The application process will proceed in two stages. In the first stage, Expressions of Interest will be accepted during a fixed window that closes on August 23, 2013. IPA will review submissions and request selected applicants to submit full research proposals.

In the second stage, the full research proposals will be vetted and presented to a selection committee, comprised of academic and industry experts, for review and final award selection.  Grant awardees will be notified and awards subsequently disbursed in January 2014.

To apply, applicants must complete the Competitive Fund’s Expression of Interest (EOI) application by filling the attached application document and submitting via email, along with the required documents, to gfii@poverty-action.org. The subject of the email and the file name should read: “GFII EOI 2013 ResearcherLastName PractitionerOrgName.” The application form is also available for download at www.poverty-action.org/sites/default/files/gfii_eoi_2013_application_form.doc.

Key application components in the EOI form include:

Details on primary applicants, co-applicants, and institutional affiliations

Overview of proposed research project

Tentative project timeline and budget

Please attach CVs for all applying researchers. Label each file: ResearcherLastName _CV.pdf. 

A signed letter of support should be submitted from the practitioner organization (the financial service provider or other institution delivering the service or product being evaluated), summarizing operations and commitment to the project. Label the file: PractitionerOrgName_LetterofSupport.pdf.

Graduate Students: Graduate (PhD) students applying to the competitive fund must clearly state whether the work proposed is intended for their own dissertation or whether it is collaborative work with other researchers. Graduate students must include the name of their advisor in the application as well. Finally, the advisor must send an email to gfii@poverty-action.org  (Subject: “GFII EOI 2013 ResearcherLastName Advisor”) acknowledging their support for the application submitted.

Projected Timeline:The deadline for receipt of EOI applications is Friday, August 23, 2013 (11:59pm EST). Applicants whose EOI submissions are approved to proceed to the second stage will be notified no later than September 23, 2013. These selected EOI applications will need to submit full research proposals within a month of notification.

Please note that all funded projects must be implemented in accordance with human subject research protocols. 

Donor Information: The Yale Savings and Payments Research Fund is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and is implemented by Yale University and its sub-grantee Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA). The Citi IPA Financial Capability Research Fund is supported by the Citi Foundation and managed by Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA).

A project may not be eligible for funding in the following scenarios: if the project has been rejected from other funding facilities at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation or the Citi Foundation, or if it has received funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation or the Citi Foundation for an amount equal to or greater than the cap allowed in this call for EOIs. If you are not sure whether your proposal would be excluded by this criterion, please contact us at gfii@poverty-action.org (Subject: “GFII Funding Inquiry”).

Please direct all questions to gfii@poverty-action.org. For more information on IPA’s Global Financial Inclusion initiative, please visit http://poverty-action.org/financialinclusion.

 

 

 

Download the Application Form

Download the Application Guidelines

Please submit the completed form and all materials to gfii@poverty-action.org.

http://www.poverty-action.org/financialinclusion/eoi2013

 

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