STATE CAPABILITIES RESEARCH PROGRAMME
INTERNATIONAL GROWTH CENTRE.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
The State Capabilities programme of the International Growth Centre
(<http://www.theigc.org/>www.theigc.org) invites application for
funding of top-quality research of relevance to the public sector in
developing countries.
Applicants should make precise how the proposal relates to one or
more of the three core areas of the programme:
(i) Incentives for public sector workers and the
delivery of public services
(ii) Taxation
(iii) Procurement
A more detailed description can be found at
<http://www.theigc.org/index.php?q=node/265>http://www.theigc.org/index.php?q=node/265.
Timing
Proposals should be emailed using the attached form (no other
attachments please) to the programme director o.bandiera_at_lse.ac.uk
by NOVEMBER 9, 2009.
The ultimate decision rests with the IGC executive group and will be
announced by end- December.
Criteria for Assessment
The executive group will assess proposals on the following four criteria.
(i) The extent to which the proposed research is innovative and
contributes to substantive, relevant knowledge. This criterion
captures general academic rigour and quality, and rewards proposals
which are able to effectively define their contribution with respect
to the existing literature.
(ii) Whether and how the proposed research responds to the emerging
growth policy problems faced by the world's poorest countries.
Researchers should make the case that the proposed study will have
the potential to inform policy which relates to economic growth in
developing countries. A direct way (but not the only way) to
establish relevance is to respond to a demand for knowledge from one
of the IGC focus countries listed on the IGC website
(<http://www.theigc.org/>www.theigc.org)
(iii) Value for money.
(iv) Whether the proposed research team includes named academics
based in developing countries. The IGC wishes to build the capacity
of researchers based at institutions in developing countries. It
would count positively if a proposal originates from a team which
includes researchers based in a developing country on a co-PI
(co-author) basis. Research assistants and field investigators will
not be taken into account under this criterion.
Budgeting Issues
Applicants are encouraged to provide some guidance on the order of
priority of the items requested in the proposal budget. In the event
that the IGC is unable to provide full funding for your proposal,
this would make it easier for us to identify which modules are
scalable or optional, and which are essential. For projects with more
than one applicant (Principal Investigator) the preference is for one
applicant or institution to act as the lead party, and if the
proposal is successful disbursements will be made to the lead party.
Where separate contracts are required, separate budgets should be
provided for each required contract. Please provide the name(s) and
full contact details of the lead party/parties in the budget section
of the proposal form.
PI Remuneration
Proposals can include Principal Investigator remuneration where this
is not covered from other sources. These should be costed at fixed
daily rate of no more than GBP 500 per day. The IGC does not
prescribe norms for the recovery of Principal Investigator
remuneration or indirect and estates costs where these apply. But
applicants should bear in mind when preparing the budget that 'value
for money' is one of the evaluation criteria, and projects where
these costs are a modest proportion of total budget costs would be at
an advantage in this respect.
Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic
communications disclaimer:
<http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/secretariat/legal/disclaimer.htm>http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/secretariat/legal/disclaimer.htm
Received on Mon Oct 19 2009 - 08:43:00 EDT
