ESRC Call to Use Secondary Data to Focus on Global South Development Issues
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) has launched a new highlight notice to focus on development issues in low- and middle-income countries in Latin America, Africa and Southeast Asia.
This funding opportunity involves the use of secondary data analysis and is an extension of the ongoing Secondary Data Analysis Initiative (SDAI) opportunity.
The aims of this opportunity are to:
- Co-produce substantive and innovative data research through equitable partnerships with investigators based in the Global South
- Utilise existing data resources to produce high quality, impactful research on issues of concern to developing countries
- Improve the skills, capacity and methods for secondary data research in and on developing countries
- Provide insight into existing data resources that can be used to conduct research on developing countries.
This opportunity particularly encourages focus on the following areas:
- Environment, biodiversity and climate change
- Building and maintaining effective, democratic and trusted institutions
- Economic stability and sustainable growth
- Supply chains and food security
- Migration, mobility and demographic change
- Shocks, risks and resilience
- Conflict and violence.
All social science disciplines are eligible. ESRC welcome proposals that include disciplines where social science approaches form the dominant part of the proposal.
All proposals will have to make a clear case for how they comply with Official Development Assistance (ODA) guidelines.
Eligible applicants must be an established member of an approved research organisation.
Proposals must comply with Official Development Assistance (ODA) guidelines.
Projects can cost up to £300,000 at 100% of the full economic cost. ESRC will fund 80% of the full economic cost of the project.
The project duration can be up to 22 months.
Projects must commence by the end of June 2023 and be completed by 31 March 2025.
Applications must be submitted online via the Joint Electronic Submission system (Je-S) by the deadline of 31 October 2022 (4pm UK time).