Up to $500,000 in grants available for peace and recovery research projects

The Peace & Recovery Initiative supports research and interventions that address the challenges of violence, conflict and crisis recovery.

The initiative prioritises studies that develop, test or illustrate fundamental theories of peace, violence and recovery

Aim of the Initiative
The initiative aims to foster rigorous, evidence-based research and interventions that advance understanding of peacebuilding and recovery processes. It seeks projects that:

Drive innovation and generate generalisable learning on programme effectiveness.
Identify mechanisms that underpin successful interventions.
Explore barriers to achieving meaningful and lasting impact.

Benefits
The Peace & Recovery Initiative provides funding for:

Impact evaluations, pilots, and exploratory studies
Evidence use and policy outreach support
Infrastructure and public goods projects

Full studies can receive up to $500,000 to rigorously evaluate interventions’ causal effects through randomised or quasi-experimental methods.
Infrastructure and public goods creation grants of up to $250,000 will support the development of datasets, tools, or research frameworks that enable future evaluations.

In addition to funding, the initiative offers opportunities for networking, collaboration, and knowledge exchange among researchers, policymakers and practitioners.

Who can apply
Applications are welcome from:

Researchers from academic institutions, think tanks, and research organisations
Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working on peace and recovery
Government agencies implementing peace and recovery programs
International organisations in the peace and recovery space
PhD students and postdoctoral researchers with relevant expertise

Application requirements
Interested applicants should submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) outlining their research question, methodology, and expected outcomes.

The EOI should not exceed two pages.
Submissions must be made online.

Shortlisted applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal for expert review.

Selection process
The selection process is highly competitive. A panel of experts will review EOIs and invite selected applicants to submit full proposals. These proposals will undergo a final review, after which successful projects will be announced.

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