For Applicants | Focus Areas | Open Call for Proposals / Multiple Research Fields Applicant Resources Apply Application Process Eligibility Focus Areas Find a USG-Supported Partner Frequently Asked Questions Eligible Countries: ASIA Afghanistan Bangladesh Cambodia India Indonesia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Nepal Pakistan Philippines Sri Lanka Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Vietnam EUROPE AND EURASIA Albania Armenia Azerbaijan Bosnia and Herzegovina Georgia Kosovo Macedonia Moldova Serbia SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA Angola Benin Ethiopia Ghana Guinea Kenya Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali Mozambique Namibia Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Sierra Leone South Africa Tanzania Uganda Zambia  LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN Brazil Colombia Dominican Republic El Salvador Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Paraguay Peru MIDDLE EAST Egypt Jordan Lebanon Morocco Tunisia Additional Criteria for Applicants: Please see Section VI of the Solicitation for General Eligibility requirements. Objectives: USAID is the U.S. government’s lead development agency working to end extreme global poverty and enable resilient democratic societies. Under the PEER Open Call / Multiple Research Fields, the PEER program will award a limited number of highly competitive, novel research projects from PIs in PEER-eligible countries that are of direct relevance to USAID's development objectives. These development objectives are articulated in USAID Regional and Country Development Cooperation Strategies (RCDS and CDCS). Applicants should closely read the appropriate RDCS and/or CDCS and USAID Mission website for the country or countries where the PEER project will take place before submitting a proposal. Additional information on Development Cooperation Strategies can be found at: https://www.usaid.gov/results-and-data/planning/country-strategies-cdcs Research proposals submitted under the Open Call can address a variety of topics, including (but not limited to): biodiversity, agriculture, environment, climate change, clean energy, disaster mitigation, food security, water/sanitation, urbanization, democracy and governance, and education. Proposals on health-related topics should be submitted under the Open Call for Proposals / Health Implementation Science. Consistent with the goals of PEER, applicants should outline how their research findings will lead to development-related policy or programmatic change. All projects must also contribute to USAID higher education objectives by strengthening engagement with junior researchers and undergraduate/graduate students. Proposals that include multi-disciplinary research teams, multi-country collaboration, and/or engagement with policy actors and other development stakeholders are desired but not required. In addition, because USAID seeks to scale innovative development solutions to end extreme poverty through the Global Development Lab, projects that develop or test new solutions, study barriers to scaling innovation, or research how a proven intervention can be adapted to a new setting are of particular interest. Please visit Focus Areas webpage to see the complete list of global, regional, and country-specific calls. For further information on the Global Development Lab, please visit: http://www.usaid.gov/GlobalDevLab.