Research funding opportunity: Big Data for Gender Challenge by Data2x

Dear colleagues,
Data2X is pleased to announce a Big Data for Gender Challenge. Through this Challenge, we seek to catalyze innovative solutions to fill global gender data gaps on the well-being of women and girls.
Applicants may submit proposals for prizes of $100,000 or $50,000. Current doctoral students may apply for a $25,000 dissertation grant.
Research proposals will be accepted in two categories:

1) Projects using a combination of digital and conventional data sources to conduct gender analysis on a specific research question.
2) Projects that build practical tools to monitor the well-being of women and girls over time.
Project concept notes not exceeding 5 pages in length (excluding any supplementary materials) should be submitted by July 7, 2017.
Our report, Big Data and the Well-Being of Women and Girls, summarizes our research in this area to date. For more details about the Challenge, including information on priority gender data gaps, visit: http://data2x.org/big-data-gender-challenge/.

Sincerely,
The Data2X Team

We thank Dr Chidi Ugwu for the information.

 

best wishes

Prof Obinna Onwujekwe

Chairman: Senate Research Grants Committee