Funding opportunity for Junior Researchers

Fellowships and Seed Grants for Junior Researchers

What are your research ideas on child labour, forced labour, and human trafficking issues?

Actualité | 3 mars 2021
The ILO project “From Research to Action: Using Knowledge to Accelerate Progress in the Elimination of Child Labor and Forced Labor” (RTA), in collaboration with IOM and support from USDOL, invites you to submit high-quality research proposals on child labour, forced labour, and human trafficking. The project will provide funding to support researchers from a variety of disciplines to fill knowledge gaps and achieve policy impact.

What?

  • 3 Research fellowships of $18,000 USD each for 12 months.
  • 10 Seed grant projects of up to $10,000 USD each for 9 months.

Who?

  • The Research Fellowship is open to PhD degree holders, PhD students, or Master’s degree holders with 5 years of relevant research and teaching experience.
  • The Seed Grant is open to PhD degree holders, PhD students, or Master’s students.
  • Candidates from the Global South, female candidates, and underrepresented populations in the research community are encouraged to apply.

When?

  • The deadline is on 16 April 2021 at 4 pm (GMT+1).

How?

You can find more details about the application and assessment criteria in the following documents:

More information

If you’re interested in the opportunity and want to know more about it, we are holding two Q & A sessions on:
  • 25 March 2021 at 11 am (GMT +1). Please register here. Convert to your local time here.
  • 26 March 2021 at 3 pm (GMT+1). Please register here. Convert to your local time here.