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USAID and NSF launch new grant programme
'Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER)' is a competitive grants programme that will allow scientists in developing countries to apply for funds to support research and capacity-building activities. Deadline for proposals: 30 November 2011.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the US National Science Foundation (NSF) are pleased to announce the launching of Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER). The programme will allow scientists in developing countries to apply for funds to support research and capacity-building activities in partnership with their NSF-funded collaborators on topics of importance to USAID.
Areas in which both NSF and USAID have strong mutual interests include, but are not limited to:
- Food security topics such as agricultural development, fisheries, and plant genomics
- Global health issues such as ecology of infectious disease, biomedical engineering, and natural/human system interactions
- Climate change impacts such as water sustainability, hydrology, ocean acidification, climate process and modeling, and environmental engineering
- Other development topics including disaster mitigation, biodiversity, water, and renewable energy
For further information, please visit: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/dsc/peer/index.htm
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