NERC: Urgency grants related to the current Coronavirus outbreak

The NERC Urgency Grant scheme exists to provide funding for unexpected and transient scientific opportunities created by unpredictable natural events.

SIEF: Call for proposals 5 – Can technology accelerate learning and skills?

DEADLINE: 10 APR 2020

The Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund (SIEF) is pleased to announce its fifth call for proposals: Can technology accelerate learning and skills to help children, parents, and educators deal with the Covid-19 crisis around the world.?

Frontier Tech 4 COVID Action: emerging market ventilation systems

DEADLINE: 24 MAR 2020

WHAT WE NEED: RAPIDLY MANUFACTURED VENTILATION SYSTEMS We are looking for an existing, proven technology that can be rapidly adapted to be built in the UK. The winning...

NIHR: Travel and subsistence funding to support LMIC engagement during the COVID-19 outbreak

DEADLINE: 31 DEC 2020

The awards will provide travel and subsistence funding to appropriately qualified public health professionals, clinicians and academics who wish to offer science and technical advice to support the immediate response to COVID-19 in low and middle-income countries.

How can we improve research capacity strengthening in Africa through UK-funded fellowships and scholarships?

Yaso Kunaratnam, UKCDR and Jeff Waage, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, reflect on how their latest mapping and analysis of UK funded fellowships and...

A mapping & analysis of UK-funded fellowships & scholarships for Africa

UKCDR analysed 17 fellowship and scholarship schemes funded by the UK between 2014 and 2019, contributing to research capacity strengthening (RCS) in Africa. This is the first study on UK national level investments into fellowships and scholarships in Africa. The report provides a baseline of UK funding to underpin future activities under the UK Government’s new and distinctive commitment to work alongside, invest in and partner with African nations.

Pre-Business Case Early Market Engagement Event for the Research Commissioning Centre

DFID’s Research and Evidence Division (RED) is considering changing the way that they commission research through competition. They are developing a Business Case to create a...

Overview of the built environment research landscape and funder recommendations

This report details the findings and recommendations of a review of research on the built environment and its intersection with the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the global south.

UKCDR launched recommendations for strengthening research on the built environment and SDGs at the World Urban Forum

We are excited to announce we launched a new report and policy briefing on ‘Strengthening research on the built environment and the SDGs’ , exclusively at the World Urban...

The challenge of complexity: Strengthening research on the built environment and SDGs

The built environment is of strategic importance for attaining the Sustainable Development Goals. Developing it in the right way is a global, cross-sectional challenge and its development needs to be informed by interdisciplinary research.