Dear Colleagues,

The MIT Governance Lab (MIT GOV/LAB) is pleased to launch a request for
research proposals on citizen engagement and government accountability.
Full RFP details online:
https://mitgovlab.org/updates/request-for-proposals-building-evidence-on-citizen-engagement-and-government-accountability/
.

Submission deadline is August 31st, please email [log in to unmask] with any
questions.

Sincerely,

F. Daniel Hidalgo
Associate Professor of Political Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology



M O T I V A T I O N

MIT Governance Lab’s (MIT GOV/LAB) mission is to produce and promote
engaged scholarship on how to encourage citizens to voice their needs and
best induce governments to respond to their interests. Our aim is to
produce rigorous research that contributes to academic scholarship and is
mutually beneficial to practitioners, thus improving the uptake of the
insights and evidence into practice. We believe in research collaborations
based on a process and values of equitable exchange and respect between
practitioners and academics.

T O P I C S

To build a stronger evidence base, MIT GOV/LAB is piloting an open call for
research proposals on topics related to citizen engagement and government
accountability (particularly from a behavioral perspective) in a diversity
of contexts. Funding will support empirical research to understand the
drivers of attitudes and beliefs of citizens, bureaucrats, elites, or
elected officials. Of particular interest are attitudes and beliefs linked
to behavior that promotes government accountability, such as participation
in social movements, citizen demand-making, or access to government
services.

P A R T N E R S

Research studies will ideally integrate a local practitioner partner in all
stages of the research ideation and proposal writing, study design and
implementation, and dissemination of results. In an effort to design and
implement research that is most useful and relevant to changing real-world
outcomes, we prioritize asking practitioners who are grounded and deeply
embedded in communities with questions they need answers to do their work
better.

We are launching this RFP early to allow for ample preparation time,
including partner selection and relationship-building. Priority given to
empirical projects that will result in an academic publication, and are
relevant and useful for the decision-making of practitioner partners.

F U N D I N G

MIT GOV/LAB anticipates funding up to a total of $100,000 for this 2019 RFP
Junior faculty and postdocs can apply for up to $30,000 for a research study
Graduate students can apply for up to $15,000 for dissertation research
Funding is for full-scale projects; not for piloting

D E T A I L S

Full Request for Proposals available online
<https://mitgovlab.org/updates/request-for-proposals-building-evidence-on-citizen-engagement-and-government-accountability/>
.

Submission deadline: 11:59 PM US EST, August 31, 2019.

Questions: [log in to unmask]

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