Deadline: 30 April 2018
Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the São Paolo Research Foundation (FAPESP) has announced the competitive call for research proposals on the topic “Innovations for marginalized youth economic inclusion”.
The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), is a public foundation with the mission to support research projects in higher education and research institutions, in all fields of knowledge, including basic and applied research in universities, research institutes, and small businesses.
The objective of this Call is to support the generation and systematization of knowledge, innovation and evidence to foster economic inclusion for marginalized youth in Brazil and other Latin American and Caribbean countries. The call will identify promising innovations and support piloting, learning and evaluation. It will also identify innovations that are being implemented and that can be scaled up. The proposal must build a strong learning and evaluation agenda, both for projects piloting new ideas as well as those which propose scaling-up promising interventions. The learning and evidence generated is expected to inform policy debates on what works best to foster the economic inclusion of the most marginalized youth in São Paulo and beyond.
Grants funded by the IDRC-FAPESP partnership are expected to respond to the following specific objectives:
- Support social innovation, out-of-the-box policies and grassroots practice to foster the economic inclusion of the most disadvantaged youth;
- Generate evidence on what works to foster vulnerable youth economic inclusion;
- Foster collaboration between researchers and implementing agencies so that practice and policies are informed by evidence;
- Contribute to policy debates on national and subnational policies and efforts to address economic exclusion among the most disadvantaged youth;
- Promote knowledge to foster the implementation of public policies of social relevance, when feasible.
Projects Duration
The maximum project length is 24 months.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
For more information, please visit FAPESP Call for Proposals.