Toward Sustainability A Plan for Collaborative Research on Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (1991) / Chapter Skim
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4. Sanrem Program Management and Grant Administration
4. Sanrem Program Management and Grant Administration
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The CRSP model and experiences are valuable resources in designing the organizational framework and management approach for the proposed SANREM program. ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE SANREM CRSP The SANREM CRSP should be organized along the lines set forth in Guidelines for the Collaborative Research Support Programs (Agency for International Development, 1985; the"guidelines" hereafter)
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The management entity will be responsible for all aspects of CRSP management and will be the administrative link between the SANREM CRSP and AID. In discharging its responsibilities, the management entity will undertake the following duties: · Receive and administer funds provided to support activities of the SANREM CRSP, including research support grants (see below)
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Responsibilities of the board include evaluating and recommending revisions in policies, programs, and budgets, and providing advice to the management entity on any matter that could improve functioning of the SANREM CRSP. The board will submit periodic reports of its findings and recommendations to the director of the management entity.
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GRANT ADMINISTRATION Grants should be awarded under the proposed SANREM program on a competitive basis to a limited number of institutions or consortiums. Types of Grants Three types of competitive grants should be made available under the proposed SANREM program: research planning grants, a research core grant, and research support grants.
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Research Core Grant A research core grant should be awarded to support a long-term, fullscale interdisciplinary collaborative research program (the SANREM CRSP) on sustainable agriculture and natural resource management in one or more of the world's principal agroecosystems.
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Request for proposals for planning grants and type B research support grants (RSGs) distributed by AID Proposals submitted to AID for evaluation Proposal review and selection process completed AID approval of planning grants and type B RSGs YEAR 2 Full proposals for core research grants submitted to AID Proposal review and recommendation of core research grantee AID approval and award of core grant (core grantee institutions select management entity)
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to support integration of other AIDfunded research activities with the SANREM program. Selection of recipients for the two types of research support grants should be made by AID, based, respectively, on two types of recommendations: from the management entity of the SANREM CRSP (type A)
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CONTENT OF RESEARCH PROPOSALS To meet essential criteria for funding, research proposals submitted for funding under the SANREM program should be required to provide information and demonstrate capacities as indicated below. Proposals for research planning grants and the research core grant should meet the same set of requirements to the fullest degree possible.
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Proposals should also give evidence of attention to the special concerns described in AID's Program in Science and Technology Cooperation proposal guidelines (Agency for International Development, 1990~. All AIDfunded research requires a description of the steps the investigators will take to eliminate hazards or conform to ethical or environmental practices that are prescribed by law or scientific convention.
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They should describe the relationship between ecological factors and policy and institutional factors within the selected agroecosystem. Accordingly, the research design should include innovative social science components that focus on these institutional and policy factors as they influence on-farm management decisions and patterns.
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Information About Researchers and Other Collaborators Proposals should include names and biographical information describing the qualifications of all researchers and other collaborators who will contribute substantially to the proposed research in He United States and host country. Capacity for Interdisciplinary Research Proposals should include a description of the team members' experience in, and specific plans for, the implementation and support of interdisciplinary research.
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Feedback Mechanisms and Capaciry for Flexibility In addition to drawing on the theoretical and methodological strengths of individual disciplines, the research methods proposed should reflect a capacity for creative synthesis among disciplines and sufficient flexibility to accommodate the pursuit of multiple goals, prevent premature closure, and permit adaptive iterative changes as the research progresses. Proposals should indicate specific methods, such as a"learning process approach," for responding to and learning from other scientists and farmers and, where relevant, adjusting research priorities.
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and host country research staffs and within host country institutions. The proposal should demonstrate that the proposed methods will not be "one shot" interdisciplinary efforts at host country sites, but rather will foster new interdisciplinary approaches and promote policy changes within the national institutions themselves.
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Although a modest step given the extent of the challenge, the creation of the SANREM program would demonstrate the effectiveness of new approaches and catalyze support from other parts of AID and from other donor agencies. In the longer term, the SANREM program is expected to generate research results that can contribute directly to developing sustainable agricultural systems and natural resource management strategies.
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