Research and Innovation

Apply for funding to work with secondary data to build knowledge and engage with researchers in low- and middle-income countries in the Global South.

This funding opportunity involves the use of secondary data analysis and is an extension of the ongoing Secondary Data Analysis Initiative (SDAI) opportunity. This highlight notice is focused on development issues in low- and middle-income countries in Latin America, Africa and Southeast Asia.

Aims

The aims of this opportunity are to:

The Center on Conflict and Development is seeking applications for the Student Media Grant Program to enable and encourage student photographers (especially those interested in photojournalism and international conflict) to document and highlight issues related to conflict and development through stunning visual media in the country where these events are taking place.

The THRIVE/ Shell Climate-Smart Agriculture Challenge is now open for submissions to identify and support top start-up and scale-up innovators who are driving the global transformation to climate-smart agriculture practices. The challenge aligns with Shell’s Powering Progress strategy and the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals.

Funder: SVG Ventures

UrL: https://thriveagrifood.com/shell-challenge/

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is issuing this Request for Proposals (RFPs) for Fitfood Zone Design and Creation.

The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) and the Walton Family Foundation are awarding up to approximately $1 million for projects that increase farmer and landowner adoption of conservation practices and provide a range of ecosystem benefits including water quality improvements, particularly those identified in the Edge of Field Roadmap.

The International Consortium for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Agriculture (ICASA) – is soliciting Letters of Intent (LOI) for research concepts for potential funding and collaboration. ICASA, a public-private partnership, is focused on antibiotic stewardship in animal agriculture and has committed to investing in research to accelerate innovation and antibiotic stewardship across the livestock supply chain.

DIV provides funding in three tiered stages and also provides funding for researchers seeking to generate rigorous evidence. Organizations should apply to the level that best matches their current scale and evidence base of impact and cost-effectiveness. Organizations may apply again for the same level of funding or another level of funding.

Funder: US Agency for International Development

UrL: https://www.usaid.gov/div/about

Dateline: Rolling

On behalf of the U.S. Department of State’s Chemical Security Program (CSP), CRDF Global is pleased to offer grants to improve the physical and procedural security of chemical laboratories and facilities. These Chemical Security Improvement Grants (CSIG) contribute to the security of industrial and academic chemical facilities, including their employees and their communities, and aim to prevent the accidental or intentional misuse of chemicals. CSIGs are one-time awards ranging from $2,000 to $30,000 in value with applications accepted on a quarterly basis.

Through this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), the National Cancer Institute (NCI) solicits R01 research projects that seek to investigate actionable synthetic vulnerabilities that can be conditionally paired with tumor responses to radiation therapy. The goal of the Precision Approaches in Radiation Synthetic Combinations (PAIRS) program is to develop radiation-synthetic combination strategies and facilitate their adoption into the precision medicine toolkit toward building new and effective anticancer treatments.

Funder: National Institute of Health

Through this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), the National Cancer Institute (NCI) intends to facilitate well planned clinical trials across the cancer prevention and control spectrum aimed at improving prevention/ interception, cancer-related health behaviors, screening, early detection, healthcare delivery, management of treatment-related symptoms, supportive care, and the long-term outcomes of cancer survivors.