The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation along with the UK Department of
International Development (DFID) call Concept Memo from
organizations willing to design and manage small grants program to
conduct research on the drivers of food choice among poor people in
developing countries.
The grant recipient will design and competitively tender a research call
and award and manage up to 15 small research grants to the sub-grant
recipients.
Program includes
1. Capacity strengthening for research on food choice in Africa and
South Asia
2. Systematic communication of research findings to enhance research
uptake and provide a strong link between research and policy
processes
Grant amount under this call is $5,500,000.
Eligibility Criteria
-Applicants can be academic and research institutions, civil society and
commercial organizations (including operational development and
communications organizations).
-Applicant organizations must have demonstrated competency to run
competitive research grant programs, strengthen research capacity and
generate research uptake.
-Applicants are expected to have demonstrated experience with global
nutrition issues and evaluation methods.
-Proposed submission should align with the goals of DFID and the
foundation’s research strategies in agriculture and nutrition.
-Proposed submission must include a list of the proposed research themes
on food choice on which a Request for Applications would be based; a
strong plan to empower developing country researchers; and a plan to
share research findings through publications or other means.
-The submission must propose to strengthen or build a community of
practice for shared learning.
-The submission must demonstrate an understanding of how research
findings might translate into policy or program advancement; and good
value for money.
-Organizations whose concept Memos are selected are invited to submit
full proposal. Notifications will be made by 24 October 2014.
-Submissions exceeding 5 pages will not be reviewed.
For more information, please visit RFP Summary Drivers of Food Choice.
Please click See Full RFA and Submit a Concept Memo and create an
account (if you do not have yet) to be able to access the guidelines.
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