Research Priorities

Tanzania 

1. 1. Instructional Leadership: Balancing pedagogy and administration; leadership for Competency-Based Curriculum implementation; improving teacher performance.
   2. ICT Integration in School Leadership: Digital tools for management, communication, and instructional oversight.
   3. Inclusion & Equity: Women, rural leaders, persons with disabilities; geographic and cultural disparities.
   4. Best Practices & Models of Effective Leadership: Documenting successful cases, teacher satisfaction, professional development, and autonomy.
   5. Partnerships & Collaborations: Distributed leadership models and government-CSO-university collaboration.

Other African Countries 

• Leadership preparation and development pathways (gendered dynamics included)
• Afrocentric leadership models and knowledge systems
• Equity, inclusion, and social justice in leadership practice
• Leadership in digital transformation and EdTech
• Influence on teacher practice and learning outcomes
• System enablers (policy, accountability, autonomy, financing, networks)
• Distributed leadership, including middle leadership, student leadership, and district-level instructional leadership
• School leadership in emergencies/crises

Application Requirement

Applicants must submit:

1. Cover Letter (max 500 words)
   • Introduce the lead researcher and team
   • Motivation and potential impact of the research
2. Research Proposal (max 2000 words, excluding references, timelines, appendices)
   • Title of project
   • Problem definition and context
   • Purpose, research questions, and objectives
   • Methodology (approach, design, data collection, sampling, analysis)
   • Ethics and approvals
   • Significance of research
   • Timeline (tasks, reporting, dissemination)
3. Budget Proposal
   • Detailed using ACSL Budget Template
   • Specify researcher time, data collection, travel, dissemination
4. Collaborations
   • List collaborators using ACSL template with consent
5. Curriculum Vitae
   • Lead researcher: max 3 pages
   • Other applicants: max 2 pages each
6. References
   • Two references confirming lead applicant’s research capability