£100,000 – CEPR ReCIPE Big Research Grants

Big Research Grants of up to £100,000 will be awarded to projects that help improve our understanding of the links between conflicts, economic growth, and public policies.

Funds large‑scale research projects that cannot be covered by smaller Compact Research Grants (CRGs).

Research themes include:

• Public policies for peace
• Private and public investments and peace
• Institutions, democracy, and peace
• Geoeconomics
• Climate change, natural resources, and conflict
• Information and conflict (media, public opinion, big data)
• Ethnic diversity and nation‑building
• Peacemaking, peacebuilding, and reconstruction
• Gender, inequality, and conflict

Cross‑cutting issues prioritized:

• Generation of new data
• Natural resources and climate change
• Gender equality and inclusion

Grants can fund:

• Research assistance
• Data collection/purchase
• Stipends
• Travel to field sites (with safety/security justification)

• Open to researchers worldwide, including PhD students (with senior co‑investigators recommended)
• Must demonstrate relevance to policy in ReCIPE Focus Countries
• Must adhere to CEPR’s Code of Conduct, Conflict of Interest, and Budget Guidelines
• Cost effectiveness and value for money are key evaluation criteri