Call for Proposals: Join the GI ACE Research Programme (Research Funding available up to £200,000) for anti-corruption Researchers
Closing Date: 25 October 2024
Call for Proposals: Join the GI ACE Research Programme (Research Funding available up to £200,000) for anti-corruption Researchers
Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity with the GI ACE Research Programme’s latest Call for Proposals under the State Capture theme.
If you’re conducting cutting-edge research in the anti-corruption field, particularly in collaboration with partners in the Global South, GI ACE encourages you to apply. Your research could help shape actionable solutions to address the pervasive challenges of state capture and its implications on economic, social, and political development.
About GI ACE
The Governance & Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence (GI ACE) Research Programme, funded by the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), supports research projects designed to generate actionable evidence that may lead to more effective anticorruption initiatives. This entails moving away from national-level top-down technical and regulatory approaches towards operationally relevant, problem-driven, rigorous, and actionable research that takes into account specific context and the complexity of corruption.
GI ACE is one of three strands in the Anti-Corruption Evidence initiative, together with the Serious Organised Crime & Anti-Corruption Evidence (SOC ACE) Research Programme and the SOAS Anti- Corruption Evidence (SOAS-ACE) Research Consortium. ACE research is specifically designed to identify new initiatives that can help low- and middle-income countries tackle the scourge of corruption and the negative impact it has on millions of people’s lives.
Over the last four years, GI ACE has supported a total of 34 research projects. Amongst the themes explored in those projects are anti-money laundering, beneficial ownership, cross-border trading, medical theft, procurement risks, and urban planning. GI ACE funds research with innovative approaches tied to concrete challenges around its priority areas, promoting collaboration with practitioners who are directly dealing with these challenges.
Projects have generated extensive outputs – producing over 100 policy briefs, reports, datasets, and working papers; 80 peer reviewed articles; and delivering impact through over 500 engagement events (speeches, panel appearances, participation in workshops, and so forth). The research teams have provided concrete tests of anti-corruption interventions, with insights and findings that continue to be presented to a range of government representatives and other organisations around the world.
Deliverables
Throughout the project cycle, a schedule of publications will be expected from the research team. This schedule should include, as a minimum: policy briefs, working papers, peer-reviewed articles, blogs or press articles, and a final report. GI ACE also welcome proposals for longer monographs, though do not expect these to be completed during the period of the research funding.
Furthermore, GI ACE will also expect the researchers to be involved in various engagements of different types. These should include interactions, as appropriate, with government officials and/or international organisations; workshops, conferences, or other events where the research is presented; regional learning events, as appropriate, that share research findings and implications with FCDO country offices. The deliverables will have an agreed schedule with the selected research team within the two- year timeframe for the project.
Application Process
Proposals will be solicited using a two-stage bidding process, as follows:
- Through this Expression of Interest (EOI), GI ACE is soliciting innovative, feasible, and realistic research ideas in response to the state capture theme outlined.
- Successful applicants will be chosen by a selection panel based on the quality of their research proposal and how it scored against the evaluation criteria.
- Once the selection panel has assessed all EoIs, GI ACE will proceed to invite the shortlisted candidates to submit full proposals by 28 October 2024.
- GI ACE expect to commence research activities in March 2025, once the assessment, approvals, and due diligence are completed.
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