Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies

Seed Grants

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Seed Grants

The Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies funds annual pilot research studies through our seed grant program. This program is designed to stimulate original, innovation-driven research addressing human rights and humanitarian topics.

Ongoing Seed Grant Projects

Assessing current emergency care capacity and disaster preparedness of district hospitals in Rwanda using the WHO's Hospital Emergency Assessment Tool (HEAT)

Gender Identity, Health and Barriers to Access for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon’s Northern Regions

Risks to Bella Women and Girls in Refugee Camps in Mauritania

NGO decision-making during complex disasters: an ecological approach

Completed Seed Grant Projects

Civil-Military What?! Making Sense Of Competing Civil-Military Concepts

Impact of War of Terror on Polio Vaccination Programs: Implications for COVID-19 Vaccination in Pakistan

Investigating "overkill" in Armed Conflicts and Situations of Insecurity

The Margins of the State in the COVID-19 Pandemic: peripheric experiences of human (in)security in Brazil

Hospital emergency care assessment with focus on disaster and outbreak preparedness in tertiary hospitals in Kathmandu, Nepal

Covid-19 and the Global Supply Chain: Voices from Myanmar’s Garment Factory Shop Floors

Unmasking COVID-19: Pacific Islanders, Health Equity, and Survival in New Zealand and the United States

Human Rights Backlash from Below: Criminal Violence, Justice Attitudes and the Rule of Law in Latin America

China and The Future of HA/DR Operations in Great Power Competition

Civil-Military Engagement During Public Health Emergencies: A Comparative Analysis of Local Responses to COVID-19

Humanitarian Leadership in Urban Communities: An Exploratory Study on the Role of Community Leaders in Humanitarian Coordination during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Philippines

Civil-Military Climate Change Issues: Setting the Agenda and Developing the Discourse

Enhancing Sustainable Humanitarian Response Through the Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination Framework

When Houses Talk

The architecture of post-disaster housing reconstruction as discourse

The ‘Triple Nexus’ in Abyei Area, South Sudan

An Assessment of Challenges and Prospects of Linking Humanitarian, Development, and Peace Programs