Institutional Development Grant Questions

1. Describe anthropology in your country as well as at your institution.

   Give details about the history of anthropology in your country and at your institution and describe your department (e.g. number of doctoral students, the number of doctoral degrees awarded in anthropology in the last five years, the number of full-time anthropology staff/faculty, the scope of anthropology taught, etc.). Describe the resources currently available to anthropology at your institution (e.g. library, computer, laboratory and other relevant facilities) as well as sources of funding in your country to support anthropology. It is important to establish the fact that your department is located in a country where anthropology, or any of its major sub-disciplines, is underrepresented and where there are limited resources to support academic development. [one and a half pages]

2. Describe the history of your institution and its funding structure.

   Give the history of your institution and its relationship to other universities and educational institutions in your country. Please detail the funding available to your institution (e.g. private or public), and the funding available to students in your institution and in your country for doctoral studies generally.[one half page]

3. Describe the major development goals for your program. What changes would you like to see in your department/institution at the end of the five-year funding period?

   Provide detailed information about your development goals for each year of the five-year period of funding and how you will use the IDG to achieve these goals. You should clearly outline what you expect to achieve by the end of each year of the program and how subsequent years are expected to build on the successes of the preceding years. Please note that these annual goals should be realistic. [three pages]

4. How will you measure or evaluate your performance towards achieving these goals?

   For each year, list the criteria by which you will measure your success in achieving your development goals. Funding for subsequent years of the program will be dependent on successfully achieving the development goals for each preceding year as measured at least in part by the criteria that you specify. [one page]

5. How will your partnership and collaboration with another institution (or institutions) help you to achieve your developmental goals?

   Partnership collaborations may be of a variety of types. They may be based on new or existing research collaborations between individuals at the partnership institutions or they may involve more formal and elaborate partnership relationships between the two institutions. The important factor is that there is a mechanism in place for either formal or informal support and/or academic exchange. Describe your collaboration/s, how it/they came into being, and how it/they will help you to achieve your development goals [one page]

6. What is your strategy for continued maintenance and viability of the department and of the doctoral program after the end of the International Development Grant period?

   IDG funding is not renewable past the fifth year of the grant period. It is important to be very specific in relation to the maintenance and viability of the department, the doctoral program and any other initiatives outlined in your application after the end of the grant period. [one page]

7. What significance would an Institutional Development Grant have for the development of anthropology as an academic discipline at your institution and in your country? [one page]

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