Deadline: 30 June 2017
The Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) and the International Rescue Committee (IRC) is inviting proposals from researchers working on randomized evaluations in related fields to conduct rigorous research to help expand the evidence base on what works in reducing intimate partner violence in low income countries for its joint program entitled “Intimate Partner Violence Initiative”.
As part of the broader initiative, IPA also invite proposals that seek to improve the measurement of IPV and related outcomes like women’s agency, decision-making, inter-household bargaining and time use. It is expected that successful candidates for measurement-related work will coordinate closely with IPA and IRC staff to ensure that instruments and measures match the measurement priorities of the field.
All successful candidates will receive guidance from the Initiative about emerging best practices and the ethical conduct of violence research.
Priorities
- Add IPV focused survey modules to existing studies. IPV anticipate that smaller grants would fund the cost of adding additional IPV focused survey modules to studies currently underway. They would target the numerous programs and research studies that are not directly focused on IPV, but likely have notable impacts on IPV outcomes. Programs targeting depression, alcohol use, family planning, and personal development could be examples of areas to explore. They anticipate funding between 4 to 6 additions to planned survey rounds totaling between $25,000 and $50,000.
- Add IPV focused survey rounds to current or past studies. IPV also anticipate funding additional survey rounds focused on IPV. The types of additional survey rounds they would consider include, but are certainly not limited to,
- supplemental household or spouse surveys with related respondents that are not part of the original data collection plan,
- a long term follow-up survey of concluded study, and
- cases where it is important to separate any IPV data collection from the primary study.
They anticipate funding between 1 to 2 additions in this category, totaling between $50,000 and $125,000 each.
- Add an IPV targeted treatment arm to an existing study. IPV anticipate dispersing one larger grant that will support expanding a study by adding a treatment arm focused on reducing IPV to an existing or upcoming randomized evaluation. Applicants can request funding for the costs of expanding the study sample and survey as well as the IPV focused intervention. They anticipate funding 1 large expansion to a study in the range of $250,000 or less.
Geographic Focus: The fund encourages research projects in developing countries. Projects in Sub Saharan Africa and South Asia, as well as applications from research teams with one or more researchers working full time in these regions, are particularly encouraged.
Eligibility Criteria
- Each application must be presented by a team consisting of :
- one or more researchers involved in the design of the intervention and responsible for carrying out a rigorous evaluation of the program and
- one or more practitioner institutions who will partner with the research team on the proposed intervention.
- Researchers must be affiliated with a research institution or a university and either hold a PhD or be currently pursuing a PhD in a relevant social science discipline. They must demonstrate experience in field research and randomized evaluations.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply via given website.
Eligible Countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, Angola, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Sao Tome and Principe, the Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan or Zimbabwe.
For more information, please visit Intimate Partner Violence Initiative.