The Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) Science program is calling for proposals from developing country researchers interested in collaborating with their U.S. counterparts.
PEER Science is a partnership between the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) that is designed to address development challenges through international research collaboration.
This competitive grants program will allow scientists in developing countries to apply for funds to support research and capacity-building activities in partnership with their NSF-funded collaborators on topics of importance to USAID.
Areas in which both NSF and USAID have strong mutual interests include:
Food security topics such as agricultural development, fisheries, and plant genomics Climate change impacts such as water sustainability, hydrology, ocean acidification, climate process and modeling, and environmental engineering Other development topics including disaster mitigation, biodiversity,water, and renewable energy
Proposals in these topical areas of interest are being accepted from researchers in 85 fully eligible developing countries. Additionally, PEER Science invites proposals from applicants in the following specific
countries or working on the following topical areas, for which USAID missions and offices have allocated resources to foster science and development goals:
Regardless of the country or topic, all applicants must have a U.S. collaborator with an active NSF award. Complete eligibility details, proposal submission instructions, and a link to the online application site
are available at http://www.nationalacademies.org/peerscience.
PEER Science is being implemented by the National Academies on behalf of USAID, and potential applicants with questions are invited to contact the programĀ¹s staff at peer@nas.edu.
Application deadline is December 16, 2013.
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