Get a Microenterprise Researcher this summer

Posted by on January 8, 2007

[posted from RFP Bulletin]

Citigroup Foundation and Aspen Institute Launch Microenterprise Researchers Program

Deadline: January 31, 2007

The Citigroup Foundation (<a href="http://www.citigroup.com/">http://www.citigroup.com/</a>) and the Aspen Institute (<a href="http://aspeninstitute.org/">http://aspeninstitute.org/</a>) have announced the launch of the Citigroup Microenterprise Researchers Program. The program will be managed by the Microenterprise Fund for Innovation Effectiveness, Learning and Dissemination (<a href="http://www.fieldus.org/">http://www.fieldus.org/</a>), a research group housed at the Aspen Institute in Washington, D.C.

The program will provide twenty-five graduate interns with opportunities to work directly with nonprofit community development organizations during the summer of 2007, collecting data on clients and increasing their knowledge of the field of microenterprise in the United States.

Twenty-five nonprofits across the country engaged in small businesses development will be selected to participate in the program and will receive assistance in collecting information about their clients’ needs, experiences, and accomplishments.

To request a Citigroup researcher, microenterprise development programs must formally apply by January 31, 2007, to FIELD, which will make its final selection decisions by March 1, 2007. Each organization chosen to participate in the program will then be responsible for recruiting and selecting one intern, who should be pursuing a graduate degree in public policy, planning, business, or a related field. The internships will run from late May to mid-August. Each intern will receive a stipend of $5,760.

Program eligibility requirements and details about the application process are posted on the FIELD Web site.

RFP Link: <a href="http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/10005638/citigroup">http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/10005638/citigroup</a>

For additional RFPs in Community Improvement/Development, visit: <a href="http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_community_development.jhtml">http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_community_development.jhtml</a>