The research questions for this special call must help to address the prevention of a spread of an infectious disease in African countries or help to mitigate the negative impact of a pandemic/epidemic on people’s health or livelihoods living on the African continent. A focus on the current Coronavirus – COVID-19 crisis is encouraged, but not required.
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Proposals need to address a clearly defined research question that has the objective of creating a positive impact for communities in a low- or lower middle- income country. The challenges addressed must be relevant for poor people in low- and middle-income countries. Preference will be given to low-income countries.
The goal of the ETH4D Research Challenges is to enable collaborations on project-based research between ETH researchers, non-academic partners (i.e. Private Sector, NGOs, Governmental Organizations) and partners from the Global South to develop effective solutions for poverty reduction combining technologies, policies and a profound understanding of human behavior.
Benefits
- Grant sum: 10 – 50 kCHF
- Matching Funds: The applicant and/or project partners must provide 50% of the requested grant sum in the form of cash contributions.
- Project duration: 6 – 18 months
Eligibilities
- A team of academic and non-academic institutions from Switzerland and African countries can formulate an ETH4D challenge.
- The team must consist of at least one ETH4D member as the main applicant.
- An ETH4D member is a professor of ETH Zurich and includes his/her group members, such as doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers, and senior scientists.
- If the main applicant is not a professor, the proposal must be accompanied by a letter of commitment by the host professor, indicating his/her financial contribution to the project.
- ETH Zurich research groups, which are not yet a member of ETH4D, can also apply and will become a member if they are awarded an ETH4D Research Challenge Grant (ETH4D RCG). It is highly encouraged to team up with a non-academic partner such as industry, a NGO or a policy organization and/or a partner (academic or non-academic) from an African country even though we understand it is difficult in these special times.
Application Process
Applications form which is given on the Apply Now link must be submitted in one single pdf file to [email protected]
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Application Deadline: May 17, 2020
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