The INTOSAI Centre for Advanced Studies (CASt) is a scientific initiative based on a think tank model, led by the INTOSAI Supervisory Committee on Emerging Issues (SCEI). The objective is to contribute to the strengthening of the global voice of INTOSAI by producing SAI-based information and research about public auditing.

This call for proposals is being launched to select academics worldwide to carry out 6 projects for short-term research funding (3 months). The studies will be centred on periodically selected global issues and cross-cutting themes, research based on SAIs' work, and under-studied areas of external control and government audit.

For this edition, the prioritized themes are:

• Impacts of artificial intelligence for the SAIs (2 projects)
• Auditing Climate Financing (2 projects)
• Fighting Hunger and Poverty (2 projects)