In honour of Terry Smutylo’s (founding director of the Evaluation Unit) long commitment and work to promote evaluation as a contributor to positive change, organizational learning, and improved effectiveness in international development, the Evaluation Unit has established a research awards competition.  These awards will assist Canadian and developing-country graduate students undertake their thesis research in the field of evaluation. The IDRC Evaluation Research Awards are intended to promote the growth of Canadian and developing-country capacity in evaluation and to better the theory and practice of evaluation.  Normally, such research is conducted in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, or Asia.

• Hold Canadian citizenship or permanent residency status in Canada, or hold a citizenship of a developing country;
• Be registered at a Canadian university or a recognized university in a developing country;
• Research proposal is for a doctoral or master’s thesis and has been approved by the thesis supervisor;
• Provide evidence of affiliation with an institution or organization in the region in which the research will take place;
• For doctoral candidates, completed course work and passed comprehensive examinations by the time of award tenure.  For master’s students, have completed course work.

Value of Award

The award will cover justifiable field research expenses to a maximum of $20,000 per year. Candidates may apply for a renewal of funding for a second year of fieldwork if the nature of the research requires a second season of data collection. Renewals will be the exception.

Number of Awards

2 per year.

Deadline

Applications must be received by January 15, 2007.

Applications

Applications will be evaluated according to criteria, such as relevance to sustainable and equitable development and to IDRC priorities, quality of the research proposal and suitability of the candidate.

If there are ethical questions connected with the research, the applicant may, at IDRC's discretion, be required to submit the appropriate approval from the Ethic's Committee of the University.

Please submit all documents listed in the List of Supporting Documents to be Submitted. Complete applications must be received at the Centre by the deadline. Incomplete applications will NOT be considered for the competition.  Applications must be sent to the following address:

By mail: 

  
IDRC Doctoral Research Awards
Centre Training and Awards Program
International Development Research Centre
P.O. Box 8500
Ottawa, Ontario
K1G 3H9

By courier services:      

IDRC Doctoral Research Awards
Centre Training and Awards Program
International Development Research Centre
250 Albert Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 6M1                                                                                                 

Fax: (1 613) 563-0815
Telephone: (1 613) 236-6163 ext. 2098
E-mail: cta@idrc.ca

We thank all applicants for their interest and will contact those candidates whose academic background, quality of the research proposal and skills best match the criteria of the Award.