Deadline: 14-May-21
The Competitiveness, Technology, and Innovation Division (IFD/CTI) of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) invites individuals or a team of researchers to submit research proposals that make use of the harmonized Latin American Innovation Surveys dataset (LAIS), to generate new empirical evidence relevant for innovation policy.
The characteristics of LAIS allow addressing the validity of previous results of single-country studies in different contexts, improving our understanding of the relevance of framework conditions, and exploring under-researched aspects of innovation in firms. Among these topics, some policy-relevant questions can be addressed by generating new knowledge that can improve the efficiency of public support to innovation and uncover innovation activities that governments should support. This call aims to sponsor quantitative research that addresses research questions relevant to innovation policy using the LAIS dataset.
Funding Information
The IDB will contribute up to US$10,000 for each selected study proposal. The payment schedule will be structured as follows:
- 10% at the signature of the formal agreement between the IDB and the researcher or team leader.
- 50% upon approval by the IDB of the first draft of the research paper.
- 40% upon approval by the IDB of the final research paper.
Participation Criteria
The researcher or team leader must be a citizen of one of the IDB’s 48 member countries and have no family members currently working at the IDB Group.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible proposals must include at least two countries in the analysis. Possible research topics to be addressed include (the list of topics is meant to be suggestive and by no means exclusive):
- Determinants of innovation.
- Complementarities and innovation modes.
- Innovation impacts and objectives.
- Evaluation of innovation policies.
- Framework conditions and innovation.
- Innovation and internationalization.
- ICTs and innovation.
- Open innovation.
- Innovation protection and use of IPR.
- Human capital, innovation, and firm performance.
Selection Criteria
- This Call will select up to five research proposals. The evaluation team will be coordinated by Fernando Vargas (IFD/CTI). Proposals will be evaluated according to their policy relevance, methodology, and academic merits. At least one proposal that includes a typically under-researched country will be selected (Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Panama, and Paraguay).
For more information, visit https://convocatorias.iadb.org/en/lais/new-evidence-innovation-policy-exploiting-latin-american-innovation-surveys-database-lais
