[SDI-AsiaPacific] Call for Concept Notes - RIU's Innovation Challenge Fund (dedline 30 September)

[Kate Lance]

http://www.researchintouse.com/index.php?section=5&subsection=15
Call for Concept Notes - RIU's Innovation Challenge Fund (for proposed activities in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Vietnam). 
The Research into Use (RIU) programme is a new initiative funded by the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) which was recently launched in June 2007. Its purpose is to make existing natural resources research outputs (in the form of technologies, policies, processes and knowledge) more accessible to the poor and to enhance their uptake. The programme is focusing on maximizing the investment and building on the legacy of DFID’s 11 year Renewable Natural Resources Research Strategy (RNRRS) programme which took place between 1995 and 2006, and by so doing, increase DFID's understanding of how the up and out-scaling of these research outputs impacts upon poverty reduction and economic growth. One of the ways DFID hopes to achieve these goals is the Innovation Challenge Fund which they are now launching in selected countries in South/South-East Asia. A database of the RNRRS outputs under consideration for up and outscaling is
 available to view via their website www.researchintouse.com . It is important to make clear that the purpose of this call is not to undertake new research, but to enhance access to existing research findings in order to maximize impact through multi-stakeholder partnerships. Initially, concept notes will be invited where proposed activities relate to the following 6 Asian countries; Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Vietnam. In order to apply, interested parties are asked to complete a Concept Note application form, and to help with this, read the guidance notes that explain more about the RIU programme and how to apply. Both of these documents are available from the RIU website. 
Deadline: 30 September 2007
For queries, contact: Lucy Nickoll, l.nickoll at nrint.co.uk 
[Source: SciDev.Net]


       
____________________________________________________________________________________
Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out.
http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545469
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.gsdi.org/pipermail/sdi-asiapacific/attachments/20070904/cb943f68/attachment.html