{"id":5246,"date":"2021-02-21T19:04:06","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T00:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cdealumniresources\/?p=5246"},"modified":"2021-02-21T19:34:25","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T00:34:25","slug":"prof-godlonton-recommends-the-digital-identification-and-finance-initiative-in-africa-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cdealumniresources\/browse-by-research-topic\/finance-browse-by-research-topic\/prof-godlonton-recommends-the-digital-identification-and-finance-initiative-in-africa-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Godlonton recommends: <i> The Digital Identification and Finance Initiative in Africa &#8211; Funding Opportunity<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.povertyactionlab.org\/initiative\/digital-identification-and-finance-initiative-africa-digifi-africa\" title=\"J-PAL\u2019s DigiFI Africa Invitation for Research Proposals on Digital IDs &amp; Payments for Funding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\tJ-PAL\u2019s DigiFI Africa Invitation for Research Proposals on Digital IDs &amp; Payments for Funding\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h1>\n\t<p><strong>Here is a short summary on this opportunity from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.povertyactionlab.org\/initiative\/digital-identification-and-finance-initiative-africa-digifi-africa\">J-PAL&#8217;s website<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>J-PAL affiliates and DigiFI invited researchers are invited to apply for proposal development grants, pilot and full RCT funding<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nJ-PAL affiliates and DigiFI invited researchers are invited to apply for the following funding opportunities: Proposal development grants (up to $10,000), pilot grants (up to $75,000), and full RCT grants (up to $400,000). DigiFI also offers funding for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.povertyactionlab.org\/blog\/12-1-20\/leveraging-digital-revolution-can-governments-utilize-big-data-help-decision-making\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.povertyactionlab.org\/blog\/12-1-20\/leveraging-digital-revolution-can-governments-utilize-big-data-help-decision-making&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1613863245558000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEjk8kZDGYMv8U2jBJ_vsmu8X9R9g\">high-frequency monitoring systems<\/a> (up to $75 000). For more information, please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.povertyactionlab.org\/initiative\/digifi-request-proposals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.povertyactionlab.org\/initiative\/digifi-request-proposals&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1613863245558000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEecKoVEESQqj4YsvfJ55elHUWB0Q\">webpage<\/a>. The proposal application process for the rolling funding cycle consists of two stages:\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>\nStage 1: Please fill out the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdX0KCLRHw_x1IXNV_LtDaNOrSEP8WfL4IeackIxs4uj7k7Pg\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdX0KCLRHw_x1IXNV_LtDaNOrSEP8WfL4IeackIxs4uj7k7Pg\/viewform&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1613863245558000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEu12yFmPZzYoF5Wwf88USQnZ-GOA\">pre-proposal form<\/a>. We will respond to that within 3 weeks and let you know if you should submit a proposal.\n<\/li>\n<li>\nStage 2: On receiving a positive response to the pre-proposal form from the DigiFI team, please fill out the DigiFI Application. We aim to respond to your proposal within 4 weeks after this submission\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>\nAfrican scholars and PhD students are eligible to apply for proposal development grants and pilot funding\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nFor more information on this funding opportunity, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.povertyactionlab.org\/initiative\/digital-identification-and-finance-initiative-africa-digifi-africa\">please visit this link.<\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cdealumniresources\/announcements\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSee our announcements\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cdealumniresources\/home\/training-research-and-resources\/training\/e-learning\/by-category\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tView our online learning resources\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cdealumniresources\/professors-picks\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSee other Professors&#8217; Picks\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>J-PAL\u2019s DigiFI Africa Invitation for Research Proposals on Digital IDs &amp; Payments for Funding Here is a short summary on this opportunity from J-PAL&#8217;s website J-PAL affiliates and DigiFI invited researchers are invited to apply for proposal development grants, pilot and full RCT funding J-PAL affiliates and DigiFI invited researchers are invited to apply for&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2420,"featured_media":1901,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"tpl-full-width.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[686,94,757,544,687,643,102],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-finance-browse-by-research-topic","category-funding","category-new-this-just-in","category-opportunities","category-professors-pick","category-technology-and-innovation-browse-by-research-topic"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cdealumniresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cdealumniresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cdealumniresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cdealumniresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2420"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cdealumniresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5246"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cdealumniresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5255,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cdealumniresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5246\/revisions\/5255"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cdealumniresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cdealumniresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cdealumniresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cdealumniresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}