Request for Proposals: West Africa Regional Hub Small Grants Fund
Overview
Deadline Extended: Submissions due April 5, 2023 at 5:00 PM GMT
Le Centre de Recherche et d’Action pour la Paix (CERAP), EGAP’s West Africa Regional Hub, is soliciting proposals for quantitative field studies on the theme of democracy, conflict, and polarization. CERAP will aim to fund approximately 14 grants of up to USD 3,000 each to teams led by principal investigators based in/from sub-Saharan Africa that will conduct research in a sub-Saharan African country.
A critical feature of the grant is that it seeks to fund quantitative research (e.g., surveys, field experiments, or large-N analysis of administrative data) in sub-Saharan Africa that may lead to an accumulated understanding of promising governance innovations or civil society-led innovations in this area of study. We are especially interested in proposals for formative research that can then inform future larger-scale collaborative studies between researchers and practitioner organizations, including NGOs, civil society organizations, or government agencies.
Topics of research
We invite proposals for quantitative field studies in sub-Saharan Africa countries on the topic of democracy, conflict, and polarization. The Democracy, Conflict, & Polarization research area addresses the challenge of polarization across partisan and other identity lines, including both increased affective polarization and polarization in perceptions on core issues like the economy, public safety, inequality and climate change. This research area builds on work by many members of the EGAP network who have studied polarization and its consequences for democratic backsliding, mistrust in public institutions, and poor government response to crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Focusing on citizens who differ in partisanship, identity, or policy preferences, potential topics include:
- Strategies for productive public deliberation and problem solving for public policy;
- Strategies to reduce partisan animosity and dehumanization in politics;
- Strategies to counter hateful rhetoric in political campaigns;
- Strategies to reduce the spread or belief in misinformation;
- Strategies to reduce actions or norms that support political violence or extremism at the expense of democracy.
Application Process: to apply, please send completed application documents to cerap.egap-berkeley@cerap-inades.org. Please see the Request for Proposals for detailed information regarding the application process and eligibility requirements.
Deadline for Proposals: April 5, 2023 at 5:00 PM GMT
Questions: contact cerap.egap-berkeley@cerap-inades.org