Aga Khan Foundation Canada (AKFC) Educational Research Request for Proposals

Aga Khan Foundation
 

Strengthening Education Systems in East Africa (SESEA) Project
 

Educational Research Request for Proposals
 

Aga Khan Foundation Canada (AKFC) is pleased to announce a request for research proposals under the Strengthening Education Systems in East Africa (SESEA) Project. 

The research targets five key thematic areas: Teaching and Learning; Teacher Development; School Management and Leadership; Parent and Community Involvement; and Education Systems Factors
 

What is SESEA? AKFC, together with specialized agencies of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), is currently implementing SESEA: a five-year project aimed at strengthening education systems and ultimately improving learning outcomes for boys and girls at the pre-primary and primary levels in rural areas of Coastal Kenya, Southern Tanzania and West Nile Uganda. 

Promoting learning and dialogue through research on education East Africa is one of the key objectives of the SESEA project.

Available funding and research duration: 

The SESEA research initiative has funds to be awarded as grants at two levels of funding: 

(1) CAD $60,000 to CAD $100,000/project for research projects addressing at least one thematic area involving at least one of the following: Kenya, Uganda, or Tanzania; and 

(2) CAD $100,000 to CAD $500,000/project for research projects addressing more than one thematic areas involving at least one of the following countries: Kenya, Uganda, or Tanzania, with a focus on at least one of the following criteria- systems impact, student impact, or school impact.

All research must be completed by March 31, 2017.
 

Who can apply? 

Proposals are sought from researchers globally and at varying levels in their careers. 

Researchers must be affiliated with a university, agency, or research center with past demonstrated research experience in low and middle income countries (LMIC). 

Researchers need to establish close working relationships with field program implementation teams already working in these countries. 

Partnerships that include the following types of institutions or individuals are encouraged: 

(a) Low and Middle Income Countries research partner; Canadian or other high-income country research partner; and 

(b) Registered local or international NGO or CSO (AKDN or non-AKDN) actively implementing activities in the 3 East African Countries 

Partnerships must be formed and in place at the point of submission of the Expression of Interest (EOI).

Application process 

Step 1: Expression of Interest (EOI). A short list of EOIs will be selected to submit a full research proposal.

Step 2: Submission of full research proposal. Only those applications that are selected in Step 1 will be eligible to proceed to Step 2. Selected applicants for Step 2 will be notified by email.
 

The final date for submission of Expression of Interest is November24th 2014
 

Notification of an invitation to submit full proposals will be on January 5th, 2015.
 

The full proposals must be submitted by the call deadline 1600 hours (EST) on March 2nd, 2015. A formal notification will be provided to the principle investigator and affiliated institutions for successful proposals by April 6th, 2015.

The Strengthening Education Systems in East Africa project is undertaken with the financial support of the Government of Canada, provided through the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD) and Aga Khan Foundation Canada (AKFC).

To receive a detailed call for proposals and application details send a request to:
isaac.musoke@akfea.org or christine.wachira@akfea.org