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DFID, Development Partnerships in Higher Education, to partnerships between Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) working on collaborative activity linked to the UN Millennium Development Goals
The UK Government's Department for International Development (DfID) is investing up to £3 million a year in a new Development Partnerships in Higher Education programme (DelPHE), which will run for a seven year period, from June 2006 to March 2013. The programme will provide funding to support partnerships between Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) working on collaborative activity linked to the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
The overall goal of DelPHE is to enable HEIs to act as catalysts for poverty reduction and sustainable development. DelPHE aims to achieve this by building and strengthening the capacity of HEIs to contribute towards the MDGs and promote science and technology related knowledge and skills. It is anticipated that around 200 partnerships will be funded during the lifetime of the scheme.
WHICH SUBJECT AREAS CAN BE FUNDED?
Proposals are expected to cover a wide range of topics including scientific and technological research with a particular focus on local issues, health, education, gender equity, infrastructure, water, fisheries, agriculture, and information communication technology. Proposals in any subject area will be considered as long as the applicants can clearly demonstrate how the project will result in outputs and outcomes which will strengthen HEI capacity and impact more widely in ways which work to reduce poverty and promote sustainable development. All projects should demonstrate a fundamental commitment to the Millennium Development Goals.
The DelPHE portfolio is currently under represented in several countries; for DelPHE round five we are particularly interested in applications from the following:
Countries: Cambodia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan and Yemen.
Applications from other DelPHE countries are welcome but will be given lower priority at selection. Similarly projects in the health sector are a low priority given that health currently represents the greatest proportion of all DelPHE projects.
HEIs will be eligible to apply for funding from DFID’s 22 bilateral focus countries listed below.The list includes some of the world's lowest income countries and are those for which DFID is publicly accountable for progress against MDGs.
Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Vietnam and Yemen.
Higher Education Institutions from 22 DFID bilateral focus countries* will be eligible to apply. A broad definition of Higher Education Institutions has been adopted; it includes universities, colleges, research institutes and medical institutions.
Partnerships may be formed not only with institutions in the UK but also with any HEI from across the globe providing that the lead partner is a HEI from one of the focus countries. All partnerships must involve at least two countries though they do not need to include the UK. Projects between other focus and non-focus countries in the global south are particularly encouraged.
The onus is with the lead partner in one of the focus countries to work with whom and how they wish. The team within the lead HEI should jointly write the proposal with appropriate partners on the basis of local need. Partners must ensure that the initiative is locally owned and driven by development needs of the focus country or countries.
WHAT TYPES OF ACTIVITY CAN BE FUNDED?
Funding will be for a maximum of three-years and is expected to vary from £15,000 per annum for a bilateral project to up to a maximum of £50,000 a year for complex larger-scale projects involving a number of-institutions or countries. Projects are usually awarded between £15,000 and £30,000 per year and it may be that the funding awarded is less than is requested. The scheme provides 'seed funding' primarily for travel and subsistence, to facilitate joint research, new courses, networking and exchange of ideas, workshops, professional development, improved training of education and health workers and policy development. No staff time or costs for permanent members of staff can be funded.
TIMETABLE FOR ROUND FIVE
Please find enclosed detail of the timetable of activities for the 09-10 round five call for DelPHE funding.
September 2009
Invitation for round five applications
February 2010
Applications submitted to local British Council office, assessed and shortlisted in-country
March 5th 2010
Deadline for all short listed applications to be submitted to DelPHE UK team
March – April 2010
Shortlisted proposals reviewed in UK and recommendations prepared
End May 2010
Short list assessed and final decisions made by the DelPHE Selection Committee
End June 2010
Date by which all applicants are notified of final funding outcome*
July - August 2010
Successful applicants complete detailed financial and activity plans
September 2010 Funding disbursed to successful applicants and project activity begins
*Applicants will be notified of the outcome and provided with feedback by the local BC office where the proposal was submitted.
http://www.britishcouncil.org/delphe-application-who-can-apply.htm
The overall goal of DelPHE is to enable HEIs to act as catalysts for poverty reduction and sustainable development. DelPHE aims to achieve this by building and strengthening the capacity of HEIs to contribute towards the MDGs and promote science and technology related knowledge and skills. It is anticipated that around 200 partnerships will be funded during the lifetime of the scheme.
WHICH SUBJECT AREAS CAN BE FUNDED?
Proposals are expected to cover a wide range of topics including scientific and technological research with a particular focus on local issues, health, education, gender equity, infrastructure, water, fisheries, agriculture, and information communication technology. Proposals in any subject area will be considered as long as the applicants can clearly demonstrate how the project will result in outputs and outcomes which will strengthen HEI capacity and impact more widely in ways which work to reduce poverty and promote sustainable development. All projects should demonstrate a fundamental commitment to the Millennium Development Goals.
The DelPHE portfolio is currently under represented in several countries; for DelPHE round five we are particularly interested in applications from the following:
Countries: Cambodia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan and Yemen.
Applications from other DelPHE countries are welcome but will be given lower priority at selection. Similarly projects in the health sector are a low priority given that health currently represents the greatest proportion of all DelPHE projects.
HEIs will be eligible to apply for funding from DFID’s 22 bilateral focus countries listed below.The list includes some of the world's lowest income countries and are those for which DFID is publicly accountable for progress against MDGs.
Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Vietnam and Yemen.
Higher Education Institutions from 22 DFID bilateral focus countries* will be eligible to apply. A broad definition of Higher Education Institutions has been adopted; it includes universities, colleges, research institutes and medical institutions.
Partnerships may be formed not only with institutions in the UK but also with any HEI from across the globe providing that the lead partner is a HEI from one of the focus countries. All partnerships must involve at least two countries though they do not need to include the UK. Projects between other focus and non-focus countries in the global south are particularly encouraged.
The onus is with the lead partner in one of the focus countries to work with whom and how they wish. The team within the lead HEI should jointly write the proposal with appropriate partners on the basis of local need. Partners must ensure that the initiative is locally owned and driven by development needs of the focus country or countries.
WHAT TYPES OF ACTIVITY CAN BE FUNDED?
Funding will be for a maximum of three-years and is expected to vary from £15,000 per annum for a bilateral project to up to a maximum of £50,000 a year for complex larger-scale projects involving a number of-institutions or countries. Projects are usually awarded between £15,000 and £30,000 per year and it may be that the funding awarded is less than is requested. The scheme provides 'seed funding' primarily for travel and subsistence, to facilitate joint research, new courses, networking and exchange of ideas, workshops, professional development, improved training of education and health workers and policy development. No staff time or costs for permanent members of staff can be funded.
TIMETABLE FOR ROUND FIVE
Please find enclosed detail of the timetable of activities for the 09-10 round five call for DelPHE funding.
September 2009
Invitation for round five applications
February 2010
Applications submitted to local British Council office, assessed and shortlisted in-country
March 5th 2010
Deadline for all short listed applications to be submitted to DelPHE UK team
March – April 2010
Shortlisted proposals reviewed in UK and recommendations prepared
End May 2010
Short list assessed and final decisions made by the DelPHE Selection Committee
End June 2010
Date by which all applicants are notified of final funding outcome*
July - August 2010
Successful applicants complete detailed financial and activity plans
September 2010 Funding disbursed to successful applicants and project activity begins
*Applicants will be notified of the outcome and provided with feedback by the local BC office where the proposal was submitted.
http://www.britishcouncil.org/delphe-application-who-can-apply.htm
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