research Grants for individuals, scholars, organizations & institutions. Financial support for research. Grants/Funding available to support scientists and research in the humanities & social sciences.

• AERA Research Grants
• Africa Initiative Graduate Research Grant
• African Small Grants – Small Research Grants for African Scientists
• African Economic Research Consortium Awards
• DAAD Research Grants
• Elephant Conservation and Research Grant
• Fyssen Foundation Research Grants
• Grants-in-Aid of Research Program
• Human Rights Research Grants
• International Collaborative Research Grants
• Leakey Foundation Grants
• National Geographic Society Grants – Research and Exploration Grants
• PhD and Masters by Research Scholarships
• Premio Daniel Carasso Prize
• RCS Research Grants
• Research Grants for Doctoral Candidates and Young Scientists and Academics
• Research Grants for PhD Students & Young Academics
• Research and Conservation Grants
• Rubicon Programme Scholarships – NWO
• Sexualities Research Grant Program
• Shariah Research Grant
• Student Research Grants
• The British Academy Small Research Grants
• The British Academy Small Research Grants
• The Microinsurance Innovation Facility Research Grants
• The Pentecostal and Charismatic Research Initiative Grants
• UNESCO MAB Young Scientists Awards
• Wenner Gren Foundation Grants
• Wildlife Conservation Society Grants

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Research Grants for individuals, scholars, organizations & institutions. Financial support for  research. Grants/Funding available to support scientists and research in the humanities & social sciences.

• AERA Research Grants
• Africa Initiative Graduate Research Grant
• African Small Grants – Small Research Grants for African Scientists
• African Economic Research Consortium Awards
• DAAD Research Grants
• Elephant Conservation and Research Grant
• Fyssen Foundation Research Grants
• Grants-in-Aid of Research Program
• Human Rights Research Grants
• International Collaborative Research Grants
• Leakey Foundation Grants
• National Geographic Society Grants – Research and Exploration Grants
• PhD and Masters by Research Scholarships
• Premio Daniel Carasso Prize
• RCS Research Grants
• Research Grants for Doctoral Candidates and Young Scientists and Academics
• Research Grants for PhD Students & Young Academics
• Research and Conservation Grants
• Rubicon Programme Scholarships – NWO
• Sexualities Research Grant Program
• Shariah Research Grant
• Student Research Grants
• The British Academy Small Research Grants
• The British Academy Small Research Grants
• The Microinsurance Innovation Facility Research Grants
• The Pentecostal and Charismatic Research Initiative Grants
• UNESCO MAB Young Scientists Awards
• Wenner Gren Foundation Grants
• Wildlife Conservation Society Grants

More: Research Grants » Research Grant Funding » Available Grants Worldwide

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The Executive Director of the United States of America and President Barack Obama’s Global Health Initiative chief, Lois Quam has arrived in Uganda on Monday.

Lois Quam is in Uganda for a one week visit to support Uganda’s Ministry of Health’s effort to reduce maternal deaths by at least 50% in four western districts of Uganda by the end of this year.

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The global change System for Analysis, Research and Training (START) seeks to enhance scientific capacity for global environmental change (GEC) research in developing regions.

START’s Africa Initiative (AI) seeks Pre-Proposals from African scientists for one-year projects on global environmental change in Africa.

Proposed research must be field-based and should seek to address substantive policy-relevant challenges facing African policymakers in one or more of the AI areas of conflict resolution, energy, food security, health, migration, and the cross-cutting theme of climate change.

Special consideration will be given to proposals that are amenable to cross-country comparison and develop benchmarks for measuring policy outcomes.

Particular attention will be given to proposals that deal with one or more of the following topics:

• Distribution of food and water as a public good
• Financing for innovative solutions to challenges in the areas of climate change and energy
• Emerging donors in Africa, such as India, China and Brazil
• Implications of demographic change and urbanization
• Policy implementation gaps in local health care delivery and treatment of infectious diseases
• Sources of funding for rebel movements

The Africa Initiative encourages proposals from relevant fields of physical sciences and social sciences. Eligible applicants are African-based scholars, and early-to-mid-career Canadian-based researchers.

Applicants must have a post-graduate degree or be in the advanced stages of a doctoral program.

While the Africa Initiative will give due consideration to any proposal consistent with the overall aim of this project, special consideration will be given to proposed research that:

• Aims to develop innovative approaches to addressing policy challenges in the Africa Initiative’s thematic areas
• Seeks to collect data that can be used by policy makers in Africa
• Attempts to inform both policy makers and academics
• Involves questions that are especially amenable to cross-national comparison

African Small Grants Amount: CAD$15,000

Deadline: Varies

For further details, see: African Small Grants – Small Research Gran

Global change offers research and Training  in Africa

The global change System for Analysis, Research and Training (START) seeks to enhance scientific capacity for global environmental change (GEC) research in developing regions.

START’s Africa Initiative (AI) seeks Pre-Proposals from African scientists for one-year projects on global environmental change in Africa.

Proposed research must be field-based and should seek to address substantive policy-relevant challenges facing African policymakers in one or more of the AI areas of conflict resolution, energy, food security, health, migration, and the cross-cutting theme of climate change.

Special consideration will be given to proposals that are amenable to cross-country comparison and develop benchmarks for measuring policy outcomes.

Particular attention will be given to proposals that deal with one or more of the following topics:

• Distribution of food and water as a public good
• Financing for innovative solutions to challenges in the areas of climate change and energy
• Emerging donors in Africa, such as India, China and Brazil
• Implications of demographic change and urbanization
• Policy implementation gaps in local health care delivery and treatment of infectious diseases
• Sources of funding for rebel movements

The Africa Initiative encourages proposals from relevant fields of physical sciences and social sciences. Eligible applicants are African-based scholars, and early-to-mid-career Canadian-based researchers.

Applicants must have a post-graduate degree or be in the advanced stages of a doctoral program.

While the Africa Initiative will give due consideration to any proposal consistent with the overall aim of this project, special consideration will be given to proposed research that:

• Aims to develop innovative approaches to addressing policy challenges in the Africa Initiative’s thematic areas
• Seeks to collect data that can be used by policy makers in Africa
• Attempts to inform both policy makers and academics
• Involves questions that are especially amenable to cross-national comparison

African Small Grants Amount: CAD$15,000

Deadline: Varies

For further details, see: African Small Grants – Small Research Gran

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Africa Initiative Graduate Research Grant: The Africa Initiative Graduate Research Grant program supports short-term academic placements for students enrolled in a Master’s or PhD program at African universities.

The program offers grants of up to CAD$10,000 each to fifteen students per year to conduct research for up to four months at select Canadian universities.

An additional prize of $1,000 will also be awarded to the best research paper produced by a grant recipient.

The program is building capacity by giving bright, highly-motivated students and scholars an opportunity to discover and impart new learning in a cross-cultural experience.

Supported research covers the Africa Initiative thematic areas of conflict resolution, energy, food security, health, and migration, with special attention to the cross-cutting issues of climate change.

The Africa Initiative Graduate Research Grant program is currently accepting applications for research to be conducted between September and December.

Grant recipients are expected to self-identify professors and experts they would like to work with at universities in Canada and will be required to submit an official letter of support from the university where they wish to be based as part of their application for the grant.

Grant Eligibility Criteria:

• must be a Master’s or PhD student enrolled in an African university*
• must be in good academic standing (with at least an overall B, or equivalent, standing)
• proposed research must be original and timely, and must focus on one of the Africa Initiative’s thematic areas of conflict resolution, energy, food security, health, and migration, with special attention to the cross-cutting issue of climate change

Scholarship Application Requirements:

• completed application form
• proposal (maximum 5 pages) summarizing the applicant’s graduate research, including research objective, methodology and expected results and outputs; a timeline and proposed research plan in Canada; and an overview of the capacity of the host institution contacts’ involvement with the applicant’s work while in Canada
• one letter of support from the university the applicant plans to be based at (either a letter of support from the host university inviting the applicant as a visiting scholar or an acceptance letter from the host university inviting the applicant as an exchange student)
• current CV
• current university transcript
• two letters of recommendations (one letter from the applicant’s academic advisor and an additional letter from other academic or professional sources)
• passport scan
• writing sample (can be any written research work authored by the applicant)

Program expectations: Participants are expected to provide content for the Africa Initiative’s Africa Portal on a regular basis during their placement and write one major research paper for the Portal at the end of their placement.

For more information and scholarship applications, see: Africa Initiative Graduate Research Grant

Africa Initiative Graduate Research Grant: The Africa Initiative Graduate Research Grant program supports short-term academic placements for students enrolled in a Master’s or PhD program at African universities.

The program offers grants of up to CAD$10,000 each to fifteen students per year to conduct research for up to four months at select Canadian universities.

An additional prize of $1,000 will also be awarded to the best research paper produced by a grant recipient.

The program is building capacity by giving bright, highly-motivated students and scholars an opportunity to discover and impart new learning in a cross-cultural experience.

Supported research covers the Africa Initiative thematic areas of conflict resolution, energy, food security, health, and migration, with special attention to the cross-cutting issues of climate change.

The Africa Initiative Graduate Research Grant program is currently accepting applications for research to be conducted between September and December.

Grant recipients are expected to self-identify professors and experts they would like to work with at universities in Canada and will be required to submit an official letter of support from the university where they wish to be based as part of their application for the grant.

Grant Eligibility Criteria:

• must be a Master’s or PhD student enrolled in an African university*
• must be in good academic standing (with at least an overall B, or equivalent, standing)
• proposed research must be original and timely, and must focus on one of the Africa Initiative’s thematic areas of conflict resolution, energy, food security, health, and migration, with special attention to the cross-cutting issue of climate change

Scholarship Application Requirements:

• completed application form
• proposal (maximum 5 pages) summarizing the applicant’s graduate research, including research objective, methodology and expected results and outputs; a timeline and proposed research plan in Canada; and an overview of the capacity of the host institution contacts’ involvement with the applicant’s work while in Canada
• one letter of support from the university the applicant plans to be based at (either a letter of support from the host university inviting the applicant as a visiting scholar or an acceptance letter from the host university inviting the applicant as an exchange student)
• current CV
• current university transcript
• two letters of recommendations (one letter from the applicant’s academic advisor and an additional letter from other academic or professional sources)
• passport scan
• writing sample (can be any written research work authored by the applicant)

Program expectations: Participants are expected to provide content for the Africa Initiative’s Africa Portal on a regular basis during their placement and write one major research paper for the Portal at the end of their placement.

For more information and scholarship applications, see: Africa Initiative Graduate Research Grant

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Over 100 households in the area around Kayei Landing Site stand to benefit from 10 kilowatts of bioelectricity that will be produced by the project using a $150,000 grant from the World Bank-administered Africa Renewable Energy Access (AFREA) Trust Fund.

“The immediate target of this project is to produce electricity to power a cooling and drying facility for fish preservation, lighting for 100 households and powering a water purification plant,” said Sam Olili Egir, ASDI Project Manager.

AFREA, which is funded by the Netherlands Government, is meant to promote the development of renewable energy and accelerate access to modern energy through a number of Bank-executed and Recipient-executed activities, including technical assistance, advisory studies and investment grants targeted at various institutions including non-governmental organizations.

“This is the only project funded by the World Bank Biomass Energy Initiative for Africa in the category of increasing power capacity with bioelectricity as a pilot that will be replicated not only in Uganda but Africa as a whole,” said Syed Waqar Haider, Sector Leader for Biomass Energy Initiative for Africa.

The Apac project involves technology transfer for electricity generation from biodegradable wastes (water hyacinth, grass, kitchen waste, market waste, fish waste, agricultural waste etc) for electricity generation. The project is intended to demonstrate the technical and economic feasibility of providing electricity to a rural community from renewable energy and how decentralized production of renewable energy out of biomass can contribute to solving the energy shortage in rural areas.

The project is located at the Kayei Landing Site in a community with about 5,000 people that have no electricity access. The major economic activity in this area is fishing resulting in large volumes of fish and fish waste. The fish are normally sold off fresh and cheaply because of lack of refrigeration. The availability of electricity would allow for refrigeration and could improve the viability of the fishing business.

It is expected that after the project is completed within a year, the beneficiary households will substitute biogas for kerosene in their homes and petrol used by generators in the village. The project has training and research component to promote more efficient feedstock supply and efficient use of biogas slurry

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