The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) is launching a Research Grant Program and is inviting research teams to submit proposals for policy research in any of the energy fields; energy technologies, energy finance, energy economics, energy policy, energy and the environment/climate change, energy and development, energy law.
The Research Grant Program is part of the ECOWAS initiative on Youth Leadership Development in Energy, which works to prepare the region’s young men and women to become globally competitive energy leaders in the future.
The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) is launching a Research Grant Program and is inviting research teams to submit proposals for policy research in any of the energy fields; energy technologies, energy finance, energy economics, energy policy, energy and the environment/climate change, energy and development, energy law.
The Research Grant Program is part of the ECOWAS initiative on Youth Leadership Development in Energy, which works to prepare the region’s young men and women to become globally competitive energy leaders in the future.
Aligned with the initiative’s objective, the Research Grant Program aims to build and strengthen the capacity of young West Africans to contribute and participate actively in the energy discourse at the national and regional levels and, thus, ensure that the youth have a say in the way energy development is shaped in West Africa.
Submission requirements
- Research teams must comprise of young West African researchers.
- Researchers must be no more than 35 years
- Participants should at least be students in or graduates from an institution of higher education
- Research teams with a Master or PhD degree holder, or equivalent, will be given priority.
- Applications should be submitted electronically by 30 November, 2015.
Prize
Teams will receive a grant amount of not more than €1500 to contribute to the formulation of evidence-based energy policies or strategies in the region.
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