XI Round: Call for Research Proposals
LACEEP is the Latin American and Caribbean Environmental Economics
Program. Supported by the Canadian International Development Research Center
(IDRC) and the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), LACEEP is a
capacity-building effort that provides research grants to Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) researchers.
It provides not only financial support but also close advice and follow-up by
specifically appointed scientists, meetings, access to literature, publication
outlets and opportunities for comparative research.
LACEEP’s research program focuses in general on applied, policy
relevant research. There is widespread interest in minimizing pollution and
resource degradation by ensuring that economic agents face the full economic,
social and environmental costs of their activities. But many questions remain
to be answered, for example: What is the economic value of the environmental
damage incurred by a given activity? What roles can sectoral, macroeconomic and
trade policies play in achieving full-cost pricing? What roles do community
management of resources, changes in property rights and other institutional
factors play? Does full-cost pricing have negative effects on the poor and how
might these be mitigated? What are the implications of full-cost pricing for
economic growth and structural changes?
Furthermore, work on the design and evaluation (ex-ante and ex-post) of
environmental policy instruments for natural resource management and pollution
control is also encouraged.
LACEEP’s research awards are granted through twice-yearly competitions.
The assessment of proposals is done on a competitive basis. Interested
researchers should first fill and submit the two-page
preliminary proposal form
that includes the following information: title of the project, project leader, contact
information (name, address, telephone, fax, email) and general description of
the problem, including objectives and relevance for the region, and a brief
outline of the research methodology (please name your file: “last name – preliminary”). The form is attached
and can also be downloaded at www.laceep.org
Proposals are first assessed on receipt; authors of the most promising
entries are then encouraged to send a full research
proposal (max 10 pages).[1]
Authors of the best proposals are invited to present them at LACEEP’s workshops.
LACEEP workshops also include short courses and
presentations by international resource persons. At the workshops, authors will
receive comments from a panel of resource persons. Authors whose proposals are
approved in principle by the panel are then asked to make revisions as needed
to finalize the proposals. Visit our webpage for information on previous
activities (www.laceep.org).
Criteria for
evaluating proposals: Proposals will be evaluated according to
their quality and pertinence. The issues discussed should be relevant to the
Latin American and Caribbean context and should include economic analysis of
environmental problems or policies. Innovative research topics and methods are
encouraged.
Who can
apply? The grant program is aimed at junior researchers who
are citizens of any country in Latin America or the Caribbean. Applicants
should have prior training in economics, preferably at the master’s level or
higher and be attached to an institution in the LAC region or be currently
enrolled in a Ph.D. program. Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchers
working outside the region should convincingly demonstrate their willingness to
work in Latin America after concluding their studies. Projects may be carried
out by individuals or teams.
Grants may also be assigned to cover the cost of PhD fieldwork. The research budget should not exceed US$
15.000. Projects should be one year in duration.
When ready to submit a full proposal, applicants should obtain a copy
of the “Guidelines for the Presentation of Research
Proposals” from the LACEEP
Secretariat. The guidelines indicate the structure of the proposal and the
kinds of costs that may be included in project budgets. Proposals should follow
exactly the proposed structure provided in the Guidelines and should by no means exceed 10 pages (excluding attachments). In a cover letter, applicants should indicate
what other research projects they are currently carrying out, and their funding
source. If a proposal similar to the one submitted to LACEEP has been or will
be submitted to another funding source, this should be clearly indicated. It is
anticipated that most projects will be done on a part-time basis; proponents
should be able to demonstrate that they have adequate time to carry out the
project and that there is no duplication of other activities. Full proposals
should be written in English to facilitate their external revision.
The relevant deadlines are as follows:
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Deadlines
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Preliminary 2 page
proposal
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September 20, 2010
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Full 10 page proposal
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November 9, 2010
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Deadline for revised
proposal
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February 7, 2011
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LACEEP’s IX Workshop
(Costa Rica)
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March 27-April 2, 2011
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LACEEP’s IX Short course
(Costa Rica)
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April 2-7, 2011
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All documents should be sent by email to the LACEEP Secretariat at the
following address:
Email:
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