Overview
The Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (CIFSRF) is a joint program of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). The Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Canada’s Minister of International Cooperation, announced the creation of the CIFSRF on October 16, 2009.
Read the IDRC and CIDA press releases.
The CIFSRF is a 5-year program that funds a wide variety of applied research projects that aims to solve immediate and concrete food security challenges on the ground in the developing world. The goal of the CIFSRF is to promote more productive and sustainable agricultural systems that make food more secure and nutritious. The CIFSRF funds partnerships between research organizations in Canada and in the developing world.
The two key objectives are to:
a) Increase food security in developing countries through investments in applied research for agricultural productivity and nutrition; and
b) Harness Canadian expertise and knowledge in food security related science and technology to develop solutions with and for the developing world.
2011 Call Announcement from the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund
Call for Concept Notes: The Canadian International Food Security Research Fund
IDRC is pleased to announce this 2011 call as part of the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (the “Fund”). The deadline for submission of concept notes is March 23, 2011.
This page describes an open, competitive call for concept notes, which may come from new or existing partnerships. Please see the links and documents posted below for details of this call.
The online application will be available on this page starting February 9 and closing March 23.
Eligibility for the Fund
A. Applicant Organizations and Research Location
This call is open to applicant organizations that will work in partnership with each other to carry out research in one (or more) of the eligible countries listed in Appendix A. Each partnership must be between two or more organizations, at least one of which must be a Canadian organization, and at least one of which must be an organization based in one of the eligible countries in the South.
Eligible country organizations are considered to be those that have legal corporate registration in an eligible country.
The research must take place in one or more eligible countries. Applicant organizations will require considerable research experience to be able to lead a project of this nature. While the majority of successful projects in the first two calls were academic institutions, the Fund encourages applications from partnerships that include non-governmental, civil society, and private sector organizations that have a strong research focus.
International organizations (excepting United Nations organizations and Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research centres) are eligible to apply as Southern collaborators in this call, provided that they have regional chapters or offices with appropriate legal status to operate and manage funds in the eligible countries where the research will take place.
United Nations organizations and the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research centres receive significant Canadian funds via other funding windows and may not apply to this Fund as applicant organizations. They may, however, be included in applications by other research teams, as third-party organizations. Similarly, Canadian federal government agencies or departments may not apply directly, but may participate as third-party organizations. The Fund will contract directly only with successful applicant organizations, which will be permitted to develop contracts with third-party organizations for specific services. Applications that involve third-party organizations must clearly justify their involvement and explain their role(s). Note that third-party organizations are not required to be located in the eligible countries.
The guideline for total third-party participation in a project is a maximum of 20% of the budget.
B. Collaboration
This open, competitive call for concept notes is designed to promote new or expanded Canadian and developing country partnerships. The partnership may be pre-existing or newly formed.
The Fund promotes joint working relationships between Canadian and developing country organizations. Effective relationships require a clear description of roles and responsibilities (who will be involved, where, when, with what intensity, and for what specific purpose or end). Effective partnerships should harness and integrate the specific skills of organizations as necessary to achieve the research objectives without creating overly complex managerial structures (e.g., too many participating organizations). Effective partnerships are also reflected by equitable sharing of the budget and shared accountability for research processes and results. The Fund seeks to harness Canadian knowledge, technology, and expertise (see Section 2, Goal and Key Objectives of the Fund) in a manner that adds value and is sensitive to the needs and participation of partners in the South.
C. Type of Research
This call will support applied field and/or laboratory research projects with potential to generate high impact and innovative results for agriculture, nutrition, and food in developing countries, with particular impact on the poor (including women and vulnerable groups). Basic/fundamental, purely theoretical, and/or policy research will not be considered. All projects require the sound assessment of environmental impact and the integration of social and gender variables.
Research must be completed within the timeframe of the project, and should have the potential for development impacts within three years after the project ends. Longer-term research (e.g., breeding, farming systems, etc.), weather-dependant research, and intensive participatory research will need to be clearly justified to ensure that work can be completed and results demonstrated within 30 months.
IDRC and CIDA are especially interested in supporting innovative research with the potential for breakthrough results that could be effectively scaled up and easily adopted by small-holder farmers, food processors, post-harvest handlers, and other value chain actors to improve food security in developing countries.
CIFSRF Eligible countries
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia ,Brazil ,Burkina Faso ,Cambodia ,Cameroon ,Caribbean Regional ,Chile ,China ,Colombia ,Congo (DRC) ,Costa Rica ,Ecuador ,Egypt ,El Salvador ,Ethiopia
,Ghana ,Guatemala ,Haiti ,Honduras ,India ,Indonesia ,Jordan ,Kenya ,Lebanon ,Malaysia ,Malawi ,Mali ,Mexico ,Morocco ,Mozambique ,Nepal ,Nicaragua ,Niger ,Nigeria ,Pakistan ,Peru ,Philippines ,Rwanda ,Senegal ,SouthAfrica ,SriLanka ,Sudan ,Syria ,Tanzania ,Togo ,Uganda ,Vietnam ,Gaza/West Bank ,Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Budget and Duration
Project budgets under this call will be in the range of CAD 1,000,000 to CAD 5,000,000 (please see instructions for more detail on budgets). Project duration must not exceed 30 months, including all research activities and final reporting.
Selection Process
This call will consist of a two-stage selection process to fund full research projects. In the first stage, all concept notes prepared by applicant partnerships will be pre-screened for eligibility and then thoroughly reviewed. A set of concept notes will be short-listed, according to the selection criteria outlined below. The review process draws on the expertise and recommendations of an international Scientific Advisory Committee of the Fund and final short-listed concept notes are approved by the Governance Committee of the Fund.
In the second stage of the process, short-listed applicants will be eligible to receive a small travel grant (must be fully justified) of up to $10,000 CAD, to permit representatives from the applicant organizations to meet to develop the full proposal. Note that provision of such a travel grant does not guarantee funding of any future full proposal, but if such a grant is awarded, a proposal must be submitted, and attendance at the meeting between applicant organizations is considered a prerequisite for submission of a full proposal.
The applicant organizations whose concept notes were shortlisted will jointly submit a full proposal, which will again be reviewed by the Scientific Advisory Committee. The Governance Committee will make final funding decisions based on the review and recommendations of the Scientific Advisory Committee.
Selection Criteria
Concept notes will be assessed on the following five criteria:
1. Relevance of the concept note / scientific idea (25%): relevance of the research to the food security and development challenge, to regional priorities, and in particular to the most food insecure in the developing world. Clear demonstration of how the research will add value to existing knowledge, citing past work done on the theme and in the region – both by the applicant organizations and by other researchers.
2. Research merit and effectiveness (25%): evidence of innovation, clarity of research questions and objectives, conceptual soundness, robustness of methodology and research design, capacity to generate results within the lifetime for the project, potential for scaling up of results (applicability and replicability).
3. Team strength and collaboration (25%): expertise, track-record and planned contribution of natural and social scientists involved in the research, level of collaboration in project implementation, and equitable sharing of budget. The roles and responsibilities of each of the partners, as well as their contribution to the expected results, should be identified – including the value-added role that Canadian knowledge, technology, and ideas will play in the research. The role, contribution, and activities of the third parties (including their level of effort), if applicable, should also be briefly described
4. Special attention to women (12.5%): consideration of women’s specific needs in design of the research, participation of women in research, potential impact of research on women. The integration of social and gender variables must be taken very seriously in order to ensure that the research has an impact on the poor and especially women and vulnerable groups, as the Fund intends. Adoption of and effects from improved technology are conditioned by these variables and influence actual development outcomes. Applicants should demonstrate how they will incorporate a gender perspective into the research activities and how they will report on the results.
5. Environmental sustainability (12.5%): recognition of potential environmental impacts, including identification of steps to maximize positive impacts and minimize negative impacts. Environmental impacts have an important role in determining the long-term success and sustainability of the research. Applicants should carefully consider environmental risks and benefits, and be clear about related activities and how environmental impacts will be measured and reported on.
In addition to the above five criteria, applications must include a budget estimate, which should be commensurate with the proposed work. Value for money is inherent in the overall assessment of criteria 1, 2, and 3, above.
Submission Deadline
Concept notes must be submitted by the deadline of 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time Zone, March 23, 2011, using the online application form.
Applications received by the deadline and deemed by IDRC to be compliant with the requirements set out in this call will be evaluated in accordance with the process outlined herein.
Applications received after the deadline WILL NOT be considered.
Any enquiries should be directed to cifsrf@idrc.ca.
http://www.idrc.ca/cifsrf/ev-151057-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html?utm_source=CIFSRF&utm_medium=Lyrislist&utm_campaign=CIFSRFList
Please quote Scholarization.blogspot.com on your application when applying for this opportunity
The Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (CIFSRF) is a joint program of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). The Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Canada’s Minister of International Cooperation, announced the creation of the CIFSRF on October 16, 2009.
Read the IDRC and CIDA press releases.
The CIFSRF is a 5-year program that funds a wide variety of applied research projects that aims to solve immediate and concrete food security challenges on the ground in the developing world. The goal of the CIFSRF is to promote more productive and sustainable agricultural systems that make food more secure and nutritious. The CIFSRF funds partnerships between research organizations in Canada and in the developing world.
The two key objectives are to:
a) Increase food security in developing countries through investments in applied research for agricultural productivity and nutrition; and
b) Harness Canadian expertise and knowledge in food security related science and technology to develop solutions with and for the developing world.
2011 Call Announcement from the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund
Call for Concept Notes: The Canadian International Food Security Research Fund
IDRC is pleased to announce this 2011 call as part of the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (the “Fund”). The deadline for submission of concept notes is March 23, 2011.
This page describes an open, competitive call for concept notes, which may come from new or existing partnerships. Please see the links and documents posted below for details of this call.
The online application will be available on this page starting February 9 and closing March 23.
Eligibility for the Fund
A. Applicant Organizations and Research Location
This call is open to applicant organizations that will work in partnership with each other to carry out research in one (or more) of the eligible countries listed in Appendix A. Each partnership must be between two or more organizations, at least one of which must be a Canadian organization, and at least one of which must be an organization based in one of the eligible countries in the South.
Eligible country organizations are considered to be those that have legal corporate registration in an eligible country.
The research must take place in one or more eligible countries. Applicant organizations will require considerable research experience to be able to lead a project of this nature. While the majority of successful projects in the first two calls were academic institutions, the Fund encourages applications from partnerships that include non-governmental, civil society, and private sector organizations that have a strong research focus.
International organizations (excepting United Nations organizations and Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research centres) are eligible to apply as Southern collaborators in this call, provided that they have regional chapters or offices with appropriate legal status to operate and manage funds in the eligible countries where the research will take place.
United Nations organizations and the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research centres receive significant Canadian funds via other funding windows and may not apply to this Fund as applicant organizations. They may, however, be included in applications by other research teams, as third-party organizations. Similarly, Canadian federal government agencies or departments may not apply directly, but may participate as third-party organizations. The Fund will contract directly only with successful applicant organizations, which will be permitted to develop contracts with third-party organizations for specific services. Applications that involve third-party organizations must clearly justify their involvement and explain their role(s). Note that third-party organizations are not required to be located in the eligible countries.
The guideline for total third-party participation in a project is a maximum of 20% of the budget.
B. Collaboration
This open, competitive call for concept notes is designed to promote new or expanded Canadian and developing country partnerships. The partnership may be pre-existing or newly formed.
The Fund promotes joint working relationships between Canadian and developing country organizations. Effective relationships require a clear description of roles and responsibilities (who will be involved, where, when, with what intensity, and for what specific purpose or end). Effective partnerships should harness and integrate the specific skills of organizations as necessary to achieve the research objectives without creating overly complex managerial structures (e.g., too many participating organizations). Effective partnerships are also reflected by equitable sharing of the budget and shared accountability for research processes and results. The Fund seeks to harness Canadian knowledge, technology, and expertise (see Section 2, Goal and Key Objectives of the Fund) in a manner that adds value and is sensitive to the needs and participation of partners in the South.
C. Type of Research
This call will support applied field and/or laboratory research projects with potential to generate high impact and innovative results for agriculture, nutrition, and food in developing countries, with particular impact on the poor (including women and vulnerable groups). Basic/fundamental, purely theoretical, and/or policy research will not be considered. All projects require the sound assessment of environmental impact and the integration of social and gender variables.
Research must be completed within the timeframe of the project, and should have the potential for development impacts within three years after the project ends. Longer-term research (e.g., breeding, farming systems, etc.), weather-dependant research, and intensive participatory research will need to be clearly justified to ensure that work can be completed and results demonstrated within 30 months.
IDRC and CIDA are especially interested in supporting innovative research with the potential for breakthrough results that could be effectively scaled up and easily adopted by small-holder farmers, food processors, post-harvest handlers, and other value chain actors to improve food security in developing countries.
CIFSRF Eligible countries
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia ,Brazil ,Burkina Faso ,Cambodia ,Cameroon ,Caribbean Regional ,Chile ,China ,Colombia ,Congo (DRC) ,Costa Rica ,Ecuador ,Egypt ,El Salvador ,Ethiopia
,Ghana ,Guatemala ,Haiti ,Honduras ,India ,Indonesia ,Jordan ,Kenya ,Lebanon ,Malaysia ,Malawi ,Mali ,Mexico ,Morocco ,Mozambique ,Nepal ,Nicaragua ,Niger ,Nigeria ,Pakistan ,Peru ,Philippines ,Rwanda ,Senegal ,SouthAfrica ,SriLanka ,Sudan ,Syria ,Tanzania ,Togo ,Uganda ,Vietnam ,Gaza/West Bank ,Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Budget and Duration
Project budgets under this call will be in the range of CAD 1,000,000 to CAD 5,000,000 (please see instructions for more detail on budgets). Project duration must not exceed 30 months, including all research activities and final reporting.
Selection Process
This call will consist of a two-stage selection process to fund full research projects. In the first stage, all concept notes prepared by applicant partnerships will be pre-screened for eligibility and then thoroughly reviewed. A set of concept notes will be short-listed, according to the selection criteria outlined below. The review process draws on the expertise and recommendations of an international Scientific Advisory Committee of the Fund and final short-listed concept notes are approved by the Governance Committee of the Fund.
In the second stage of the process, short-listed applicants will be eligible to receive a small travel grant (must be fully justified) of up to $10,000 CAD, to permit representatives from the applicant organizations to meet to develop the full proposal. Note that provision of such a travel grant does not guarantee funding of any future full proposal, but if such a grant is awarded, a proposal must be submitted, and attendance at the meeting between applicant organizations is considered a prerequisite for submission of a full proposal.
The applicant organizations whose concept notes were shortlisted will jointly submit a full proposal, which will again be reviewed by the Scientific Advisory Committee. The Governance Committee will make final funding decisions based on the review and recommendations of the Scientific Advisory Committee.
Selection Criteria
Concept notes will be assessed on the following five criteria:
1. Relevance of the concept note / scientific idea (25%): relevance of the research to the food security and development challenge, to regional priorities, and in particular to the most food insecure in the developing world. Clear demonstration of how the research will add value to existing knowledge, citing past work done on the theme and in the region – both by the applicant organizations and by other researchers.
2. Research merit and effectiveness (25%): evidence of innovation, clarity of research questions and objectives, conceptual soundness, robustness of methodology and research design, capacity to generate results within the lifetime for the project, potential for scaling up of results (applicability and replicability).
3. Team strength and collaboration (25%): expertise, track-record and planned contribution of natural and social scientists involved in the research, level of collaboration in project implementation, and equitable sharing of budget. The roles and responsibilities of each of the partners, as well as their contribution to the expected results, should be identified – including the value-added role that Canadian knowledge, technology, and ideas will play in the research. The role, contribution, and activities of the third parties (including their level of effort), if applicable, should also be briefly described
4. Special attention to women (12.5%): consideration of women’s specific needs in design of the research, participation of women in research, potential impact of research on women. The integration of social and gender variables must be taken very seriously in order to ensure that the research has an impact on the poor and especially women and vulnerable groups, as the Fund intends. Adoption of and effects from improved technology are conditioned by these variables and influence actual development outcomes. Applicants should demonstrate how they will incorporate a gender perspective into the research activities and how they will report on the results.
5. Environmental sustainability (12.5%): recognition of potential environmental impacts, including identification of steps to maximize positive impacts and minimize negative impacts. Environmental impacts have an important role in determining the long-term success and sustainability of the research. Applicants should carefully consider environmental risks and benefits, and be clear about related activities and how environmental impacts will be measured and reported on.
In addition to the above five criteria, applications must include a budget estimate, which should be commensurate with the proposed work. Value for money is inherent in the overall assessment of criteria 1, 2, and 3, above.
Submission Deadline
Concept notes must be submitted by the deadline of 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time Zone, March 23, 2011, using the online application form.
Applications received by the deadline and deemed by IDRC to be compliant with the requirements set out in this call will be evaluated in accordance with the process outlined herein.
Applications received after the deadline WILL NOT be considered.
Any enquiries should be directed to cifsrf@idrc.ca.
http://www.idrc.ca/cifsrf/ev-151057-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html?utm_source=CIFSRF&utm_medium=Lyrislist&utm_campaign=CIFSRFList
Please quote Scholarization.blogspot.com on your application when applying for this opportunity
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