The Ecosystem Services for Poverty
Alleviation(ESPA) grants provides an opportunity for the world’s best
researchers to add significant value to the ESPA programme. This
Announcement of Opportunity (AO) invites applications into one of three
research themes, i.e. sustainable, ecosystem-based pathways out of
poverty; ecosystem services and the urban environment; and building on ESPA
success. Projects will be funded for a maximum duration of between 24 and
30 months, with an expected start date between 1 September 2013 and
1 November 2013.
Alleviation(ESPA) grants provides an opportunity for the world’s best
researchers to add significant value to the ESPA programme. This
Announcement of Opportunity (AO) invites applications into one of three
research themes, i.e. sustainable, ecosystem-based pathways out of
poverty; ecosystem services and the urban environment; and building on ESPA
success. Projects will be funded for a maximum duration of between 24 and
30 months, with an expected start date between 1 September 2013 and
1 November 2013.
Study Subject(s): The three research themes are:
-Sustainable, ecosystem-based pathways out of poverty
-Ecosystem services and the urban environment
-Building on ESPA success.
-Sustainable, ecosystem-based pathways out of poverty
-Ecosystem services and the urban environment
-Building on ESPA success.
Course Level: This scholarship is available for pursuing research
progrram.
progrram.
Scholarship Provider: The Ecosystem Services for Poverty
Alleviation (ESPA) research programme is funded by the UK’s Department for
International Development (DFID), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
and Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
Alleviation (ESPA) research programme is funded by the UK’s Department for
International Development (DFID), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
and Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
Scholarship can be taken at: Abroad(It is a requirement for the current call
that there is at least one developing country institution significantly
involved in the project.For the purpose of this call, the term developing
country has been defined to include all low-income and middle-income
countries.There are no other restrictions on where researchers are located or
their nationality. Similarly, there are no geographic restrictions on where
research institutions are based, as long as they meet the administrative
eligibility requirements for funding).
that there is at least one developing country institution significantly
involved in the project.For the purpose of this call, the term developing
country has been defined to include all low-income and middle-income
countries.There are no other restrictions on where researchers are located or
their nationality. Similarly, there are no geographic restrictions on where
research institutions are based, as long as they meet the administrative
eligibility requirements for funding).
Eligibility:
–There are no
other restrictions on where researchers are located or their nationality.
Similarly, there are no geographic restrictions on where research institutions
are based, as long as they meet the administrative eligibility requirements for
funding.
-Projects will be required to consider the relevant range of the (multiple)
dimensions of poverty and of multiple ecosystem services to ensure that the
solutions are sustainable over the medium term (decades). Choices about which
dimensions to consider must take account of relevant environmental,
demographic, technological and societal changes.
-Projects must work at relevant scales, which will be set in each context by
the drivers of poverty (including relevant institutions and socio-political
drivers) and ecosystem service management.
-ESPA research needs to consider the use of all kinds of knowledge: local,
indigenous and scientific. Applicants should consider their respective
strengths, weaknesses, overlaps and contradictions when developing their
proposals for ESPA-2013 projects.
-Proposals will need to describe what their projects will do (if funded) to
ensure that poor people living in low-income countries benefit from their
research as part of their Case for Support and Pathway to Impact
statement.
other restrictions on where researchers are located or their nationality.
Similarly, there are no geographic restrictions on where research institutions
are based, as long as they meet the administrative eligibility requirements for
funding.
-Projects will be required to consider the relevant range of the (multiple)
dimensions of poverty and of multiple ecosystem services to ensure that the
solutions are sustainable over the medium term (decades). Choices about which
dimensions to consider must take account of relevant environmental,
demographic, technological and societal changes.
-Projects must work at relevant scales, which will be set in each context by
the drivers of poverty (including relevant institutions and socio-political
drivers) and ecosystem service management.
-ESPA research needs to consider the use of all kinds of knowledge: local,
indigenous and scientific. Applicants should consider their respective
strengths, weaknesses, overlaps and contradictions when developing their
proposals for ESPA-2013 projects.
-Proposals will need to describe what their projects will do (if funded) to
ensure that poor people living in low-income countries benefit from their
research as part of their Case for Support and Pathway to Impact
statement.
Scholarship Open for International Students: International students can apply for this scholarship.
Scholarship Description: Three organisations – NERC, the Economic & Social Research
Council (ESRC) and the Department for International Development (DfID) – have
joined forces for a multi-disciplinary £40·5m research programme on Ecosystem
Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA).The ESPA 2013 call has been designed to
enhance the academic and development impact of the ESPA programme by filling
significant gaps in the ESPA portfolio and, where possible, capturing emerging
opportunities. The call provides an opportunity for the world’s best
researchers to add significant value to the ESPA programme by filling important
research, knowledge and evidence gaps that have been identified. This
Announcement of Opportunity (AO) invites applications into one of three
research themes for empirical, inter-/multi-disciplinary projects that are
addressing a range of ecosystem services and associated benefits, and are
linked to a multi-dimensional analysis of poverty and the ways that poor people
can move out of poverty. It is a requirement of all ESPA-funded projects to
deliver research excellence with impact. ESPA is an international research
programme providing evidence of how ecosystem services can be used
sustainably to support well-being and sustainable poverty alleviation
among poor people in developing countries.
Council (ESRC) and the Department for International Development (DfID) – have
joined forces for a multi-disciplinary £40·5m research programme on Ecosystem
Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA).The ESPA 2013 call has been designed to
enhance the academic and development impact of the ESPA programme by filling
significant gaps in the ESPA portfolio and, where possible, capturing emerging
opportunities. The call provides an opportunity for the world’s best
researchers to add significant value to the ESPA programme by filling important
research, knowledge and evidence gaps that have been identified. This
Announcement of Opportunity (AO) invites applications into one of three
research themes for empirical, inter-/multi-disciplinary projects that are
addressing a range of ecosystem services and associated benefits, and are
linked to a multi-dimensional analysis of poverty and the ways that poor people
can move out of poverty. It is a requirement of all ESPA-funded projects to
deliver research excellence with impact. ESPA is an international research
programme providing evidence of how ecosystem services can be used
sustainably to support well-being and sustainable poverty alleviation
among poor people in developing countries.
Duration of award(s): Projects will be funded for a maximum duration of between 24 and
30 months, with an expected start date between 1 September 2013 and 1 November
2013.
30 months, with an expected start date between 1 September 2013 and 1 November
2013.
What does it cover? There is a budget of up £4m available for this call, for grants in the
range of £200,000 to £500,000.
range of £200,000 to £500,000.
How to Apply: Projects will be selected through a two stage process, firstly with
submission of an outline bid proposal, after which a subset will be invited to
submit full proposals. Outline proposals to be submitted via email by 23rd
January 2013. Full proposals to be submitted via Je-S by 3rd April 2013
submission of an outline bid proposal, after which a subset will be invited to
submit full proposals. Outline proposals to be submitted via email by 23rd
January 2013. Full proposals to be submitted via Je-S by 3rd April 2013
Scholarship Application Deadline: The application deadline for outline proposals is 23rd
January 2013 and for full proposals is 3rd April 2013.
January 2013 and for full proposals is 3rd April 2013.
