Funding Opportunities

Call for Proposals: Central Eurasia Project The Open Society Central Eurasia Project uses grantmaking to international and regional NGOs, academic institutions, think tanks and other structures to support their work, help build local capacity, bring international expertise to bear on the region, and promote cooperation between local activists and international civic movements. The ultimate goal of such activity is to strengthen civic leaders in the region and to construct support networks for them within international structures and movements. Central Eurasia Project grantmaking generally dovetails with its research and advocacy agenda. Funds are currently available in the following programmatic areas: Human Rights; Labor Migration; Transparency and Consumer Protection; Transparency of Western Military and Security Cooperation; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan. Please see link for more details.
Posted by Farzana Nawaz at Feb 01, 2012 12:39 PM |
Filed under: Human Rights, Security, Europe and Central Asia, Access to Information
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Social Sciences, with a Focus on the Middle East Applications are invited for a full-time position, with an initial contract of three years, starting in May 2012. The successful candidate will: work on the economy of the Middle East, preferably on the performance and characteristics of labour markets, and will investigate the links between employment and political developments; provide economics expertise to the GIGA Institute of Middle East Studies and contribute to interdisciplinary research. Please see link for more details.
Posted by Farzana Nawaz at Jan 30, 2012 04:11 PM |
Filed under: Political Corruption, Middle East and North Africa, Empirical Data Analysis, Qualitative Analysis
DSA New Ideas Initiative The DSA New Ideas Initiative is an exciting new funding opportunity for researchers to be awarded small-scale funding for exploring new ideas, collaborations and knowledge sharing within the international development sector. The Initiative is a component of the Development Studies Association's (DSA) Accountable Grant with the UK Department for International Development (DFID). The Initiative will award 5-8 small grants, not exceeding £8,000 each, to successful applicants, depending on the portfolio selected. Activities should take place between March and June 2012. All applications must comprise at least one organisation in the UK and/or Ireland to act as project lead. Please see link for details.
Posted by Farzana Nawaz at Jan 16, 2012 11:36 AM |
Filed under: Developement Assistance, Poverty, New Media, Experimental Research, Empirical Data Analysis, Qualitative Analysis
Core and Institutional Support to Policy Research Centers The Think Tank Fund of the Open Society Foundations requests proposals from independent, nonpartisan multi-issue public policy centers working in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo, and Ukraine to promote inclusive policy change. "Inclusive policy change" refers to a policymaking process that is open, transparent, and responsive to the public interest. The Think Tank Fund aims to support policy centers that strengthen democratic processes in their countries by identifying and analyzing policy options, consulting with the government to advance their recommendations, involving stakeholders outside government circles in policy debates, and making their findings widely available to the public. Thus, while potential grantees should engage with public authorities, the Think Tank Fund also seeks to fund organizations that galvanize public interest and debate about the issues on which they are working. The fund currently directs its support primarily to organizations that work on economic, political and social reform issues in their countries.
Posted by Farzana Nawaz at Apr 27, 2011 02:08 PM |
Filed under: Europe and Central Asia