Deadline: 6 November 2018
Energy and Economic Growth (EEG) is seeking applications for its Applied Research Programme with an aim to address pressing policy questions in low-income countries to help shift energy systems towards a more sustainable, efficient, reliable and equitable paradigm. EEG is a five-year programme, led by Oxford Policy Management (OPM) and funded by the UK Department for International Development.
EEG’s objective is to build a body of evidence around how power sector reforms, innovative technologies and practicable actions can enhance the economic impacts of large-scale electricity infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
This call for applications specifically welcomes research proposals that explore the implications of the declining costs of solar, wind and storage technologies on regional power trade in South Asia.
EEG aims to fill an important niche by focusing on larger scale electricity infrastructure, particularly renewable generation and urban infrastructure. This focus complements other on-going DFID research programme that are more focussed on smaller-scale, decentralised systems.
EEG also aims to be demand-led, funding research into open questions that are deemed particularly important by policymakers. They have led a systematic policy engagement process to define their research agenda in South Asia:
- The Policy Workshop, held in Kathmandu in October 2016, and numerous bilateral discussions with key decision-makers, identified regional power trade as a key area for research.
- An EEG scoping study into the opportunities and barriers to regional power trade, examined how the key research areas through which EEG can most strategically inform policy discussions.
- On behalf of EEG, DFID’s Regional Hub pitched the identified research areas to the quarterly South Asia Power Secretaries Forum.
Funding Information
A total budget of £350,000 has been allocated for this call, although EEG reserve the right to adjust this figure up or down depending on the quality and quantity of proposals received. They anticipate making 1 award.
How to Apply
Applicants can submit their applications via email at the address given on the website.
For more information, please visit Energy and Economic Growth.