Population, reproductive health and economic development “PopDev” - Call for preliminary proposals

esrc-logoHewlett FoundationNWOPRBThe Research Council of Norway

The impacts of reproductive health and population dynamics on poverty and economic growth

This call is a joint initiative of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC, UK), NWO-WOTRO Science for Global Development (the Netherlands, NL), the Research Council of Norway (RCN) and the Population Reference Bureau (PRB, USA) in collaboration with the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (Hewlett, USA).

The call is a follow-up to previous calls of the joint schemes that NWO-WOTRO, ESRC and RCN have developed separately and co-funded with the Hewlett Foundation.

The current call focuses on:

  1. The impact of reproductive health on women’s economic empowerment, particularly as measured by economic outcomes at the household and individual levels.
  2. Relationships between reproductive health/family planning (including population policies and dynamics) and macroeconomic outcomes in countries.

This joint initiative is being co-ordinated by the Population Reference Bureau, Washington DC, USA.  Full information on the call and application forms can be accessed from the PopPov Research Network website.

Timeline

  • Deadline for the submission of pre-proposals: 15  March 2012
  • Invitations sent to selected applicants to submit full proposal: 30 April 2012
  • Deadline for the submission of full proposals: 30 June 2012
  • Pre-reviews sent to applicants: 1 August 2012
  • Evaluation and selection of full proposals; applicants notified: 30 September 2012
  • Formal determination of budgets for awarded initiatives, formal letter of approval: 1 October 2012 – 1 December 2012
  • Start of awarded programmes: 15 October 2012 - 15 December 2012

Contacts

USA (coordinator):

  • Marlene Lee, PRB
    Email: mlee@prb.org
    Telephone: + 202-939-5445

The Netherlands:

United Kingdom:

 

Norway: