Call For Proposal 2014 - USAID: Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) Science
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Closing Date: January 13,2014.
The United States Agency for
International Development (USAID) and the National Sciences Foundation (NSF) are
working together to support the third cycle of Partnerships for Enhanced
Engagement in Research (PEER) Science. PEER Science is a competitive grants
program that invites scientists in developing countries to apply for funds to
support research and capacity-building activities on topics of importance to
USAID and conducted in partnership with their NSF-funded collaborators.
Topics:
Areas in which both NSF and USAID
have strong mutual interests include, but are not limited to, the
following:
§
Food security topics such as agricultural
development, fisheries, and plant genomics
§ Climate change impacts such as water
sustainability, hydrology, ocean acidification, climate process and modeling,
and environmental engineering
§
Other development topics including disaster
mitigation, biodiversity, water, and renewable energy
Eligible Countries (List Revised as of October 2013):
ASIA
Afghanistan
Bangladesh Burma Cambodia India Indonesia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Laos* Malaysia* Maldives** Mongolia Nepal Pakistan Philippines SriLanka Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Vietnam
EUROPE AND
EURASIA
Albania
Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Georgia Kosovo Macedonia Moldova Serbia Ukraine |
SUB-SAHARAN
AFRICA
Angola
Benin Cameroon Democratic Republic of Congo Ethiopia Gabon Ghana Guinea Kenya Liberia Malawi Mali Mozambique Namibia Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe |
LATIN AMERICA
AND
CARIBBEAN
Antigua and Barbuda
Barbados Brazil Colombia Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
MIDDLE EAST
Egypt
Iraq Jordan Lebanon Libya Morocco Tunisia West Bank/Gaza Yemen |
Selection Criteria:
Proposals will be reviewed by a
panel of experts in the relevant disciplines to be convened by the National
Academies in collaboration with USAID. Proposals will be evaluated primarily
on developmental impacts, including the following:
§
Relevance to USAID’s global and country-specific
programmatic interests
§
Technical merit and scientific feasibility
§
PI’s demonstrated ability to achieve proposed
project goals
§
Strength of the international collaboration and
potential for continued interaction after the proposed project ends
§
Consistency of the proposed project with the
U.S. partner’s NSF-funded award
§
Other developing country scientists involved in
project (for example, students, postdoctoral and other beginning researchers,
and/or female participants)
§
Potential to build sustained capacity at the
applicant’s institution (for example, through acquisition of new equipment,
development of new courses, or capacity building of research personnel and
students)
§
Prospect for broader impact and dissemination,
for example through producing research results that inform local policies or
programmatic activities or by accelerating progress towards innovative
solutions to global development challenges.
§
Cost-effectiveness of proposed budget
§
Administrative and financial management
capabilities of the applicant’s institution
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