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Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research
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        www.who.int/evidence/alliance.htm

Small Grants Programme to Develop Health Policy and Systems Research
Deadline: 14 July 2000

Grants are available to contribute to improved health by encouraging
relevant, valid, and sustainable research and its application to the
health policy and management process.

Two types of grants will be awarded:

Young Researcher Grants. These grants aim to support the growth and
potential of HPSR in the medium term by funding projects of young
researchers working as part of a research team or students who are doing
Masters or Doctoral level dissertations in a relevant subject. Close
co-ordination will be sought between the academic and methodological
support provided by the host programmes or senior researchers and Alliance
training and grant requirements.

Research to Evidence Grants. These grants aim to strengthen capacity for
the application of HPSR to the policy process.  Financial support will be
provided to experienced researchers and policy/decision-makers to
undertake short research projects involving empirical study or analysis of
existing data. These should take the form of an interaction between
researchers and policy/decision-makers which fosters the production of
evidence for the policy process, such as a sabbatical period by an
academic spent in a health-related institution with policy/decision-making
roles, or a part-time sabbatical period spent by a policy/decision-maker
in an academic institution.

Besides financial support for research, grantees will be invited to
participate in workshops for proposal development, writing up and
communication of research results.

WHO CAN APPLY

Young Researcher Grants: Applicants must either be working in a research
group led by more senior researchers or enrolled in a Masters or Doctorate
programme, in which case the proposed research project should be an
integral part of the requirements for graduation.

Research to Evidence Grants: Individuals based at health-related
institutions may apply. Health-related institutions or units may be
involved in funding, advising, consultancy, administration, service
provision, research, training, technology development or advocacy.
Government and private institutions are equally welcome. The applicant(s)
should have or be able to establish collaboration with another institution
or internal unit leading to the formation of a team with at least one
researcher and one policy/decision-maker. The supporting member(s) of the
team should endorse the letter of intent.  Applications will be accepted
only from institutions in developing countries, but teams including
developed country institutions are eligible.

FOR NECESSARY DETAILS TO PREPARE A LETTER OF INTENT VISIT OUR WEB SITE OR
REQUEST THE INFORMATION FROM THE MANAGER

www.who.int/evidence/alliance/call_for_proposals/indexframe_english.htm

Miguel A. Gonzalez-Block,
Manager,
Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research
Office No. 3148
World Health Organization
CH 1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland
Tel: (+41 22) 791 2840
Fax: (+41 22) 791 4328
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