[Wigsat-l] IDRC Doctoral Research Awards

[Sophia Huyer]

IDRC Doctoral Research Awards

Since 1982, IDRC has assisted Canadian graduate students to undertake  
their thesis research in the field of international development. IDRC  
Doctoral Research Awards are intended to promote the growth of  
Canadian capacity in research on sustainable and equitable development  
from an international perspective.

In principle, IDRC supports research on all parts of the developing  
regions of the world. At this time, the Centre Training and Awards  
Program is not supporting awards which involve research in Burma,  
Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Eastern Europe or Central Asia.

Eligible Fields of Study

Applications will be accepted for research at the doctoral level in  
areas corresponding to IDRC's research priorities. IDRC's research  
activities focus on four program areas:

     * Social and Economic Policy
     * Environment and Natural Resource Management
     * Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Development
     * Innovation, Policy and Science

Eligibility

Applicants must meet the following conditions for eligibility:

     * Hold Canadian citizenship or permanent residency status in  
Canada, or hold a citizenship of a developing country;
     * Be enrolled in a doctoral program at a Canadian university;
     * Research proposal is for a doctoral thesis and has been  
approved by the thesis supervisor;
     * Proposed field research will take place in a developing country;
     * Provide evidence of affiliation with an institution or  
organization in the region in which the research will take place;
     * Have completed course work and passed comprehensive  
examinations by the time of award tenure.

Duration

Award tenure corresponds to a period of field research, which will be  
no less than 3 months and, in general, no more than 12 months.

Value

The award will cover justifiable field research expenses to a maximum  
of CA $20,000 per year.
Number of Awards

Variable
Deadline

November 1, 2008 (awards will be announced in May 2009).

April 1, 2009 (awards will be announced in September 2009).

Applications

Applications will be evaluated according to criteria, such as  
relevance to sustainable and equitable development and to IDRC  
priorities, quality of the research proposal and suitability of the  
candidate.

Re-applicants, whose research proposal was reviewed and was  
unsuccessful, must explain, in a covering letter, what changes have  
been made since the last application and specify where to find the  
changes in the proposal.  Please note that Centre policy stipulates  
that an individual cannot apply more than twice, if unsuccessful, for  
the same IDRC award.  However, this policy does not apply for  
Internship Awards.

Candidates may apply for a renewal of funding for a second year of  
field work if the nature of the research requires a second season of  
data collection. Renewals are an exception and are provided for those  
disciplines that may need to deal with the uncertainties of growing  
seasons and climatic characteristics that affect data collection.

If there are ethical questions connected with the research, the  
applicant may, at IDRC's discretion, be required to submit the  
appropriate approval from the Ethic's Committee of the University.

Please submit all documents listed in the Checklist of documents to be  
submitted by candidates. Complete applications must be received at the  
Centre by the deadline. Incomplete applications will NOT be considered  
for the competition.  Applications must be sent to the following  
address:

By regular mail, Canada Post Priority Post or XPRESSPOST:

IDRC Doctoral Research Awards
Centre Training and Awards Program (CTAP)
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
P.O. Box 8500
Ottawa, Ontario
K1G 3H9 - Canada

By courier services:

IDRC Doctoral Research Awards
Centre Training and Awards Program (CTAP)
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
150 Kent Street, Mailroom Suite 990
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 0B2 - Canada

Fax: (1 613) 567-7748
Telephone: (1 613) 236-6163 ext. 2098
E-mail: cta at idrc.ca

We thank all applicants for their interest and will contact those  
candidates whose academic background, quality of the research proposal  
and skills best match the criteria of the Award.
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