The Population Council Calls for Proposals

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The Population Council: Call for Proposals

FELLOWSHIP FOR HEALTH AND POPULATION INNOVATION

(FORMERLY THE MACARTHUR FUND FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT) 2005 – 2006

The Population Council, an international, non-profit, non-

governmental organisation established in 1952, seeks to improve the

well-being and reproductive health of current and future generations

around the world and to help achieve a humane, equitable, and

sustainable balance between people and resources. The Council

undertakes biomedical, social science and operations research. It

works through its four regional and 14 country offices. The Council's

Regional office for South and East Asia is located in New Delhi,

India.

FELLOWSHIP FOR HEALTH AND POPULATION INNOVATION

Population Council, India, through a programme, funded by the D.

and T. MacArthur Foundation, provides fellowships to those

individuals who wish to evolve innovative approaches including action

and/or research initiatives in the areas of population, reproductive

and sexual health and rights and generate sound evidence to inform

programmes and policy as well as potential replicability and scaling

up of these approaches. We invite proposals for projects that focus

on:

Young people's sexual and reproductive health and choice, including

for example, ways of facilitating delays in the timing of marriage

and first birth and the exercise of informed choice; and of promoting

sexual health and rights of young people including for example gender-

sensitive sexuality and life skills education for young people,

confidential health services and programmes for young men that

promote sexual responsibility; innovative measures for keeping girls

in school and implications for health and marriage age

Making pregnancy safer, including for example, access to appropriate

care including emergency obstetric care, empowering women to make

healthy choices and ensuring skilled care in the ante-natal, delivery

and postpartum periods; understanding key underlying legal and/or

social factors affecting maternal mortality and morbidity and

reproductive decision-making

Addressing the needs of women experiencing unintended pregnancy,

enabling access to safe abortion

Contraceptive use dynamics and decision making and strategies that

enable informed contraceptive choices for women and men; dual

protection; and address unmet need for contraception; access to non-

terminal and emergency contraception

Quality of a range of reproductive health services, including for

example, reproductive tract and sexually transmitted infections; HIV;

pregnancy; infection; safe abortion; and pregnancy-related care

Strengthening men's involvement and responsibility in sexual and

reproductive matters, including women's health-seeking behaviour and

prevention of infection and violence

Developing models to improve dialogue between diverse groups

including women's groups, health care providers and policy makers

Advocating for changes needed in health, educational, and legal

policies to create the political will needed for their implementation

within the framework of human rights, gender equity and equality

Proposals are invited for projects that address one or more of the

above topics. The proposal should include (in not more than 10 pages

OR about 5000-6000 words):

Background and rationale

Goals and objectives

Project description, or proposed activities through which you will

achieve stated objectives

Policy and programmatic implications

Dissemination plans

Estimated duration and budget

Information on how will this project be innovative and different;

social changes the project aims to accomplish

Personal history including educational background, professional

experience, and other projects carried out in this area; indicate how

this project will contribute to your personal development

Statement indicating why you consider yourself suitable for the

fellowship. Any other information you may consider relevant

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

The Council is looking for candidates with innovative ideas,

leadership potential, and a strong desire for personal and

professional development. The fellowship programme is open to Indian

women and men resident in any part of the country who are between the

ages of 25 to 45 years, and are in the mid-stage of their careers.

However, this restriction may be relaxed in the case of women who

started their careers late.

Applicants may be from any sector including: non-government

organisations, women's organisations, the corporate sector, media or

academia. The fellowships are awarded to applicants from any

discipline: social sciences, medicine and health, management, law,

education etc.

Preference will be given to individuals who have:

A plan to develop professional capacity and knowledge

A strategy to influence and impact policy and public debate

Clearly defined and realistic objectives

Indicators of progress towards those objectives

SELECTION PROCESS

Selection of fellows takes place once a year through a competitive

process. Fellowships are for full-time work and are awarded for a

period of one to two years. The fellowship year is from August 1,

2005 to July 31, 2006. The deadline for submission of applications is

September 15, 2004. Short-listed candidates will be invited to submit

full proposals.

For further queries, please contact:

Population Council

India Habitat Centre

Zone 5A, Ground Floor

Lodi Road, New Delhi 110 003

Phone : 91 11 24642901 Fax: 91 11 24642903

Email: fellowships@...

Kindly note that we will not be in a position to accept proposals

after September 15, 2004. To avoid postal delays please use courier

or speed post facilities. Please also send us a copy of your proposal

by email, if possible, at the address given above.

Asha Matta

E-mail: <asha@...>