UK Collaborative on Development Research
Harnessing the true power of UK-funded research to address the major challenges that confront our evolving world.
Our priority areas
UKCDR’s mission is to amplify the value and impact of research by promoting coherence, collaboration, and joint action among UK funders. To achieve this, we focus on the following priority areas.
Equity in research partnerships
Equitable partnerships facilitate the research that can address the major challenges of our time
Safeguarding and prevention from harm
Ensuring the safety of people, particularly the vulnerable, must be an embedded practice within the international development sector in order to enact positive change responsibly.
Lessons learned from ODA research funds
Amid changes to the research for development sector, we must consolidate lessons from major ODA funds
Impact of international development research
High-quality and impactful global development research can improve development outcomes
Research capacity strengthening
Investing in research capacity in LMICs can help drive innovation and research uptake
Data transparency
Data transparency on research funding can identify trends, gaps and opportunities for investments, leading to greater coherence
Case Studies
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By providing a comprehensive picture of the UK’s ODA research funding, we are able to analyse investments, highlight strategic gaps and opportunities, and identify future international development and research trends to our members and stakeholders.
Funding Calls
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Mental Health Award: accelerating scalable digital mental health interventions
Opens: 29th Jul 2024
Open
Africa-UK physics partnership collaborative research projects
Deadline: 17th Sep 2024
Open
Research Challenges grants
Deadline: 30th Aug 2024