to managing their menstrual periods with dignity. Women and girls in LMIC face significant challenges barriers related to MHH from menarche to menopause. Current literature, while limited, shows an association between inadequate access to MHH products and poorer physical and mental health outcomes. In Ethiopia, for example, only 28% of women and girls reported having “everything they need” to manage their menstruation. Globally, based on data collected from 8 countries in PMA 2020 (Performance Monitoring for Action, 2020), it is estimated that 528 million women and girls are lacking what they need for basic MHH care...

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Food and Health

Deadline Date – 01-Jul-2020 The Conservation, Food and Health Foundation seeks to protect natural resources, improve the production and distribution of food, and promote public health in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East.  The foundation helps build the capacity of organizations and coalitions with grants that support research or improve the learning and generation of local solutions to complex problems. The foundation supports projects that demonstrate local leadership and promote professional development in the conservation, agricultural, and health sciences; develop the capacity of local organizations; and address a particular problem or question in the field.  It prefers to support projects that address under-funded issues and geographic areas...

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Academic Mobility

Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme enhancing Human Capital Development Deadline Date – 19-May-2020 The Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme, a joint initiative of the African Union and the European Union, is being implemented under the auspices of the Pan-African Partnership.  The programme is directly managed by the European Commission through the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (hereinafter referred as “the Agency”), under the supervision of the Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development and in collaboration with the African Union Commission Department for Human Resources, Science and Technology.  The overall objective of the programme is to enhance human capital development in Africa, while strengthening intra-African collaboration as called for by Agenda 2063...

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Girls’ Empowerment

2020 Call for Proposals: Teacher Education to Support Girls’ Empowerment Deadline Date – 03-Jul-2020 CODE has announced the third annual Call for Proposals on “Teacher Education to Support Girls’ Empowerment” under its Context Matters Research Grants. CODE, through its Context Matters program funds research initiated, designed and undertaken by African researchers. To date, research on literacy learning has largely been carried out in high-income countries and contexts and generalized to low-income countries and contexts.  CODE established Context Matters to support African researchers as they take the lead in evidence-based, exploratory studies.  The intent is to support research which is clearly situated in local contexts and recognizes the multifaceted and complex relationships between the local and global in education...

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UN Young Leader

Apply Now to Be a UN Young Leader for the Sustainable Development Goals Deadline Date 22-Feb-2020 On September 19, 2016, the Office of the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth unveiled the inaugural class of the Young Leaders for the Sustainable Development Goals – 17 young change-makers whose leadership is catalyzing the achievement of the Goals. The Young Leaders for the SDGs:  Leverage and equip young influencers to galvanize their peers and industries in support of the Sustainable Development Goals, especially in sectors, regions or areas with which they have limited existing influence;  Recognize young people who are leading positive change in their communities and sectors, in support of the Sustainable Development Goals. Objectives The Young Leaders for the SDGs support one ore more of the following initiatives:  Advocate for the Goals, in ways most accessible and relatable to young people across different contexts;  Promote innovative ways of engaging their audiences and peers in the advocacy and realization of the Goals;  Contribute to a brain trust of young leaders supporting the UN and partners for key moments and initiatives related to the Goals...

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5TH AWHF

5TH AWHF REGIONAL YOUTH FORUM – CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 2020 DEADLINE: February 23, 2020 Applications are open for the 5th African World Heritage Youth Forum, a capacity-building exercise focusing on Youth, Entrepreneurship and Heritage Sustainability in Africa. The Forum places an emphasis on entrepreneurship skills development towards promoting and increasing African youth participation in the stewardship and promotion of World Heritage in Africa in a creative and innovative approach. The forum aims to: – Empower African youth through training and mentor-ship that will equip them with innovative and evaluation, business management, financial resources mobilization, financial sustainability and innovation, entrepreneurial mindset skills, communication , and networking). – Mobilise young people and harness youth creativity and innovation in World Heritage conservation and sustainable development efforts in Africa. – Provide an opportune platform for the creation of networks, exchange of knowledge, sharing of experience and success stories between and among the youth across Africa. – Raise youth awareness and appreciation of issues and threats facing Africa’s heritage while stimulating their involvement in entrepreneurship activities that could bring direct economic benefits to local communities living in or around World Heritage properties in Africa. – Gather young people from different backgrounds and encourage them to become responsible guardians and ambassadors of World Heritage......

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Lyle Spencer

Submit Applications for Lyle Spencer Research Awards to Transform Education February 27, 2020 at 12:00pm CT Spencer Foundation is inviting applications for its Lyle Spencer Research Awards to Transform Education. Funding Information The Lyle Spencer Research Awards Program supports intellectually ambitious research projects that aspire to transform education with budgets between $525,000 and $1 million and project durations of up to five years.Eligibility Criteria  Proposals to the Lyle Spencer Research Awards program must be for academic research projects that aim to study education. Proposals for activities other than research are not eligible (e.g., program evaluations, professional development, curriculum development, scholarships, capital projects). Additionally, proposals for research studies focused on areas other than education, are not eligible.  Principal Investigators (PIs) and Co-PIs applying for a Lyle Spencer Research Award must have an earned doctorate in an academic discipline or professional field or appropriate experience in an education research-related profession. While graduate students may be part of the research team, they may not be named the PI or Co-PI on the proposal.  The PI must be affiliated with a non-profit organization that is willing to serve as the administering organization if the grant is awarded. The Spencer Foundation does not award......

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Youth Democracy

Youth Democracy Award 2020: Young. Loud. United Deadline Date 01-Apr-2020 The Youth Democracy Award is a prize offered by the German Federal Agency for Civic Education (Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung). It is independently organized by a youth jury consisting of volunteers, apprentices, pupils and college students aged 17 to 25. The Youth Democracy Award 2020 will be given to a project that was created by young people. The project should aim to bring people with different experiences in contact in a creative and refreshing way, so that discussions can thrive...

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Collaborative Awards

Deadline Date – 21-Apr-2020 Wellcome Trust is seeking applications for its Collaborative Awards in Science to promote the development of new ideas and speed the pace of discovery. The Trust funds teams of researchers, consisting of independent research groups, to work together on the most important scientific problems that can only be solved through collaborative efforts. Funding Information  A Collaborative Award provides funding up to £4 million.  The duration of funding is usually up to five years. The Trust is looking for:  Your proposal should describe a significant piece of work that addresses the most important questions, in an area relevant to Wellcome’s mission.  You should be able to demonstrate why the scientific problem you are tackling can only be solved through an integrated, collaborative team effort.  The Trust encourages interdisciplinary research collaborations, although they are not essential.  The Trust will review: o The track records of all team members, relative to their career stage; o The importance of your research question(s) to your field(s); o The feasibility of your proposal; o The suitability of the environments in which you and your team members do the research; o The time you and your team members will......