Deadline: 12-Feb-23
The Impact Collaboration Programme (ICP 2023) is now open for applications.
The Geneva Science-Policy Interface supports this work by facilitating opportunities for collaboration and partnership between Geneva-based international policy actors and scientific institutions, in Switzerland and beyond. Through the Impact Collaboration Programme (ICP), it provides a unique funding instrument to spot, support and scale collaborations that contribute to strengthening science-informed policy-making and build policy-relevant research and tools.
Goal of the ICP
- The overall goal of the ICP is to strengthen science-policy ecosystems around specific policy issues that are relevant to the International Geneva ecosystem, with the view to encourage science-informed policy-making and policy-relevant research.
Objectives
The specific objectives of the ICP are the following:
- Generate opportunities for science-policy collaborations;
- Strengthen the strategic approach of science-policy initiatives;
- Build capacity and resources in the field of science-policy boundary-spanning.
Funding Information
- Maximum 60,000 CHF per project
- Tailored support and advice to help maximise impact
- A learning framework to elicit knowledge and build capacity in science-policy boundary-spanning
- The work plan of the projects supported by the Impact Collaboration Program must be completed within 12 months.
Outcomes
- While the ultimate goal of a science-policy initiative is to have an impact on a specific policy issue, the direct project’s outcome(s) practically resides in addressing specific aspects of a science-policy gap. The main types of science-policy outcomes somewhat fall under the following categories:
- Improve knowledge exchange between science and policy organisations;
- Empower policy and science actors to engage with one another;
- Build more diverse and stronger networks and relationships;
- Create or leverage policy windows to link knowledge production with use in policy-making
- Project activities might have interim concrete outcome objectives (eg. greater awareness of existing research, interest on the part of decision-makers, willingness to converse, or initiation of relationships). The link between interim activity-specific outcomes, science-policy outcomes and final policy impact are the constituent parts of the initiative’s theory of change/pathway to impact.
- To be effective, activities should be based on a clear gap analysis, a good understanding of the global policy context, a clearly defined overall goal that has been discussed with key stakeholders, activity-specific goals and pre-specified outcomes.
Eligibility Criteria
- The call supports projects that stem from collaborations that involve at least one actor from an academic institution (no geographical limitation), and one actor from the International Geneva ecosystem carrying policy work (e.g. international organisations, programmes, funds, NGOs.
- The ICP provides support to collaborative projects and initiatives that explicitly address a science-policy gap around a global issue of relevance to the work of International Geneva actors. Individuals (with affiliations), institutions and consortia can apply to the programme.
- The eligibility evaluation is performed against four criteria:
- Objective fit
- Does the project address a global policy issue through a clear science-policy impact pathway?
- Collaboration fit
- Is the project a collaboration? And
- Is there an academic party and does it satisfy the definition? And
- Is there a policy/implementation party and does it satisfy the definition?
- Geneva relevance
- Does the project address a global policy issue?
- Is the policy issue or the collaboration relevant to International Geneva?
- Budget fit
- Is there co-financing (cash and or in-kind)? And
- Is the budget mostly focused on science-policy engagement activities?
- Objective fit
For more information, visit https://www.hes-so.ch/actualites/detail-actualites/impact-collaboration-programme-is-now-open-for-applications-1