Call for Doing Research Assessments in Thailand, Indonesia and Fiji

GDN also welcomes expressions of interest from national foundations, research granting councils, national ministries, or other national and international funders, interested in funding or co-funding DR Assessments in their own country or in their country of operation. GDN is constantly seeking financial support from domestic and international partners to include new countries in the initiative, and expand the global evidence base on the state of research systems.

Main Responsibilities

• The national research teams recruited by GDN will act as national correspondents for the Doing Research program. These teams will be responsible for implementing the DRA in their country of operation. GDN expects the national teams to adapt the DRA methodology to the local context. The main output of the DRAs will be the production of an official report on the national social science research system.
• Under the program, the involvement of national correspondents can be broken down into three phases, taking a total of 15 months:
  • Adaptation:
    • Document review of the Doing Research program and critical analysis of the DRA methodology.
    • Literature review of research and policy literature on the national social science research system, with particular emphasis on literature dealing with context and actors.
    • Kick-off meeting with GDN.
  • Data Collection and Analysis:
    • Step 1: Adaptation of the DRA methodology to the local context (qualitative examination of economic, political and historical contextual elements – national and international; identification of key stakeholders and data sources).
    • Stage 2: Data collection with stakeholder mapping; primary data collection through surveys and interviews; secondary data collection, including national and international data sources.
    • Stage 3: Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the determinants of research system performance and production of a country-specific Doing Research report.
  • Dissemination:
    • Proactive approach through interventions in physical and online events.
    • Production of dissemination means (videos, infographics, briefing notes, etc.).
    • Organisation of a high-level national dissemination event with key stakeholders.

Funding Information

• A grant of up to 50,000 USD is set per research team to implement a DRA in their respective country for a period of 15 months, with technical support and advice from GDN’s global Doing Research team.

Eligibility Criteria

• One DRA will be conducted in each country by each research team. Research teams must apply through an institution, for example, research institution, higher education institution or centre.
• Research teams must apply through a research institute or centre. They strongly encourage gender-balanced and female-led teams to apply. The ideal team is multidisciplinary, with advanced and proven capabilities in qualitative and quantitative research. Research teams should be able to demonstrate the following competencies:
  • Experience in analysing organisational and institutional processes in the research, higher education, knowledge or innovation sectors.
  • Experience in data collection and processing (sampling, interviews, questionnaires).
  • Network already set up with the political, academic and civil society communities at national level.
  • Experience in communicating research to a variety of audiences and in data visualisation.
  • These criteria apply to the team as a whole, not to individual members. These experiences must be demonstrated by examples of projects, jobs and/or research publications.

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