Call for Applications: 2024 PEP Research Fellowship

 Deadline Date: June 15, 2024

 Donor Name: Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP)

 Grant Size: Not Available

https://www.pep-net.org/news/call-applications-2024-pep-research-fellowship

The Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP) invites researchers based in low- and middle-income countries to apply to join the organisation as Research Fellows (RF).

PEP Research Fellows are senior, Southern-based scholars chosen through a competitive process to participate in critical PEP research, training, and policy activities. The PEP Research Fellows program aims to enhance links among South-based scholars so that they can collectively contribute a Southern viewpoint to the global development research agenda.

Themes

• Agriculture & food security
• Climate change
• Education & training
• Entrepreneurship
• Financial inclusion
• Fiscal policy
• Gender & women’s empowerment
• Globalization & trade
• Health & nutrition
• Labor markets & employment
• Poverty & inequality
• Social protection
• Youth & children
• COVID-19

Research Fellow Activities

• The PEP Research Fellowship is a status of affiliation with PEP. It gives the Fellows the right to participate in various PEP activities, with remuneration/funding in some cases.
• These activities include:
  • Contributing to PEP research programs.
  • Acting as a scientific or policy mentor/reviewer for a PEP-funded project, or contributing more generally to the design and implementation of PEP programs.
  • Contributing to PEP online or in-class training activities.
  • Proposing new initiatives that fit within the strategic priorities of PEP where fundraising possibilities exist.
  • Submitting their research papers for publication in the PEP working paper series.
  • Proposing and, if approved, implementing new activities within the RF program.
  • Participating in a South-based professional network to share skills, collaborate on research and dissemination initiatives, debate ideas, etc.

Eligibility

• The 2024 recruitment is open to all researchers living and working in low- or middle-income countries. Priority areas for recruitment this year include:
  • Asia and Middle East/North Africa
  • Expertise in gender, health, entrepreneurship or multidisciplinary approaches
• Female candidates are strongly encouraged as PEP strives to maintain a gender balance in its RF program. Researchers residing in a developed country and/or members of PEP staff (excluding consultants) are not eligible to be a PEP Research Fellow.

For more information, visit Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP).