Call for Concept Notes

IDRC and the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) are pleased to invite concept notes for applied research projects to generate and mobilize evidence to contextualize and scale the impact of promising or proven innovative approaches to improve children’s access and retention in education in emergencies and fragile, conflict and violence-affected contexts in GPE partner countries.  

While the broader domain of education in emergencies and fragile, conflict and violence-affected contexts encompasses numerous aspects, this request for concept notes focuses on two issues: 

• Access or re-entry for out-of-school children and retention of at-risk learners
• Teacher training and support for work with out-of-school and at-risk children

GPE Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (KIX) aims to respond to these challenges by doing the following: 

• Generate evidence about how to scale the impact of promising or proven innovative approaches to address challenges of access and retention in education in emergencies and fragile, conflict and violence-affected contexts.

• Strengthen the capacities of relevant stakeholders to use that knowledge and innovation.   

• Mobilize the evidence developed to improve policy and practice in education systems, supporting gender equality, equity and inclusion.   

Call details

KIX will allocate CA$5 million through this call, with individual projects receiving funding between CA$300,000 and CA$1 million. Projects can be up to 24 months in duration.

To complete an online application, select ‘Apply’. In cases where proposals involve multiple organizations, the lead organization should submit a single application on behalf of those involved.

For more details please consult the Call Document. 

Please check the Frequently Asked Questions as you are preparing your application. It will be updated regularly.