Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER)

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has joined with several U.S. Government (USG) supported agencies to support Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER). Administered by the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), PEER is a competitive grants program that invites scientists in developing countries, partnered with USG-supported collaborators, to apply for funds to support research and capacity-building activities on topics with strong potential development impacts. This innovative program is designed to leverage the investments other USG-supported agencies have made in scientific research and training while supporting the initiatives of developing country scientists. Learn more...

Latest News

PEER COVID-19 Special Call for Pre-proposals
PEER's latest call for proposals to support research projects that focus on the impacts of COVID-19 and potential solutions that can emerge from this pandemic has now closed. Applicants will be notified during the week of December 6, 2021. For further details please review the Request for Applications.


PEER COVID-19 Special Call for pre-proposals has now closed. Applicants will be notified during the week of December 6, 2021. All applicants for PEER Opportunity for Research Partnerships in Bhutan have been notified in October 2021. The list of funded projects will be posted soon. For more information on PEER Cycle 9 funded awards, please see the Cycle 9 Projects Webpage.	To review the eligibility requirements for PEER, use the links below: - Review general eligibility requirements - Review focus areas and country eligibility - Find a USG-supported partner - Review the FAQs	Applicants to the PEER COVID-19 cycle may access the online pre-proposal submission form by clicking this button, logging in to our system, and then clicking "Apply" near the top left of the page that appears after logging in. Current PEER award recipients may use this button to access our online system to prepare and submit their project reports.

Funded Projects

Interested in seeing all projects funded by the PEER program?
Visit the funded projects page to see a list and map of projects from all cycles and to get summaries and quarterly progress updates or view video summaries produced by the project teams on the video corner webpage.

Recipient Resources

Are you a current grant recipient? Visit our page for Grant Recipients or try these quick links:

- Submit your reports

- View funded projects

- Get assistance on financial matters
- Communicating science to policy makers and the public

PEER Spotlight

PEER 10th Anniversary Website

In 2021, the PEER program marks its 10th anniversary of funding science around the world leading to better science capacity and significant policy change in many countries. Visit the PEER 10th anniversary website for highlights of accomplishments over the last 10 years.

PEER 10th Anniversary Celebration

To celebrate and share the impacts of Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) program’s locally led projects since its founding in 2011, USAID and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a virtual event to bring researchers and partners together for reflection and celebration. The recording of the live-streamed event is posted here.

PEER 10th Anniversary Seminar Series

PEER program organized a series of webinars to provide PEER principal investigators the chance to present their work and its impacts. Speaker webinars are available on the PEER Speaker Series 2021 webpage.

View feature video highlighting one of the latest PEER projects in Madagascar

This program is sponsored by USAID in partnership with the following U.S. Government-supported agencies: