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Context Matters Research Grants

Application Form

All submissions must be written in English. Details on how to complete this Application
Form can be found in the Call for Proposals here https://code.ngo/context-matters-
research-grants

1. Principal Investigator Title: Sex: (M/F)

Last Name: First name:

Highest Degree obtained and year:

Full postal address of Principal Investigator to be

used for professional correspondence:

Telephone: Email (1):

Mobile: Email (2) or Website:

2. Institutional Affiliation
The Principal Investigator must have a formal institutional affiliation as part of their Research Proposal to
CODE. This stipulation requires the signature of an official from the Institution.

Name of Affiliated Institution:

Name of Authorized Representative of Affiliated

Institution:

Full postal address of Affiliated Institution:

Telephone: Email (1):

Mobile: Email (2) or Website:

3. Title of Proposed Project (120 characters maximum)

3.1a Country of research location: 3.1b Estimate duration of project (in months):

3.2a Proposed start date (Month, day, year): 3.2b Proposed end date (Month, day, year):

3.3. List of other investigator(s) (including gender) and institution(s) / department(s) collaborating
on this project with the principal investigator(s) (if any)
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 4. Project Summary (One page or 500 words maximum, single spaced, font 12):
Summary of the proposed project that must include each of the following:
-Title
-Statement of objectives and research questions
-Description of the intellectual merit of the proposed activity
-Statement on the broader impacts of the proposed activity

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 5. Project Description (four pages or 2000 words maximum, single-spaced, font 12)
This brief description of the proposed project must address each of the following:
-Description of the proposed target population being investigated
-Description of the objectives and research questions
-Description of the activities to be undertaken
-Work plan with timeline
-Description of qualitative and quantitative methods and procedures, and tools, to be used and
proposed analysis
-Description of the intended outcomes
-Description of how the proposed research links to Context Matter’s guiding Landscape Review,
provided by CODE, entitled Girls’ Empowerment through Language and Literacy (GELL): A
Landscape Review of Gender and Literacy Research in African Contexts.

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 6. Ethical Clearance
6.1a Is ethical approval required by your Institution for your proposed study (i.e. Does it involve
human subjects/participants)? Yes  No 

6.1b Is there is an ethical review board/body at your Institution from which you will seek approvals
before beginning this project? Yes  No 

6.1c Please describe how your research project will adhere to the highest ethical standards and
procedures for research in this field, especially as it pertains to your project’s potential involvement of
research subjects/participants with respect to data collection, analysis, interpretation of findings, and
sharing subsequent recommendations with participants?

7. Budget.
Complete Annex II. Proposed Research Project Budget Template (separate Excel template). The
proposed budget should clearly link your expected results to the amount requested.
8. Appendices. Be sure to provide:
 Annex II. Proposed Research Project Budget Template (separate Excel template). The
proposed budget should clearly link your expected results to the amount requested.
 Reference List (one-page maximum, single-spaced, font 12)
 Letters of support from target groups and others involved in project (up to 3)
 CV of the Principal Investigator

9. Signatures:

Principal Investigator:
Name and title of Principal Investigator (please print or
type):___________________________________________________________________

Signature: ___________________________________ Date: _____________

Affiliated Institution:
Name of Affiliated Institution (please print or
type):___________________________________________________________________

Name authorized representative of Affiliated Academic Institution (please print or

type):________________________________________________________________

Signature: ___________________________________ Date: _____________

Deadline for submission: Friday, May 31, 2019

Please visit our website at https://code.ngo/context-matters-research-grants for more

information. Send all inquiries and completed documents to:
ContextMatters@code.ngo