ABSTRACT: brief description of the project, summarizing:
· Problem
· State of the art
· Purpose
· Expected outputs
· Key activities
· Impacts and beneficiaries
· Innovative features in design and implementation
· Key stakeholders’ involvement.
TOTAL COST OF PROJECT (total and donor contribution required)
DURATION OF PROJECT (with start and finish dates)
LOCATION OF PROJECT
BACKGROUND
· Development or research problem; give an idea on the magnitude of the problem and the utility of proposed research
· What has been done by your organizatin and others to address the problem (lit review)
· Lessons, conclusions drawn from past or on going work
· Research hypothesis/proposition/questions
· Process that was followed in project design (read stakeholder participation)
· Links and mechanisms for creating synergies with national policies, donor priorities and other projects with similar goals
GOAL
The higher order development goal: i.e., sustainable livelihoods, poverty reduction, environmental integrity, etc.
PROJECT PURPOSE
Please stick to one well-crafted statement of purpose, and not a series of objectives which often get confused with outputs and impacts; the project will have to achieve this purpose at its completion. Remember SMART: Simple, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time-bound.
OUTPUTS
These are the expected results or deliverable products. In their entirety, the outputs should be able to achieve the purpose of the project.
ACTIVITIES
Activities are research studies, surveys, experiments, training and workshops designed and implemented to produce the outputs. Ideally, there should be a cluster of activities behind each output. This is also the place to describe your implementation strategy.
BENEFICIARIES AND IMPACT
Explain how the outputs will contribute to addressing the development or research problem stated in the Background section. Describe both short and long-term (assuming outputs are adopted) impacts. This may include removal of a specific constraint, or added and enhanced capacity of stakeholders, higher productivity, increased production, livelihood security, or resource conservation, etc. Give a sense of the scale of impact.
IMPLEMENTATION AND MANAGEMENT
· Mention the lead coordinating agency
· Describe comparative advantage and respective roles of all collaborating institutions
· Identify location of different components of the work
· Narrate policy and institutional environment within which project will operate (demand for the proposed research and the ability and willingness of partners to adopt research findings).
· Set specific milestones (planning workshop, inception report, annual progress reports, steering committee meeting, etc
· Prepare a Work Plan or Activity Chart with time lines as an Annex.
DISSEMINATION STRATEGY
Steps that project proposes to take to facilitate dissemination of results and action at various levels: policy, managerial, extension, etc. Describe the relationship of intermediaries with ultimate beneficiaries of research. Be creative and come up with realistic ways to do this. Champions is a new concept; informing the general public, relevant civil society organizations, and farmer groups may be another interesting option, in addition to the literati. Soon Michael Devlin will post a few interesting communication ideas on the intranet to serve as guidelines.
· Problem
· State of the art
· Purpose
· Expected outputs
· Key activities
· Impacts and beneficiaries
· Innovative features in design and implementation
· Key stakeholders’ involvement.
TOTAL COST OF PROJECT (total and donor contribution required)
DURATION OF PROJECT (with start and finish dates)
LOCATION OF PROJECT
BACKGROUND
· Development or research problem; give an idea on the magnitude of the problem and the utility of proposed research
· What has been done by your organizatin and others to address the problem (lit review)
· Lessons, conclusions drawn from past or on going work
· Research hypothesis/proposition/questions
· Process that was followed in project design (read stakeholder participation)
· Links and mechanisms for creating synergies with national policies, donor priorities and other projects with similar goals
GOAL
The higher order development goal: i.e., sustainable livelihoods, poverty reduction, environmental integrity, etc.
PROJECT PURPOSE
Please stick to one well-crafted statement of purpose, and not a series of objectives which often get confused with outputs and impacts; the project will have to achieve this purpose at its completion. Remember SMART: Simple, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time-bound.
OUTPUTS
These are the expected results or deliverable products. In their entirety, the outputs should be able to achieve the purpose of the project.
ACTIVITIES
Activities are research studies, surveys, experiments, training and workshops designed and implemented to produce the outputs. Ideally, there should be a cluster of activities behind each output. This is also the place to describe your implementation strategy.
BENEFICIARIES AND IMPACT
Explain how the outputs will contribute to addressing the development or research problem stated in the Background section. Describe both short and long-term (assuming outputs are adopted) impacts. This may include removal of a specific constraint, or added and enhanced capacity of stakeholders, higher productivity, increased production, livelihood security, or resource conservation, etc. Give a sense of the scale of impact.
IMPLEMENTATION AND MANAGEMENT
· Mention the lead coordinating agency
· Describe comparative advantage and respective roles of all collaborating institutions
· Identify location of different components of the work
· Narrate policy and institutional environment within which project will operate (demand for the proposed research and the ability and willingness of partners to adopt research findings).
· Set specific milestones (planning workshop, inception report, annual progress reports, steering committee meeting, etc
· Prepare a Work Plan or Activity Chart with time lines as an Annex.
DISSEMINATION STRATEGY
Steps that project proposes to take to facilitate dissemination of results and action at various levels: policy, managerial, extension, etc. Describe the relationship of intermediaries with ultimate beneficiaries of research. Be creative and come up with realistic ways to do this. Champions is a new concept; informing the general public, relevant civil society organizations, and farmer groups may be another interesting option, in addition to the literati. Soon Michael Devlin will post a few interesting communication ideas on the intranet to serve as guidelines.
BUDGET
· Total budget resources required for the project duration
· Contribution by your organization and partners (both in terms of cash, kind and complementary activities
· Contribution requested from the donor
· Total budget resources required for the project duration
· Contribution by your organization and partners (both in terms of cash, kind and complementary activities
· Contribution requested from the donor
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