IFRES GRANT CYCLE FOR GRANT YEAR 2007


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2007 Call for Proposals

Grant seekers from the foundation should be guided by the following grant calendar:

IFRES GRANT CYCLE FOR GRANT YEAR 2007

Activity	Date	Remark
1. Setting of IFRES Thematic Priorities for IFRES Funding Support.	Every 3 or 4 years. November, when it is done.	Priorities for first cycle (2005-2007) set in two demand-driven participatory stakeholders workshops and subsequent informal consultations held in June 2004
2. Newspaper advertisement inviting 3-page Concept Note proposals for grant year 2007.	June 2006
3. Closing date for Call for Concept Note proposals.	July 2006
4. Invitation of short-listed Concept Notes for development of full proposals.	August 2006
5. Closing date for submission of full proposals.	September 2006
6. IFRES Board Meeting to consider and approve grant awards.	November 2006
7. Announcement of IFRES Grant Award winners for grant year 2006.	December 2006
8. Pre-field Workshop for IFRES grantees.	December 2006
9. Disbursement of IFRES Grants for IFRES 2006 Grant Year.	December 2006


Information for grant seekers
Prospective applicants for IFRES grants are to respond to the Call for Proposals to be published in February each year. The Call for Proposals spells out the thematic priorities relevant to the grant year in question. Though the list of thematic priorities determined in June 2004 as indicated above is generally valid for the next three years, there may be slight modifications to the list from year to year before the next major review of priority themes in 2007. The Call will be published in two Nigerian daily newspapers and on the IFRES website. Grant seekers are to comply strictly with the stipulated guidelines for the submission of proposals.

Understanding our programme interests
The programme interests of the foundation are guided by the following considerations:

1.	Proposals are welcome from any discipline provided there is a clear policy perspective regardless of the
	sector of the economy covered by the proposal because of our belief that policy itself has come to constitute a limiting factor on economic and social development in Nigeria and other sub-Saharan African countries

2.	IFRES supported research must generate knowledge that is problem-solving, practical and mission-
	oriented, with demonstrated linear relationship between the knowledge generated from the research and improved livelihoods of the general populace

3.	Proposals must indicate how results from the study leads to better policy formulation, policy implementation
	or policy decision that will uplift the living standards of the people

4.	Research knowledge should indicate contribution to the capacity of relevant key stakeholders to take their
	destiny into their own hands by transforming them from quiet grumblers into active and effective agenda setters in continuous interaction with policy makers

5.	Proposals must be analytically rigorous at the same time that the knowledge generated can be translated
	into action with direct impact on livelihoods

6.	Proposals must demonstrate visionary grasp of the long term issues confronting the society

7.	Research projects funded by the foundation should generate knowledge that can be easily disseminated in
	the global scientific community through publication in reputable domestic and international journals, and

8.	Applicants must demonstrate their plans for using knowledge from the IFRES-supported research to
	actively engage the policy community and the key policy actors

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