TDR Call for Poposals: Implementation research and gender – A contribution to implement TDR’s Intersectional Gender Research Strategy

The Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), hosted at the World Health Organization is pleased to announce a call for proposals Implementation research and gender – A contribution to implement TDR’s Intersectional Gender Research Strategy.

The overall objective of this work is to conduct implementation research studies to generate evidence that helps to identify enablers and bottlenecks that impact the delivery of health interventions. This includes: generating evidence on how gender intersects with other social variables impacted by specific contextual and structural factors, influencing access to health systems, health care and treatment; and intersectional gender analysis in research for implementation to generate new evidence and knowledge on the intersections of gender and other social variables that influence the way implementation strategies work.

The duration for the award will be 12 months and 2 individual research teams from two different LMICs will be selected for twelve months’ funding up to a maximum amount of US$ 98’000 towards each proposal.

Eligibility:

This research programme has a selective nature.

• It seeks to identify unique established research groups or institutions with expertise and a track record in implementation research, health systems, gender, intersectionality and infectious disease research that would benefit from a new influx of funding to advance their research work.
• TDR is committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity in science. Researchers are encouraged to apply irrespective of gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religious, cultural and social backgrounds, or (dis)ability status.
• When data is included, it should be disaggregated at least by sex and age (and other social stratifiers as appropriate, e.g. education level, income, self-reported gender identity, social status or (dis)ability) wherever possible).
• Plans for ensuring sex and age disaggregated data and gender analysed data should be clearly stated in the research application and considered in early stages of the project design process.
• Grants will be awarded to the beneficiary research institution where the lead researcher/s is/are based.
• Limited to applications from research institutions from low- and middle-income countries

Read more here. 

Proposals deadline January 28, 2022.