NWO WOTRO launches second call of Assumptions programme

NWO-WOTRO has launched a second call in the Assumptions programme to scrutinize the Theory of Change of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) CSO policy framework 'Dialogue and Dissent' in LMICs. Deadline of submissions is September 4, 2018. This second call focuses on theme 3, 'Civic space under pressure' and is open to research consortia from around the world.

The budget available is € 400,000. Funding is up to € 200,000 per project. Applications can be submitted by consortia consisting of research organisations located in the LLMIC(s) in Sub-Saharan Africa, South and South-East Asia or Latin America where the project/programme that is subject of the empirical research is implemented and one or more research organisations based in any country. Eligible projects include research in at least two LLMICs across continents. Countries studied in projects funded in the first call are not eligible: Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Ukraine. It is not compulsory to include a research organisation in the Netherlands.

The call aims to fund research projects that strengthen the evidence-base of the policy framework Dialogue and Dissent. It summons scientists to submit research proposals that scrutinize specific articulated assumptions of the Theory of Change (ToC) underlying the policy framework using primarily qualitative scientific methodologies.