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NOFO: Using secondary data to focus on development problems in developing countries

Apply for funding to work with secondary data in order to acquire knowledge and engage in dialogue with researchers in low- and middle-income countries in the 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 flagship advisory focuses on development issues in low- and middle-income countries in Latin America, Africa and Southeast Asia.

Objectives

The objectives of this opportunity are to :

• co-produce substantial and innovative data research through equitable partnerships with researchers based in developing countries
• use existing data resources to produce high-quality, hard-hitting research on issues of concern to developing countries
• improve skills, capacities and methods for researching secondary data in and on developing countries
• provide an overview of existing data resources that can be used to conduct research on developing countries.

Zones

This opportunity particularly encourages us to focus on the following areas:

• environment, biodiversity and climate change
• build and maintain effective, democratic and trustworthy institutions
• economic stability and sustainable growth
• supply chains and food safety
• migration, mobility and demographic change
• shocks, risks and resilience
• conflicts and violence.

Information on financing

• Projects can cost up to £300,000 of the total economic cost. The ESRC will fund 80 % of the total economic cost.
• Projects can last up to 22 months and must :
  • start by the end of June 2023
  • be completed by 31 March 2025.

Eligibility criteria

• To apply you must either :
  • be an established member of an approved research organisation
  • have an agreement with an approved research organisation to work there and have access to appropriate research facilities for the duration of the grant.
• They encourage applications from:
  • those wishing to develop their skills in the use of secondary data, whatever their career stage
  • researchers at the start of their career who want to gain experience as a principal investigator or co-investigator.
• If you are an early-career researcher applying as a principal investigator or co-investigator, you must :
  • have submitted your doctorate or have equivalent experience by the start date of the grant
  • Be able to explain why you should be considered an early career researcher and how the award of a Secondary Data Analysis Initiative (SDAI) grant will have a demonstrable impact on your trajectory to become an independent researcher.
  • not be a current or former principal investigator of the ESRC or other UK research and innovation grants.

For more information, please visit Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) .