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Research Funding
There follows a list of research income sources generated by Professor Mark Evans and colleagues.
- 1989-92: Recipient of an Economic and Social Research Council Studentship Grant for doctoral studies.
- 1992-93: Recipient of $5000 Glasgow Caledonian University Research Development Funding for a membership survey of Charter 88.
- 1996: Recipient of $10,000 Nuffield Foundation Research Grant to study evolving policy networks in local governance in the York region.
- 1999-2001: Recipient of $40,000 ESRC Research Seminar funding for a series of seminars on Policy Transfer and the Future of Governance (with D. Dolowitz and D. Marsh).
- 1998-2006: Provost allowance, recipient of central University funding to support scholarly activity ($19,000 per annum).
- 2000: Recipient of ESRC research training funding ($16,000) for Graduate Easter School entitled ‘Evaluating Cutting Edge Social Science Research’.
- 2001: Recipient of $12,000 research funding from the Joint University Council of the Applied Social Sciences (JUC) for the compilation of a research data base on Public Administration and Public Policy research.
- 2001: Recipient of $10,000 JUC research training funding for a Graduate Easter School entitled ‘Studying the Europeanisation of British Public Policy’.
- 2001: Recipient of $80,000 research funding from the Consortium of Humanitarian Agencies (Sri Lanka) and NORAD (Sri Lanka) for a research project entitled, ‘Back to Basics: Reconstruction and Development in Sri Lanka’, based in Colombo, Sri Lanka (with Professor Sultan Barakat).
- 2002 (January): Recipient of $10,000 British Council Exploratory Link funding with Institute of Social Sciences in Hochiminh City, Vietnam.
- 2002 (September): Recipient of $16,000 ESRC research training funding to support a ‘Professional Practice Conference’ at the PAC Annual Conference, 2-4 September 2002, University of York.
- 2002 (September): Recipient of European Commission Funding for a project entitled ‘Enhancing the Capacity of the Afghan Public Administration’ with Professor Sultan Barakat ($340, 000).
- 2002 (November) to 2006: Recipient of British Council/DFID Six Year Link funding with Institute of Social Sciences in Hochiminh City, Vietnam to evaluate the social impact of equitization ($320,000).
- 2003 (May): Recipient of $28,000 from the E-University to develop on-line text for the module Policy-making and Policy Processes.
- 2003 to the present: Recipient of $16,000 per annum to support editorship activities for the journal Policy Studies.
- 2004 (November): Recipient of $40,000 WUN funding to support a conference at Zhejiang University entitled ‘Strategic Management in Urban Governance’.
- 2005-6 (April): Recipient (with S. Barakat) of $1.5 million from the World Bank to evaluate the National Solidarity Programme in Afghanistan.
- 2005-the present: Recipient of $40, 000 per annum for Editorial duties, Policy Studies.
- 2006/7 (July and March): Recipient of $20,000 to develop on-line texts in Public Administration and Development and Understanding Governance.
- 2007 (May to July): Honorary Visiting Professorship, Renmin University, Beijing – $14,000 travel and subsistence grant, Department of Personnel, Renmin University.
- 2008-2010: member of successful York PRDU-Cowie-CMI consortium bid to work as a preferred partner with the Department for International Development (thus far this has involved one project supporting DFID’s new country strategy for Afghanistan – $280,000).
- 2009-2012: ‘Social Cohesion in the WANA Region’ (US$240,000) with Professor Sultan Barakat, York; Professor Juho Saari, University of Eastern Finland and Professor Olli Kangas, Head of Research Department, Social Insurance Institution of Finland.
- 2009-2012: Member of successful consortium bid for Australian Centre of Excellence in Local Government ($8 million), leader of research and leadership programmes.
- 2009-11: The Courts and the Public in Australia commissioned (with Don Fleming) to coordinate a research project entitled ‘The Public and the Courts’ for the AIJA; a review of Stephen Parker’s seminal report in this area. The project is supported through an initial grant of $40,000. Fleming is playing the key coordinating role on this project.
- 2010-11: The National Water Commission Five Years On, Commissioned by the NWC to conduct its sunset review ($120,000).
- 2010-11: Australia Public Service Commission Good Governance Guide, Commissioned by the ANAO to review and update the APSC’s Good Governance Guide – Cook, Burmester and Evans ($50,000).
- 2010-11: ANGLICARE Home to work Program ($110,000).
- 2011-2012: Innovation at the local scale, funded by ACELG ($180,000).
- 2011: Austrade Integrity Systems ($50,000)
- 2011-12: Comparative Assessment of Australian-NZ Strategic Policy Capability ($57,000)
- 2011-2016: Core partner in successful Department of Regional Australia award for a Collaborative Research Network on Murray Darling Basin Futures ($6.8 million) – leader of governance theme.
- 2011-2016: University of Canberra Strategic Funding to support the ANZSIG Institute become a University Research Centre ($5 million)