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Tenth Call for Proposals for STEG Small Research Grants
https://steg.cepr.org/call-for-proposals/tenth-call-proposals-steg-small-research-grants
Overview
| Donor: | STEG |
| Application procedure: | Online Application |
| Donor base: | United Kingdom |
| Reference number: | - |
| Eligible applicants: | Individual |
| Deadline: | 06.01.2026 |
Financial details
| Grant size: | Small - up to $100,000 |
| Minimum grant size: | 10.000GBP |
| Total available budget: | - |
| Funding type: | Grants |
| Maximum grant size: | 25.000GBP |
| Funding ratio: | up to 100% |
Sectors
- Research, Technology & Innovation
Project Locations
Africa
Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe
America
Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela
Asia
Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, East Timor, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, West Bank and Gaza, Yemen
Europe
Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Ukraine
Pacific
Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
Description
1) Objective
STEG invites applications to the call for proposals for Small Research Grants (SRGs). SRGs of between £10,000 and £25,000 can fund research assistance, data collection and/or purchase, and potentially research stipends/teaching buyouts. Grants also support travel to field sites, even when secondary data is utilised. They view this kind of travel (with the possibilities for field visits and conversations with policy makers) as particularly important for researchers who lack prior experience in the countries that they intend to study. Please note that cost effectiveness and value for money are important evaluation criteria and submitted budgets must adhere to the STEG Budget Guidelines.
For this call, they particularly welcome proposals in the STEG areas of interest that have the following characteristics:
- Focus on the collection, harmonization, and/or curation of macro-relevant cross-section or panel data. (Proposals should disclose any potential barriers to making the data publicly available, including any relevant privacy or property rights constraints.)
- Focus on the potential impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) and/or advanced automation on labour markets and growth trajectories in low-income countries. Work in this vein should be grounded in empirical work (from other contexts) and/or theoretical modelling; we cannot fund work that is purely discussion-based.
- Research on gender and structural transformation, including issues such as constraints to women’s labour force participation or macro consequences of restrictive policies, norms or constraints affecting women’s work.
2) Eligibility
They welcome applications to SRG calls from researchers all over the world.
3) Location
Please note that an important criterion for funding of proposals is the relevance to policy in low-income countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Proposals focused on middle- and/or high-income countries need to make a clear case for the relevance of the research to policy in specific low-income countries.
4) Budget
Grants range from £10,000 to £25,000.
5) Application
Deadline is 6 January 2026. Applications received after this time will be considered for the next SRG round. Applicants are asked to submit their proposals, using the templates available at the bottom of the SRG & PhD funding page, via the SRG Application Form on Hub.