King Center on Global Development Capacity Building and Policy Engagement Activities
The Stanford King Center on Global Development is a Stanford University research center working to improve the lives of the world’s poor. We stimulate and support research, inspire students, and collaborate with thought leaders and influencers to make a real-world impact.
The center invites proposals from Stanford faculty for capacity-building and policy-engagement activities that support academics, government officials, or other policymakers in low- and middle-income countries. Proposals will be accepted on a rolling basis.
RFP scope:
Proposals may request up to $10,000 in support of a variety of activities, such as:
- Collaborative work with policy or practice partners external to Stanford or at Stanford
- Dissemination of materials to policymakers, e.g., production of materials or workshop with local counterparts
- In-country, capacity-building workshops at local universities or government ministries
Proposals may be for incremental costs associated with adding a capacity-building or policy-engagement component to an existing research trip or project, or for a free-standing activity.
The primary Principal Investigators (PIs) must be Stanford faculty members and members of the academic council or University Medical Line (UML) faculty.
In the proposal, please include:
- A brief explanation of the academic and policy context of the proposed activity
- A statement of significance of the proposed activity
- Details regarding the expected beneficiaries of the activity
- A description of the role played by each faculty member involved
- A budget (including any available co-financing and whether the additional funding has been secured or is being sought); please note that due to center policy, no honorariums can be paid from center funds
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An indication of your willingness to produce a one page ‘press release’ on the activity for the center’s website
- The proposal is subject to a two-page limit with fonts no smaller than 11 point.
- The budget and budget justification are limited to one additional page.
- Each faculty organizer should also submit a CV.
Proposal Notes
- Principal Investigator(s) must be Stanford faculty members.
- Proposals should be submitted through the application form.
- Proposals must be self-contained with no links to additional information.
Review and Award Process:
Proposals will be reviewed on a rolling basis by a small committee appointed by the center’s Faculty Steering Committee. Committee members who submit a proposal will recuse themselves from discussions of their own submissions.
It is anticipated that funding decisions based on this solicitation will be announced within two weeks of proposal submission.
