[CODATA-international] Fwd: Lab Newsletter: Global Research Partnerships

Wed Nov 20 12:50:53 EST 2019

PEER <https://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/peer/index.htm>is run by the
US National Academy of Science's Policy and Global Affairs.  This year,
they have added digital tools to their portfolio of funded projects
(Sub-Saharan nations only).

>From the website:
*In order to improve solutions and fill gaps in AI approaches in the
developing world, PEER will support in-country researchers to design and
create research projects under the Advanced Digital Tools call. Research
proposals can address needs across a variety of sectors, including:
biodiversity, health, agriculture, environment, climate variability, clean
energy, disaster mitigation and response, food security, water/sanitation,
urbanization, democracy and governance, and education, and must focus on
developing, improving, or utilizing AI approaches specifically in MV or NLP
to solve development challenges. Proposals on selected health-related
topics may also be appropriate for submission under the focus area Multiple
Countries/Family Planning and Reproductive Health
<https://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/PEER/PGA_196595>and all proposals
are also appropriate for submission under the PEER Multiple Countries/Any
Development-Related Research call
<https://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/PEER/PGA_196593>.*

>From the RFP:

*Activities under this award could include, but are not limited to:*

   - *Satellite-based approaches to land use or resource management using
   automation and machine learning*
   - *Real-time mobile phone image analysis for agriculture- or
   health-related diagnostics*
   - *Machine Vision (MV) or Natural Language Processing (NLP) approaches
   that improve the management, health, and education of migrants and refugees
   in displaced persons camps*
   - *MV or NLP Curriculum development to increase youth education and
   workforce development*
   - *NLP approaches in local spoken languages to improve applications for
   populations with low literacy*
   - *NLP approaches in local written languages to enable mining of
   information from open data resources leading to new learning*
   - *Investigating a new application for the use of MV or NLP in
   addressing development challenges*

*Proposed budgets should emphasize research generation and utilization over
purely infrastructure-related needs or activities.*

You can download the PDF of the RFP here:
https://sites.nationalacademies.org/cs/groups/pgasite/documents/webpage/pga_196625.pdf

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From: USAID Global Development Lab <globaldevlab at usaid.gov>
Date: Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 4:06 PM
Subject: Lab Newsletter: Global Research Partnerships
To: <Fox at 80needs.com>

$2.5 Million to Support Global Research Partnerships
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USAID's Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) announced
$2.5 million to support 32 partner research projects
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on
health, water and sanitation, agriculture, and economic growth
in developing countries. Each project has a lead researcher that will work
with a U.S. Government-supported researcher. PEER also announced that
applications
are open
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for
research proposals in the following areas: digital tools, clean energy,
WASH, family planning, and reproductive health. Proposals are due February
10, 2020.
Better Together Challenge Launched
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USAID and the Inter-American Development Bank launched the BetterTogether
Challenge to crowdsource, fund, and scale innovative solutions to support
Venezuelans and host communities affected by the regional crisis. Apply here
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.
More Opportunities:
Household Solar Workforce Development Challenge
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As part of the Scaling Off-Grid Energy Grand Challenge for Development
(SOGE), USAID and the ResilientAfrica Network (RAN) launched the Household
Solar Workforce Development Challenge. This challenge seeks proposals from
third-party training providers to develop the household solar workforce in
sub-Saharan Africa. Deadline: December 15

Global LEAP Solar E-Waste Challenge on Product Design & Battery Technologies
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The Global LEAP Solar E-Waste Challenge is accepting applications to
support the research and development of more sustainable solar home system
and battery technologies for the off-grid solar sector in sub-Saharan
Africa. Deadline: December 15

PEER Cycle 2 Women in Science Mentoring Program
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PEER is calling for applications to a mentorship program for women faculty
conducting scientific research on tools and approaches for preventing,
detecting, and treating tuberculosis in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia,
Kyrgystan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Deadline: January 10, 2020

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an
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aimed at supporting partner countries to plan, finance, and manage their
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