Calls for proposals: Food Security & Women Economic Empowerment
Canadaâs International Development Research Centre and Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada have launched the 2015 open call for proposals under the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund.
This open competitive call for proposals will fund projects submitted by strong partnerships between research, development, private sector, and other business-oriented organizations from Canada and from eligible countries.
The Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women (GrOW) program (of the Canada’s International Development Research Centre, IDRC) announces a new call for proposals: for a systematic review of existing evidence of the effects of womenâs economic empowerment on economic growth.
This calls aims to assess whether more equal economic participation of women enhances economic growth as well as womenâs well-being. Research will identify the pathways through which womenâs economic empowerment affect economic growth, and the factors that influence this complex relationship. This will be assessed through a review of existing evidence.
Applications must be submitted by 16:00 (GMT)/11:00 (EST) on March 31, 2015, through the IDRC online application process.
The project duration cannot exceed 24 months, including all research activities and final reporting. The total budget available for this exercise is up to CAD 500,000.
All relevant call information, including eligibility criteria, is available on the IDRC competitions page.
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