The Fund welcomes letters of inquiry from potential applicants throughout the year.  Strong applicants will be invited to submit a full application.

Letters of inquiry can be submitted in Arabic, English or French, and should include:

It is not necessary to apply for a specific funding stream.  Fund staff will determine the type of grant that applies to your request: Ongoing Human Rights, Countries in Transition, Emergent Opportunities.

Letters of inquiry and related queries should be sent to grantees@ahrfund.orgThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

1. Interested applicants begin by submitting a letter of inquiry (no more than three pages) that summarizes information about the applicant and the project for which they seek funding.

Letters of inquiry can be submitted in Arabic, English or French, and should include:

Source: http://www.ahrfund.org/

The Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP) is a capacity building program designed to strengthen the skills, knowledge, and networks of proven human rights defenders at the grassroots level. Applicants from high-income countries will not be considered except for those representing marginalized communities.

Founded more than 20 years ago, HRAP leverages the resources of Columbia University and those offered by New York City as a center of NGOs and international organizations to provide proven grassroots leaders with critical skills-building and networking opportunities. Through workshops, seminars, participation in University classes and other activities as well as meetings with policy makers and potential funders, Advocates share their experiences, reflect critically on their strategies, and plan future campaigns. 239 advocates from more than 80 countries have participated in this program over the past 22 years. The cumulative reach of HRAP participants is extraordinary: alumni have worked with organizations whose memberships range from the thousands to the millions.

HRAP is fortunate to partner with numerous advocacy organizations to offer a full curriculum of training opportunities. That organizations such as Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International-USA and WITNESS commit resources to working with HRAP is indicative of both their respect for the Advocates and the Program and of the benefits they feel they themselves derive from such participation. 

Advocates must work at the grassroots level. Applicants from high-income countries will not be considered except for those representing marginalized communities. See the http://hrcolumbia.org/hrap/apply/faq/ for more information about this requirement. Fluency in English is required. Preference is given to those who have not previously had opportunities to travel and study internationally.

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However, the ESRC and DFID have identified three areas for this call where work will be of particular interest. These are:

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Applications are invited for projects with a Full Economic Cost value of between £100,000 and £500,000.

The scheme is open to UK and non-UK researchers based in higher education institutions, research organisations and organisations with a credible research capacity.

More Information:
http://www.esrc.ac.uk/funding-and-guidance/funding-opportunities/international-funding/esrc-dfid/DFID-phase2-call3.aspx

Closing Date: Dec 02,2011:

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program stimulates technological innovation in the private sector by strengthening the role of small business concerns in meeting Federal research and development needs, increasing the commercial application of federally supported research results, and fostering and encouraging participation by socially and economically disadvantaged and women-owned small businesses.The SBIR program solicits proposals from the small business sector consistent with NSF's mission. The program is governed by Public Law 112-17. A main purpose of the legislation is to stimulate technological innovation and increase private sector commercialization. The NSF SBIR program is therefore in a unique position to meet both the goals of NSF and the purpose of the SBIR legislation by transforming scientific discovery into both social and economic benefit, and by emphasizing private sector commercialization. Accordingly, NSF has formulated broad solicitation topics for SBIR that conform to the high-technology investment sector's interests.The four broad topics are:Biological and Chemical Technologies (BC)Education Applications (EA) Electronics, Information and Communication Technologies (EI) Nanotechnology, Advanced Materials, and Manufacturing (NM)For detailed description of the four topics reference section V. Proposal Preparation and Submission Instructions, A.10. Research Topic. 

More Information:

http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf11577

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