Call for Proposals: Collaborative Grants on Global Development Policy

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Request for Proposals

Boston University’s Global Development Policy Center (GDP Center) is pleased to announce a call for proposals for faculty-led research papers in global development policy.

Founded on September 1, 2017, the GDP Center is a Boston University-wide center in partnership with the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies and the Vice President and Associate Provost for Research. The GDP Center seeks to advance policy-oriented research on financial stability, human wellbeing, and environmental sustainability around the world.

Through this request for proposal (RFP), the GDP Center will award seed funding for up to five collaborative policy research projects in 2021 that help advance the GDP Center’s mission. Awardees will be provided with:

  • Financial support of up to $15,000 to conduct research and engage with policy makers and the public; and
  • Outreach support to promote the work through social media, design and advancement of working papers or reports, and so forth.

The goal of this RFP is to encourage the GDP Center’s faculty affiliates to engage in policy oriented collaborative research through the Center.

Eligibility:

  • Open to all Boston University GDP Center affiliate faculty. Those who are not affiliate faculty may make proposals with existing affiliates or join the affiliate program; and
  • Proposals must originate from more than one faculty member and represent faculty across Boston University schools and colleges. Incubation funds will not be awarded to individual faculty projects or collaborative projects within the same department or school.

Proposal format:

Those interested in applying must submit a proposal to Victoria Puyat, mmvp@bu.edu by April 12, 2021. Proposals should be 1-3 pages and meet the following guidelines:

  • Outline the policy arena and problem that the project will address—consistent with the GDP Center’s overall mission outlined above;
  • Identify the research question that the scholars will address and why the particular collaboration of two or more Boston University scholars positioned the scholars to address the research questions;
  • Identify the target peer reviewed publication outlets and policy audiences that the research will seek to reach;
  • Discuss the experience with and interest in engaging with policymakers and the general public with the findings of the project; and
  • Provide a concrete timeline for research, the production of deliverables, and the development of subsequent proposals that spans no more than one calendar year.