Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute

Institutional Research Collaboration Development Grant 2011-12 (CLOSED)

The Shastri Indo Canadian Institute is pleased to announce a new institutional grant program for its Canadian and Indian Member Institutions, the Institutional Research Collaboration Development Grant (IRCDG).
The objective of IRCDG is to support the Institute’s research collaboration programs in the area of socio-economic development with focus on sustainable development. Themes of particular interests to the Institute are food security, child and youth education and employment, environment and energy, gender and health, and good governance. The program, made possible by the funding that the Institute receives from the Canadian International development Agency (CIDA), is to encourage new institutional investments in these areas of research. Small matching grants of up to CAD $10,000 are available to selected member institutions with commitment of equivalent amount of funds to initiate and develop research projects or programs that address CIDA’s development priorities, are based on bi-national collaboration, and will lead to future research in these broad areas.

Value:

Up to CAD$ 10,000/per project.

Number of Awards:

5 (five) – One project per participating institution.

Duration:

3 months (Nov, 2011-Jan’ 2012). The initial phase of the collaboration will have to be completed within three months.

Eligibility:

• Canadian and Indian member institutions are eligible to apply for this grant. They may submit only one application (whether they are the lead institution or not). Other academic or development partners may be involved in a project but do not qualify as co-applicants. Either applicant, in India or in Canada, can be the lead applicant.

• Proposed IRCDG projects must involve a new bi-national research initiative in the field of social and economic development, but they can build on existing institutional research collaboration.
• Proposed projects must demonstrate evidence of a matching cash investment by one or both of the applicants.
• Proposed IRCDG projects must specifically address one or more of the following CIDA’s developmental priorities: increasing food security; improving basic education; securing the future of children and youth; stimulating sustainable economic growth; environmental sustainability (climate change, land degradation, water supply etc.); or good governance (human rights, democracy and helping to strengthen government institutions and practices). Gender equality and environmental sustainability are cross cutting themes in all of these development priorities.

Eligible Projects / Expenses

• In kind contributions by the institutional partners/applicants to the IRCDG project are expected but will not count towards the matching grant.
• The partner institutions must agree on how much funds they will each provide to support the research projects and make a commitment to do so.
• Eligible expenses: international and local travel, accommodation and related costs, salary or stipends for student research assistants, cost of equipment and supplies, rental of equipment, communication, copying, printing costs, organizational support costs, and translation. Travel expenses may either be for Canadians going to India or for Indians coming to Canada.
• Eligible expenses cannot include any institutional overhead costs.
• Projects that consist mainly of holding seminars, workshops or conferences will not be accepted.
• At the end of each project, the participants will be expected to report on how they expanded the totality of the funds invested in the project and, as requested, to provide proof of expenditure.

Application Requirements:

• A completed application form, including an official confirmation that the project has been approved by the two institutions and that matching funds are being made available by the participating institutions, and the share of the funds that will be contributed by each institutional partner.
• The application should contain a short project description (maximum 2,000 words) covering the following information: 1- Nature of the proposed research and its relevance to CIDA’s development priorities. 2- Description of the projects research objectives and the results that can be anticipated during the proposed initial 3 month phase. 3- General description of the activities that will be undertaken as part of the proposed project.
• A budget breakdown (summery form) showing the description of how the matched funds will be utilized to execute the project.
• Identification of the contact persons in each institution.

Please submit your completed electronic application to Shastri Institute’s Canada Office on .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Evaluation Criteria:

An adjudicating committee will make the final decision concerning successful applicants based upon the clarity of the project’s objectives and anticipated outcomes; the coherence and importance of its proposed activities; its apparent likelihood of success and promises for future research, and its relevance to the development priorities identified by CIDA.

Disbursement of Funds:

75% of the grant will be disbursed upon approval of grant request and 25% upon submission of the final report, due by 15th February 2012.

Application Deadline:

September 30th, 2011
Applications must be received by the Institute’s Calgary office by 4:30 pm (MST). Applications should be submitted electronically with hard copy to follow by mail. Late and incomplete applications will not be considered. Applicants will be notified of results by 3rd week of October 2011.

Application Form:

Shastri_IRCDG_Applicaiton_Form_2011-2012.doc

Report Form:

Format_IRCDG_Final_Report.doc

Contact:

Contact:

For more information, please contact the Calgary office:
Shastri Calgary Office
Education Tower 1402

2500 University Dr NW
Calgary AB T2N 1N4
Phone: (403) 220-7467
Fax: (403) 289-0100

Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Please note that the Institute takes no responsibility for missing applications or materials in mail, by post, electronic or via courier.

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