Closing Date: August 30,2013.

Reinforcing its belief in “people building the next era”, the Government of Japan offers 20 fellowships per year, for the twelfth consecutive year, to be awarded to deserving candidates from developing countries, especially the least developed countries (LDCs), who are eager to undertake research on one or more of the topics listed below. The aim of the fellowships is to support innovative and imaginative post-graduate research in four areas of development of particular interest to UNESCO.

UNESCO designed the project “UNESCO/Keizo Obuchi Research Fellowships Programme” (UNESCO/Japan Young Researchers’ Fellowship Programme) in the framework of the Japanese Funds-in-Trust for the Capacity-Building of Human Resources which was established in November 2000 by the Government of Japan to enable UNESCO to give impetus to research in four areas under UNESCO’s Priority Programme Areas. 

The UNESCO/Keizo Obuchi Research Fellowships Programme (UNESCO/Japan Young Researchers’ Fellowship Programme) funded under the Japanese Funds-in-Trust for the capacity-building of Human Resources will aim, in particular, to impact on capacity-building and research activities in the following areas:

Applicants, a maximum of TWO from each applying National Commission, must meet the following general criteria:

Closing Date: September 30,2013.

The Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF) is soliciting proposals for innovative conflict resolution and peacebuilding projects focused on preventing, managing and resolving violent conflict and promoting post-conflict peacebuilding, reconciliation and dialogue in communities experiencing conflict. JWF awards will support projects that apply a broad range of disciplines, skills and approaches.

Eligibility:

Non-profit organizations and individuals (including but not limited to academicians, activists, artists, community organizers, educators, filmmakers, journalists, scholars, social workers, and students) from all nationalities are eligible to apply.

Some of the project topics of interest include (this list is not exhaustive and JWF welcomes additional themes and creative ideas):

• Inter-communal and inter-state dialogue/cooperation

• Peace education

• Pluralism and multiculturalism

• Youth, conflict and peacebuilding

• Early warning and conflict prevention

• Mediation and negotiation

• Post-conflict reconciliation

• Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration

• Good governance, rule of law and transitional justice

• Poverty, development and peacebuilding

• Gender and peacebuilding

• Religion and peacebuilding

• Role of media in conflict and peacebuilding

• Social-psychological impacts of violent conflict and trauma healing

• Social and economic development

• Social media and peace building

Project activities may include, but not limited to the following (JWF welcomes innovative approaches and project activities):

• Academic functions (e.g., organizing workshops, conference or panels, empirical research, and publications)

• Community outreach (e.g., affordable housing initiatives, community building initiatives, gang violence prevention, migrant population initiatives, neighbour relations initiatives)

• Education (e.g., curriculum development, teacher training, exchange programs, field trips, student organizations)

• Capacity building (e.g., conflict resolution training, training of trainers, leadership skills, facilitation skills, management skills)

• Grassroots organization (e.g., employment initiatives, faith-based initiatives, gender equality initiatives, peace initiatives, social justice initiatives)

• Media (e.g., arts, journalism, social media, apps for change, documentary)

Subject to funding, JWF’s plans for this solicitation are as follows:

1. Total funding: US$500,000

2. Project grants: US$50,000 maximum (to be used in the implementation of the project)

3. Grants will be given in three installments. Details of these installments will be determined according to the work plan of each project and the grant agreement that will be signed between JWF and the awardees.

4. Successful implementation awards (awarded upon successful implementation of projects):

The Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund (SIEF) is multi-donor trust fund, supported by DFID and administered by the World Bank's Human Development Network, promotes rigorous evidence-based decision making in development policies and programs designed to alleviate poverty. Similar to the first call for proposals in 2012, this second call focuses on thematic clusters chosen for their strategic policy relevance: (i) early childhood nutrition, health, and development; (ii) water supply, sanitation, and hygiene linked to human development outcomes; (iii) basic education service delivery; and (iv) health systems and service delivery. Within these clusters, impact evaluation teams may consider a range of program types as outlined in the cluster notes below.

The application process has two stages. The first stage requires completing the online SIEF Proposal Form and submitting a completed Budget Proposal Template by email by November 1, 2013. Proposals will be reviewed and scored by the Evaluation Review Committee according to the explicit criteria outlined in section VI. Selected proposals will have the opportunity to receive seed funding up to US$25,000 to develop a full technical proposal for the impact evaluation. Selection in this round is not a guarantee of funding beyond the seed funding; in this stage, evaluation teams will be invited to submit full technical proposals with detailed budgets from which several will be selected to receive funding in the next stage.

In the second stage, the evaluation team will submit a full technical proposal with detailed budget that outlines the various aspects of the evaluation. SIEF management will work with teams selected in the first stage to ensure that the full technical proposals submitted are consistent with the focus of the thematic cluster notes, given the other evaluations in the cluster portfolio.

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