Do You Want Your Research to Help Close the
Gender and Diversity Gaps? If you are a researcher and you want to contribute
to closing the gender and diversity gaps in Latin America? If yes, then apply
for the Gender and Diversity Knowledge Initiative.
The Latin America and the Caribbean region still has a long way to
go when it comes to closing the gender and diversity gaps. One of the biggest
challenges is closing existing knowledge gaps on the inequalities facing women,
indigenous peoples, and persons of African descent, persons with disabilities,
and LGBTQ+ persons.
GDLab, the Gender and Diversity Knowledge
Initiative of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), contributes to informing
the design of policies and reforms in Latin America and the Caribbean with the
production and dissemination of new evidence.
Goals
GDLab will fund innovative research that
advances their knowledge of all types of existing inequalities faced by these vulnerable
groups. The call for proposals seeks to fund research studies that:
- Rigorously document the
inequalities affecting these vulnerable groups with new and innovative
data.
- Explore the effectiveness of
innovative programs and solutions that contribute to reducing
inequalities.
Priority Issues
Preference will be given to proposals that focus
on areas where there is still limited information due to lack of data and/or
methodological challenges and those that focus on addressing the consequences
of the economic and health crises associated with the COVID-19. In this
first round of the call for proposals, the priority issues are:
- Recovery and job creation with
a gender and inclusion perspective.
- Prevention of violence against
women and care for survivors.
- Innovative models of care and
health support for vulnerable populations.
- Innovative models of in-person
and remote education for vulnerable populations.
- Migration patterns during the
pandemic.
Funding Information
GDLab will allocate between US$15,000-150,000
(or its equivalent in local currency) to the total budget of each study.
Research teams can apply to two categories of funding depending on the proposed
budget and the scope of the proposed work:
- US$15,000-40,000: for studies
that require resources to complement existing funds, or studies that
require funding to cover research activities or access to primary data
sources.
- US$40,000-150,000: for studies
that seek to implement and evaluate a pilot intervention.
Who can participate?
All research teams and individuals can submit
proposals, as well as all government, academic, and private-sector
institutions. To do so, they recommend reviewing the call for
submissions and carefully reviewing the form that must be filled
out to apply for funding from GDLab.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any research team (or
individual consultant), government, university or private sector
institution can apply.
- Research teams should partner
with an Inter-American Development Bank specialist before submitting the proposal.
If no such coordination exists and the proposal is selected, the GDLab
will facilitate the match of the research team with a Bank specialist that
can contribute to the project on a technical level. Studies should focus
in one or more of the Inter-American Development Bank’s borrowing
member countries.
Post Date - 10-Jun-2021