Seventh Call for Proposals for STEG Small Research Grants

Description

1) Objective

STEG invites applications to the sixth 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.

Research may focus on broad systemic patterns and processes of structural transformation and growth for low- and middle-income countries, in a comparative sense across time or space, or more narrowly defined topics related to one or more of the following six research themes:

• Data, measurement, and conceptual framing;
• Firms, frictions and spillovers, and industrial policy;
• Labour, home production, and structural transformation at the level of households;
• Agricultural productivity and sectoral gaps;
• Trade and spatial frictions;
• Political economy and public investment.
• Other areas of interest may not fit cleanly into any of the themes but are centrally relevant to STEG and are also encouraged.

STEG is also focused around three cross-cutting issues that are simultaneously relevant to many areas of structural transformation, including the six research themes:

• Gender;
• Climate change and the environment;
• Inequality and inclusion.

2) Eligibility

They welcome applications to our 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 November 2023. 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.