The CGIAR Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA) announced a two-stage call for proposals on experimental impact evaluations of CGIAR research. SPIA invites researchers from academic institutions and from CGIAR Centers or CGIAR Research Programs to submit proposals for impact evaluation projects that are based on an experimental design (randomized design or natural experiments). While the project may run beyond December 2016, SPIA funding must be utilized before this period. The overall budget available for this call is USD 900,000, with approximately 2 to 4 awarded proposals expected. Projects must be able to provide rigorous and innovative evidence on the impact of CGIAR technologies, but researchers from CGIAR CRPs/Centers do not necessarily need to take part in the evaluation.
Two-stage call for proposal process:
If you wish to submit a full proposal, you must first submit an expression of interest, no later than 11:59 pm CET, Sunday, June 1st 2014. EOIs will be reviewed and a subset will be requested by July 10th 2014 to submit full proposals.
Requested final proposals will be due at 11:59 pm CET, Sunday, September 7th 2014, and final selection decisions will be made in October. Project implementation may begin after October 2014, conditional on the contractual process being finalized.
*More details can be found in the call for expressions of interest here or on the SPIA website.
