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Background The Centre for Tobacco Control in Africa (CTCA), hosted by the Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH), serves as the regional center of e cellence to su!!ort African govern"ents i"!le"ent tobacco control !olicies and !rogra"s, #ith a vision of a sustainable, leading center in e"!o#ering and facilitating tobacco control !olicy and !rogra""e i"!le"entation to achieve tobacco$free Africa% The Center #ill be su!!orting one$year tobacco control research grants for Masters Students for the ne t three years #ith funding fro" Canada&s 'nternational (evelo!"ent )esearch Centre ('()C)% The Pro*ect #ill be i"!le"ented through the + schools of !ublic health, of #hich , are in the Public Health Alliance- including. -% Moi University in /enya 0% 1i""a University in 2thio!ia 3% /inshasa University in ()C 4% Muhi"bili University in Tan5ania 6% 7ational University of )#anda in )#anda
The HEALTH Alliance for Leadership is a network that resulted from a meeting of Deans and Directors and agencies concerned with public health capacity development in the region that was organized in ctober !""#$ This initiative brings together the % East African schools of public health and Allied &ciences with collaborating partners from the 'ohns Hopkins( Tulane( and )eorge *ashington +niversities in +&A$
Eligibility The follo#ing categories of students are eligible to a!!ly. -% Students should be enrolled on any of the listed Master&s !rogra"s in the , Universities 0% Student fro" both first and second year are eligible 3% 9oth Anglo!hone and <ranco!hone students are eligible and the selection of students #ill be done so as to ensure a regional balance% Selection Criteria The research !ro!osals #ill be assessed according to the follo#ing key criteria.
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)elevance to :H;$<CTC de"and and su!!ly reduction "easures for tobacco control #ith the !otential for driving !olicy change and !rogra" i"!rove"ent (See attached a detailed guide on example of policy
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Scientific =uality of the research !ro*ect 2vidence of ca!ability to cover tuition fees for the Master&s Progra"% Pro*ect selection #ill take into account regional balance% )esearchers and their su!ervisors "ust not have any association #ith the tobacco industry and that their !ro*ect "ust not involve engage"ent #ith the tobacco industry% )elatedly grantees shall sign a for" declaring their interests and absence of association #ith the tobacco industry%
Ethics Review and Approval A!!licants, can sub"it research !ro!osals that are not revie#ed and a!!roved by the 2thical Co""ittees (')9s and Councils of Science and Technology) ho#ever, all selected !ro!osals shall be sub*ected to ethical revie# and MUST get ethics clearance before the !ro*ects begin% uration The research grant #ill take one year, during #hich the students #ill collate and analy5e data and #rite their dissertations and "anuscri!ts% The grant #ill follo# the sti!ulated acade"ic calendar for Masters Progra"s in the res!ective Universities% Grant Coverage and Focus The grants #ill be a#arded over a !eriod of 3 years starting 0>-3?0>-4 to 0>-6?0>-8% Student Supervision and Mentorship Su!ervision and "entorshi! for the research grant #ill involve an acade"ic su!ervisor fro" the student&s university and a Mentor #ho #ill be a Tobacco Control e !ert% 2ach selected Student #ill therefore have a Su!ervisor and a Mentor% CTCA #ill identify "entors #ho #ill be e !erts in the selected tobacco control areas for each of the grantees% The Mentor and acade"ic su!ervisor #ill then be linked by CTCA to facilitate coordinated su!!ort for the student% CTCA #ill further enhance the coordination of the t#o through the virtual "eetings and during the annual revie# "eetings% E!pected eliverables for the Grantees Students are e !ected to conduct research and sub"it a dissertation Pre!are at least one !olicy brief and docu"entation for local disse"ination of research findings Present !a!ers to local conferences and tobacco control !olicy events?activities #here feasible
Call for Research "roposals CTCA therefore, calls for research !ro!osals on tobacco control fro" enrolled first and second year Masters Students in the follo#ing !rogra"s. Public Health, Statistics, 2cono"ics, Agro business, 2nviron"ent, Agricultural 2cono"ics, 2nviron"ental 2cono"ics and Health Services )esearch% Research "roposal Re#uire$ents The !ro!osals should include the follo#ing infor"ation. Section A '% 9rief bio of the a!!licant ''% 7a"e of the University and <aculty '''% State"ent of #hy the student is interested in the grant
Note: An application form has been attached
Section B The )esearch !ro!osals should have the follo#ing co"!onents. '% Proble" state"ent ''% Theoretical or conce!tual fra"e#ork for the research and its significance to s!ecific tobacco control !olicy(ies) '''% )esearch =uestions or hy!othesis(es) to be tested '@% Methodology @% 2thical considerations and if necessary, a !lan for ethics a!!roval% @'% Policy i"!lications @''% Pro!osed 9udget @'''% )esearch Pro*ect Ti"eline 'A% Plan for disse"ination of results including suggested target audience The !ro!osals should not e ceed ,>>> #ords (e cluding 9udget, :ork !lan, disse"ination !lan and attach"ents)% The a!!licants #ill be selected by a tea" of e !ert revie#ers co"!rising of MakSPH, CTCA and '()C% The revie# tea" "ay co$o!t additional "e"ber de!ending on e !ertise re=uired% The !ro!osals #ith higher likelihood of i"!acting on tobacco control !olicy #ill be given highest consideration% %able &' "roposal Evaluation Criteria
Criterion Significance' Significantly contribute to tobacco control body of kno#ledge, #ith high !otential i"!act on TC !olicy and !rogra"s Rigor' Clarity of ob*ectives, rationale, and strength of research design and "ethodological a!!roach )nvestigator' Technical ca!acity of researcher to co"!lete the !ro!osed research Budget' Ade=uacy of the budget to the !lanned research activities and #ithin range of the grant (eight 4>B 4>B ->B ->B
eadline for Sub$ission and *otification )esearch !ro!osals shall be sub"itted and notifications "ade on dates sti!ulated in Table 3 for the different Universities% A!!licants #ill be re=uired to sub"it their a!!lications to. ctca,ctc-africa$org$ ;nly Successful a!!licants #ill be notified and any a!!licant that #ill not be notified after one "onth of the sti!ulated deadline should consider his or her a!!lication unsuccessful%
The call #ill be o!en on every -6th of Se!te"ber and sub"ission of research !ro!osals #ill be on the 3>th of 1une for Students in <irst year, #hile the closing date for students in Second Cear #ill be 3>th of ;ctober% The Drant #ill start in 0>-3 to 0>-8% Awards and funding The research !ro*ect #ill likely involve. data collection, data entry, cleaning, analysis and re!ort #riting% The scholarshi! grant shall in addition su!!ort costs of local travel, e=ui!"ent, stationery and disse"ination of results and #ill not e ceed E 3,6>>% )esearch grants #ill be sub*ect to the availability of funding% Contact "erson .urther in/uiry should be send to ctca,ctc-africa$org and0 mugyenyip,ctc-africa$org0 nyamurungik,ctcafrica$org$ <or any =uestions !lease refer to the <AF on the htt!.??###%ctc$africa%org
To ic !ac"ground #once tual frame$or" Significance of area to T# olicies/ rograms %esearch &uestions 'y othesis Methodology (thical #onsiderations )utline of otential findings and olicy im lications *or" Plan !udget +issemination lan , target audience Attachments-If an'
The Conference of the Parties (C;P) is the governing body of the :H; <CTC and is co"!rised of all Parties to the Convention% 't kee!s under regular revie# the i"!le"entation of the Convention and takes the decisions necessary to !ro"ote its effective i"!le"entation, and "ay also ado!t !rotocols, anne es and a"end"ents to the Convention% ;bservers "ay also !artici!ate in the #ork of the C;P% The #ork of the C;P is governed by its )ules of Procedure% Starting fro" C;P3, the regular sessions of C;P are held at t#o$year intervals htt!.??###%#ho%int?fctc?co!?en?