C-TIP Campus Challenge Research Grants
IIE is accepting applications from scholars at universities and research institutes worldwide for Counter-Trafficking in Persons (C-TIP) Research Challenge Grants, part of USAID’s C-TIP Campus Challenge. Applicants are invited to submit proposals in response to three questions, summarized below. To view these questions in their entirety, please click on the Annual Program Statement (APS) link in the following paragraph.
Grant size is $150,000 - $200,000, for a period of 12 – 18 months; the first application deadline is midnight EST (Washington, DC time) on May 17, 2013. Interested applicants should review the Annual Program Statement (APS), attachments, and application instructions and contact dem.grants@iie.org with any questions.
Question 1: What have been the impacts of USAID C-TIP programs?
This question is intended to elicit applications to evaluate past USAID-supported C-TIP prevention and/or victim protection programs to measure their effectiveness, looking at a variety of contributing factors. All methodological approaches are welcome. Applicants should address whether the programs’ assumptions and goals were correct and appropriate, if the goals were achieved, and whether the goals were achieved as a direct result of the specific activities implemented. The research should capture the impact of the program on its target population during the intervention, immediately after its implementation, and in the years following the program. The findings should inform recommendations for how to replicate and scale-up interventions determined to be effective.
Question 2: How can we use public opinion surveys to design and implement effective C-TIP prevention and awareness-raising activities/programs?
This question is meant to elicit applications focused on generating data on the knowledge, attitudes, and practices with regard to trafficking within a general population, using a large, random sample, public opinion survey. The proposed survey should be designed to identify individuals who are geographically and/or demographically at risk of being trafficked as well as potential first responders to help develop targeted prevention and awareness activities. This research will be limited to one or more countries in Africa, Asia, or parts of Eurasia in which USAID has a Mission (see APS for details).
Question 3: Respond to your own C-TIP research question
This question is meant to elicit applications in which scholars propose their own research question. The proposed research should help address the knowledge gaps regarding which C-TIP programming interventions are most effective and contribute to the development of evidence-based practices in C-TIP programming for use by USAID. Priority will be given to applications that address aspects of USAID’s 2012 C-TIP Policy.
IIE Announces C-TIP Campus Challenge Research Grants
Quick Facts:
Funding mechanism: Cost-reimbursable grant
APS Issuance date: April 25, 2013
Final Closing Date: April 25, 2014
Deadline to submit questions prior to first round of review: May 10, 2013. IIE will post all questions (anonymously) and answers on the DFG website: www.iie.org/DFG.
Deadline for submission of applications for first round of evaluation: May 17, 2013, midnight, EST (Washington, DC)
Submission: electronic, via dem.grants@iie.org
Maximum total project funding: $400,000
Currency of grant award: US Dollars (USD) for US organizations; local currency for non-US organizations, with an established not-to-exceed ceiling amount in USD.
Estimated total number of awards: up to 3
Estimated award size: $150,000 - $200,000
Length of grant period: 12 – 18 months
This APS is open for one year. All applications for the first round of evaluations are due by midnight, EST, on May 17, 2013.
USAID/IIE’s intention is to review only one batch of applications under this funding opportunity. It is likely that all of the available funds for this APS may be allocated to awards resulting from the first round of evaluations. USAID/IIE reserves the right to accept additional batches of applications if there are sufficient funds available; however, applicants are strongly encouraged to apply by the May 17 deadline noted above for full consideration.
Should all funding be committed after the first round, the DFG website will be updated to indicate that no further funding is available.
C-TIP Campus Challenge Research Grant APS and Attachments
Annual Program Statement (APS) (124KB, docx)
USAID 2012 C-TIP Policy (343KB, PDF)
Equal Opportunity Survey (24 KB, PDF)
C-TIP Campus Challenge Research Grant APS Application Templates and Instructions
Application Template 1 - Goals, Results, and Activities Timeline (17KB, docx)
Application Template 2 - Project Budget (32KB, xlsx)
Cost Application Instructions (38.4KB, docx)