Amount and Number of Grants
Up to five fully developed proposals will be funded every year if adequate submissions of projects were successful. Projects will be funded for up to the maximum of US$ 10,000 per grant. Given current capacity constraints in this area in the region, RANESA will also consider supporting preliminary efforts to properly design fully developed research project proposals and plans through smaller grants. Concept proposals for projects with good potential and high probability of success are therefore also invited. This may accordingly mean that more than five grants can be made in a year in various combinations of full and concept proposals. 
 

Eligibility
RANESA will only consider proposals and concept proposals for conducting NRA work in countries of the eastern and southern Africa (E&SA) region. Grants may be given to individual researchers, institutions and research teams based within or outside the E&SA region. In the case of proposals for conducting applied environmental accounting research higher priority will be accorded to proposals that involve, or to be conducted in collaboration with national agencies that are essentially the natural home for providing or using NRA. This is to ensure that the funded research activities do not only remain academic intellectual exercises removed from the institutional setting within which economic development planning and environmental policy are made and implemented. This is very crucial for sensitizing policy makers to the usefulness of NRA and for its future institutionalization within the countries of the region. However, proposals with a good potential to contribute to an Africa-based developments and refinement of the theory of NRA are especially encouraged. 

Submitted proposals must follow the standard format generally used for preparation of research proposals. Essential elements of a research proposal include clearly defined research questions and problem to be addressed, objectives and expected products and benefits of the research. These should be motivated with strong justification for undertaking the proposed research work, especially with respect to contributions to RANESA's objective of strengthening capacity in environmental accounting. Familiarity with the relevant literature and the environmental accounting approaches and methods will enhance the strength of the proposal. 
 

Submissions
Concept proposals must contain well-developed pre-proposal ideas, research questions and objectives. Submissions (including CV's and detailed budgets) must be made to the following address: