SEEKING FUNDING BEYOND THE TRI COUNCIL

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SEEKING FUNDING BEYOND THE TRI COUNCIL

• Joseph Mensah
• Associate Professor
• Atkinson School of Social Sciences

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Help from our Research Office

• On budget and overhead cost.
• In-kind, matching funds (cost of office space,
  time release etc.
• Secure letters of support.

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Help from our Research Office

• To identify collaborators at York and beyond.
• To speed-up/by-pass some of Yorks internal
  research protocols (6 copies, and checklist etc).
• To negotiate the contract/ and co-sign if need
  be.
• To craft sub-contracts for partners.

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Noteworthy Suggestions

• Deadlines Acutely tight impromptu.
• Dont get tied down with Yorks internal
  protocols.
• Build your own network of international
  researchers.
• Keep a databank of bios and CVs of
  co-researchers.
• Institutionalize the project at York.

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Noteworthy Suggestions

• Do pro-bono research in community.
• Get connected in the international research
  community.
• Orient your research to the Global south and to
  the subaltern/disadvantaged.
• Do inter-disciplinary work.
• Be well-vexed in methodology (open-minded to
  other disciplines methods)

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Identifying Funding Sources

• Acknowledgements in published papers to identify
  funding sources
• Acknowledgements in Conference presentations
• Connect with Fund Reps at workshops etc.
• Have web presences pick up on web enquiries about
  your research.

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Locating External Funding

• Regular search of funding sites, such as
• CIDA, IDRC ( Federal/Provincial/ Municipal)
• Ford Foundation,
• Rolex Awards for Enterprise
• McArthur Foundation,
• The Foundation for Population, Migration and the
  Environment
• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• Global Development Network (GDN)
• ILO
• The World Bank

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Locating External Funding

• Join listserves
• DevNet www.devnet.org.nz
• GDNet www.gdnet.org
• CAG, AAG (Professional Associations)
• International Diversity Conference,
• CERIS
• DIE-Newsletter German Development Institute
  www.die-gdi.de
• Take any funding announcement seriously.

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BENEFITS

• Travel opportunities
• Meeting international scholars
• Meeting people outside your field
• Opportunities for publications.
• BUT
• Be careful in picking research partners
• Do a good work to leave your mark.

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Thank You