[open-development] Making All Voices Count Research & Learning Grants: Call for Proposals

Mon Jul 6 13:49:55 UTC 2015

Dear open dev-vers,

Last week Making All Voices Count’s Research, Evidence and Learning component, led by the Institute of Development Studies, launched a call for research proposals aimed at researchers and practitioners. Please see full call email copied below for more details.

I know some of you may be interested in this and would be grateful if you could forward to interested parties and networks.

Best wishes,
Duncan

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Duncan Edwards
Programme Manager - Research & Evidence Component, Making All Voices Count
Institute of Development Studies, Brighton BN1 9RE, UK
Charitable Company No. 877338
Global Knowledge for Global Change
email: d.edwards at ids.ac.uk<mailto:d.edwards at ids.ac.uk>  tel: +44 (0)1273 915797<tel:%2B44%20%280%291273%20915797>

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[Making all voices count]

July 2015

Making All Voices Count Research and Learning Grants: Call for Proposals

[Making all voices count]

Are you involved in a process, project, initiative or practice that tries to strengthen citizens’ voice to get governments to respond and be accountable to them?

Are you a ‘do-er’ who reflects on your experience and learns from your own practice and that of others?

Or, are you a researcher who is curious about citizen voice, transparency and accountability or the use of technologies for these purposes, and wants to help build the evidence base for work in this field?

Whichever of these you are, Making All Voices Count is offering grants that you might be interested in.

Making All Voices Count is inviting applications for research, evidence-building and learning grants, under two streams of funding: Practitioner Research & Learning Grants<http://hivos.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d1330db30dd9f99566ba5be55&id=7d861594bb&e=60e90390bc> and Research Grants<http://hivos.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=d1330db30dd9f99566ba5be55&id=0645637612&e=60e90390bc>.

The purpose is to build a deeper understanding and evidence-base on what works (and what doesn’t work) in using technology for citizen voice, transparency and accountability. The lessons learned from this research will contribute to improving performance and practice in the field of citizen voice and government responsiveness.

PRACTITIONER RESEARCH & LEARNING GRANTS

Practitioner Research & Learning Grants<http://hivos.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d1330db30dd9f99566ba5be55&id=b9809d66c3&e=60e90390bc> are aimed at governance practitioners working on citizen engagement and social accountability, and tech innovators working on applications of technology for transparency and accountability (Tech4T&A). The grants are for self-critical, reflective enquiry into practitioners’ own practice and work context. Organisations and individuals are eligible to apply for grants:

  *   Up to £25,000 (minimum of 3 months to a maximum of 12 months research and learning project)
  *   Grounded in, or including, or highly relevant to, Making All Voices Count’s priority countries: Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, the Philippines, South Africa and Tanzania. (We can support research and learning that takes place in other countries if it has clear relevance to practice in one or more of our priority countries).
  *   Focused on Making All Voices Count’s priority research themes and approaches. Visit the Practitioner Research & Learning Grants<http://hivos.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d1330db30dd9f99566ba5be55&id=5cb37238fa&e=60e90390bc> page to learn more.
There is a two-step process to apply for Practitioner Research & Learning Grants. Applicants should complete the Making All Voices Count Practitioner Research & Learning Grant Application Form<http://hivos.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=d1330db30dd9f99566ba5be55&id=f5c33dea72&e=60e90390bc> (one page, 500 words), and submit via email to practice-research at makingallvoicescount.org<mailto:practice-research at makingallvoicescount.org>.

The closing date for submissions is 10:00am BST on 14 August 2015.

RESEARCH GRANTS

Research Grants<http://hivos.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d1330db30dd9f99566ba5be55&id=c52b6dde46&e=60e90390bc> are intended for applied and academic researchers. They aim to build evidence and lessons within the field of citizen voice and government responsiveness and accountability to contribute to deeper understandings on which interventions work, how, why and when, either within specific Making All Voices Count initiatives and country activities, or from non-Making All Voices Count contexts.

Researchers from universities, research institutes, NGOs and think tanks are eligible to apply for grants:

  *   Up to £75,000 (minimum of 3 months to a maximum of 18 months).
  *   Grounded in, or including, or highly relevant to, Making All Voices Count’s priority countries: Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, the Philippines, South Africa and Tanzania. Preference will be given to research partnerships which include research organisations, civil society organisations, private sector and governments in these countries.
  *   Focused on Making All Voices Count’s priority research themes in the fields of citizen engagement, government accountability and responsiveness, Technology for Transparency and Accountability (Tech4T&A), Transparency and Accountability (T&A). Visit the Research Grants<http://hivos.us5.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=d1330db30dd9f99566ba5be55&id=0f6e2fb01f&e=60e90390bc> page for more information.

Applicants should complete the Making All Voices Count Research Application Form<http://hivos.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=d1330db30dd9f99566ba5be55&id=f578c98e4d&e=60e90390bc> and submit via email to research at makingallvoicescount.org<mailto:research at makingallvoicescount.org>

The closing date for submissions is 10:00am BST on 01 September 2015.

For more information on both types of Research and Learning Grants please visit Making All Voices Count<http://hivos.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=d1330db30dd9f99566ba5be55&id=e0dc2c4be0&e=60e90390bc>.

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