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Greetings,
We are excited to share this funding opportunity from the Middle East Initiative (MEI) at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. The MEI is the university's principal forum for policy-relevant research and teaching on the contemporary Middle East and North Africa. Through the integration of open scholarly inquiry, policy analysis, executive and graduate education, and public engagement, MEI aims to improve the quality of policymaking and build capacity in the Middle East in order to enhance the lives of all the region's peoples. MEI is accepting proposals from Harvard faculty for research on the most critical policy issues facing the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait, and the broader region. Two distinct funding opportunities are available: Emirates Leadership Initiative Faculty Research Grants and Kuwait Program Faculty Research Collaboration Grants. More information about the awards can be found in the synopsis and links below. For a full list of currently open opportunities that have been announced through our office, please visit our Current Opportunities web page. As a reminder, our Research Development team is available to provide proposal development support to FAS ladder faculty.
- Deadline: Proposals are accepted on a rolling basis throughout the academic year, and will be reviewed once per semester. Please note the following deadlines:
- Deadline for Consideration in Fall Review: November 30
- Deadline for Consideration in Spring Review: May 15
- Award Amount: Dependent on proposal fit and availability of funds; one- or two-year grants.
Program Overview
MEI's Emirates Leadership Initiative (ELI) Faculty Research Grants are designed to catalyze faculty-led research focused on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the broader region, and to foster collaboration with scholars and research institutions in the Emirates. Of particular interest are proposals that:
- Involve collaboration with scholars and institutions in the UAE and neighboring countries.
- Generate comparative case studies of policy initiatives in the UAE and the Gulf that can be deployed in classroom teaching at HKS and beyond.
Priority Areas
- Optimizing Governance
- Increasing Economic Dynamism
- Strengthening Human Capital
- Improving Public Policy Design and Delivery
Eligibility Criteria
- Proposals must be led or co-led by a faculty member with PI status at Harvard University.
- Grant funds may be applied toward research assistance, travel, summer salary, workshops, and course buyout.
Application Materials
- Applications must include:
- Research proposal (five pages maximum)
- Itemized budget
- Disclosure of other sources of funding (if applicable)
- Curriculum vitae for senior researchers
- Proposals received after a review deadline will be held for consideration in the following review cycle.
- Deadline: Proposals are accepted on a rolling basis throughout the academic year, and will be reviewed once per semester. Please note the following deadlines:
- Deadline for Consideration in Fall Review: November 30
- Deadline for Consideration in Spring Review: May 15
- Award Amount: Dependent on proposal fit and availability of funds; one- or two-year grants.
Program Overview
The Kuwait Program Faculty Research Collaboration Grants are designed to catalyze Harvard faculty-led research focused on the most critical policy areas facing the State of Kuwait and the broader Gulf and Arab regions today, and to foster collaboration between Harvard faculty and scholars in or from Kuwait. The program is particularly interested in proposals that:
- Involve co-investigators or postdoctoral fellows who are from or based in Kuwait, as well as collaboration with research institutions in Kuwait.
- Proposals without Kuwaiti or Kuwait-based co-investigators or postdoctoral fellows that involve fieldwork in Kuwait, particularly with high potential for generating new connections with Kuwait-based researchers, will also be considered.
- Employ the most up-to-date scientific and data-analytic methods and intend to culminate in peer-reviewed publications, with a preference for those slated to appear in Open Access journals.
Priority Areas
- Health
- Education
- Energy
- Environment
- Water and Food Security
- Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence
Eligibility Criteria
- Proposals must be led or co-led by a faculty member with PI status at Harvard University.
- Grant funds may be applied toward research assistance, travel, summer salary, workshops, and course buyout.
- All recipients of Kuwait Program Faculty Research Grants are required to present key findings of their research in Kuwait at academic centers as well as public institutions where relevant.
Application Materials
- Applications must include:
- Research proposal (five pages maximum)
- Itemized budget
- Disclosure of other sources of funding (if applicable)
- Curriculum vitae for senior researchers
- Proposals received after a review deadline will be held for consideration in the following review cycle.
Additional Information and Resources
Please submit all application materials, and any inquiries, by email to MEI's Program Coordinator for Fellowships and Research Administration, Laura Boehm.
The Emirates Leadership Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School is made possible through funding from the Department of Government Enablement – Abu Dhabi Government.
The Kuwait Program at the Harvard Kennedy School is made possible through funding from the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS).
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RESOURCES
Research Development maintains a Sample Proposal Library of successful proposals from recent award recipients that are available to FAS and SEAS faculty by request; please email Research Development to request to view a proposal. For more information on Research Development's resources—including lists of internal funding programs, early career funding programs, and sabbatical fellowships—please visit the Funding Opportunities web page. Previous editions of FAS Funding Focus (FFF), a resource series tailored to help FAS faculty and staff navigate the ever-evolving landscape of grants and funding, are accessible in the FFF archive.
SEARCH FOR OPPORTUNITIES WITH PIVOT
All Harvard affiliates can search for opportunities and set up alerts using Pivot, a searchable database of federal and private funding opportunities. Information on Pivot, including a one-page user guide, and other funding opportunity databases available to the Harvard community can be found on the Funding Databases web page.
PIVOT CURATED SEARCHES
Curated funding opportunity lists are funding search topics of broad interest. The following curated lists can be further refined in Pivot based on your funding needs. To view the results you must be on a Harvard network or logged in to your Pivot account. Information on setting up a Pivot account can be found in our one-page Pivot user guide.
Additional curated lists are available on the Funding Databases web page. We continue to add to and refine these lists based on feedback. Please feel free to reach out to us at research_development@fas.harvard.edu with any suggestions you may have. |
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