Call for Research Proposals | International Union for the Scientific Study of Population

Family Planning, Fertility and Urban Development

Deadline to submit concept note: 15 April 2019

Deadline to submit full proposals: 1 July 2019

The International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) is pleased to announce the second call for policy-relevant research proposals from early career researchers to:

contribute to the evidence base needed to better meet the family planning (FP) and related reproductive health (RH) needs of the most vulnerable in urban areas of countries of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, and

increase the attention paid to FP, fertility and population growth in urban development policy initiatives at local, national and international levels.

The proposal must focus either on a single city, or represent comparative work on multiple urban areas, of any country of sub-Saharan Africa or South Asia. Eligibility will be limited to citizens of countries in sub-Saharan Africa or South Asia currently working in established institutions in those two regions (not necessarily the citizenship country), who have received a Ph.D. (or an MD with some public health or social science training and evidence of research skills) within the past ten years and who are currently affiliated with established institutions in either region.

For more information please read:

article and videos on the project and the call for proposals
Full call for proposals (PDF).
Full call for proposals (Word document)
Instructions for On-line Application
On-line Application questions and format for Concept Note (due 15 April)
On-line Application questions and format for Full Application (due 1 July) for those who pass Concept Note stage.

For submission portal click: HERE
(Open until 1 July 2019)

Time line:

Call launched	18 December 2018
Application portal opens	15 March 2019
Last day to submit questions on concept note phase	15 March 2019
Deadline to submit concept note	15 April 2019
Last day to submit questions	15 June 2019
Deadline to submit full proposals	1 July 2019
Announcement of shortlisted candidates	15 September 2019
Presentation of shortlisted proposals in Kampala	15-17 November (followed by UAPS 18-22 November 2019 for those interested)
Deadline to submit revised proposal	3 January 2020
Final selection announced	15 January 2020

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

Enquiries: Any enquiries should be directed to UrbanFP@iussp.org.

This project is funded by a grant (OPP1179495) from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to IUSSP to support a 4-year project to produce policy-relevant evidence on the effects of family planning and fertility change on urban welfare.