They’re proud to offer this grant to empower the next generation of researchers. Candidates pursuing terminal degrees conducting rigorous research that depends on high-quality data, like PhD candidates, are encouraged to apply. Winners receive a cash grant to support their primary data collection, a free year-long subscription to SurveyCTO, expert customer support, and visibility for their project and co-marketing opportunities.

Benefits

• Unlimited storage and forms:
  • Store images, videos, audio audits, GPS data, signatures, and many more types of data
  • Deploy survey forms, instruments, or questionnaires to collect data
• Unlimited users and devices:
  • Bring on as many collaborators or field researchers as you like
  • Use as many mobile devices as you need
• 10,000 form submissions/month:
  • Use SurveyCTO to collect up to 10,000 data entries each month
• Built-in data quality features:
  • Take advantage of built-in data quality and data monitoring features to ensure that you're only collecting the best data for your research
• Access to their expert support:
  • Awardees get a dedicated SurveyCTO Research Advisor as well as full, 24/7 access to their expert customer support team. They'll help you set up SurveyCTO in the best way possible for your research project.
• Visibility for your research project:
  • As an awardee, you’ll have the opportunity to promote your research in the form of articles, webinars, podcasts, or other formats. They’ll share your work with their audience and the broader survey research community.

Funding Information

• This year, they'll award winners with a one-time cash grant of up to $3,000 USD to be used for research expenses related to their upcoming primary data collection projects.

Uses of the Fund

• Grant awardees must use funds to directly support fieldwork and data collection.
• As a large part of the award includes a one-year subscription to the SurveyCTO platform, grant awardees may use the accompanying funds to support fieldwork in conjunction with the platform, and to cover related expenses including field travel costs like local transportation, data collection equipment purchases or rentals, enumerator or field assistant remuneration, enumerator training materials, field communication expenses, printing and stationery costs, and respondent incentives.

Eligibility Criteria

• The SurveyCTO Primary Data Collection Research Grant is open to anyone currently pursuing a terminal degree with a heavy data collection or research component, such as a PhD.
• Students whose research projects aim to benefit underserved populations from their home communities are strongly encouraged to apply.

Review Criteria

• All applications will be assessed by a committee within Dobility. Each application will be ranked based on several criteria, including:
  • Impact
    • Who will your research impact? Will your research have cultural, environmental, economic, social, or policy impact? What steps are you taking to protect your data?
  • Research field and methods
    • Are you working in an ambitious field of research? Are you using novel or cutting-edge research methodologies?
  • Feasibility of the project
    • How likely is your project to reach its stated goal?

For more information, visit SurveyCTO.

https://www.surveycto.com/data-collection-research-grant/