West Africa Research Ecosystem Assessment Scorecard Program 2024 – Call for Proposals (up to £500,000)

Deadline: December 4, 2024

Proposals are invited for the West Africa Research Ecosystem Assessment Scorecard Program 2024. The Fund will probably be used to develop a easy colour-coded rating card to assess nationwide efficiency on analysis and improvement in chosen nations inside West Africa. This will probably be used for planning and advocacy to strengthen the general analysis ecosystem whereas enhancing recognized weaknesses.

Underlying the scorecard must be a framework and methodology, which ought to use or construct on present approaches. The analysis ought to cowl all key constraints to analysis and improvement (R&D).

Funding

• Value of the funding ranges from £100,001 to £500,000.

Eligibility

Organisations ought to have the option to show expertise and experience within the following areas:

Legal entity

• the provider must be a legally registered not-for-profit, think-tank, or multilateral improvement organisation. Research or tutorial associations are additionally welcome. Such organisation must be registered in Nigeria or Ghana or have institutional members in these nations if an affiliation.
• the organisation ought to have been in existence for at the very least 7 years.

Regional analysis capability

• analysis capability must be available throughout West Africa (Francophone and Anglophone).
• efficiently carried out public coverage and thematic space analysis initiatives within the final 5 years throughout West Africa as a area and particularly in Nigeria, Ghana, Cote D’Ivoire, and Senegal.
• proof of research-based engagements throughout totally different strata of stakeholders and analysis output communication throughout a large spectrum of up-takers in West Africa.
• proof of analysis to coverage uptake and affect in West Africa (notably within the chosen nations) throughout a number of thematic areas inside the final 5 years.

Personnel specification

• the crew lead or Principal Investigator (PI) will need to have a mixture of analysis experience Senior Lecturer equal and above if within the academia or equal from the business with sturdy analysis methodology, training, public coverage and proof uptake technical experience and coaching.
• the crew lead or PI ought to have sturdy relationships with strategic companions, establishments, and stakeholders within the science, know-how and analysis communities inside West Africa.
• it’s fascinating for the crew lead or PI to be bilingual (English and French). There have to be sturdy capability for bilingual coverage and thematic space analysis inside the organisation.
• analysis personnel ought to minimize throughout academia, a number of thematic skilled areas, and administration consulting. Senior degree personnel ought to have at the very least 10 years’ expertise whereas junior degree at the very least 5 years’ expertise.
• venture/grant administration, in addition to monitoring, analysis, analysis and studying (MERL) personnel ought to have at the very least 5 years of expertise in analysis and worldwide improvement sectors.
• senior degree personnel ought to have at the very least Master’s levels whereas junior degree personnel ought to have at the very least Bachelor’s levels throughout each analysis, venture administration and MERL obligations. These must be complemented with related skilled certifications on analysis administration, analysis high quality evaluation, venture/grant administration, finance and administration, and MERL.
• the provider will need to have analysis methodologists as a part of the crew implementing this grant. This ought to minimize throughout each senior and junior ranges.
• thematic analysis areas of deep dive ought to have junior and senior degree experience on the analysis groups domiciled within the chosen nations of research.

Application

Refer to the invitation letter for particulars on submission. This letter refers to the next attachments (volumes):

You ought to e-mail your proposals to [email protected] by 5pm UK time on 4 December 2024.

For extra data, go to West Africa Research Ecosystem Assessment Scorecard.