Call for Expressions of Interest: Estimating the long-term, large-scale impacts of CGIAR research on development outcomes

Launched on 10 September 2019 by the Standing Panel on Impact Assessment, this call for Expressions of Interest for impact studies aims to commission studies which estimate the long-term, large-scale impacts of CGIAR research on development outcomes. The deadline for the Expressions of Interest is 14 October. There is no budget ceiling for individual studies, and with approx. USD1.6 million available for grants. 

The call aims to fund 'accountability-oriented' studies which means that they attempt to assess whether a past research investment actually contributed to the anticipated impacts. Impact assessments of this type target innovations that are believed to be widely diffused, and for which it is hence possible to study impacts at scale, as such providing the base to empirically test the global or regional public goods argument for CGIAR research.

While the call is open to innovations resulting from any type of CGIAR research investment, studies focusing on under-evaluated research areas, for example natural resource management, policies and institutions, or farming systems involving livestock, fish or non-cereal crops, are especially encouraged. Studies focusing on multiple outcomes (economic, environmental, nutrition, gender and equity) and studies with sufficient statistical power to study heterogeneity (by sex, age, wealth, land holdings, ethnicity) are also encouraged.