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7/25/2019 Dfid Presentation for Liverpool University Seminar Nov 13 Final
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DFIDs approach to research
funding, whats new and how
to get your proposal funded
Sue Kinn and Malcolm McNeil
Research and Eidence Diision !RED"
LSTM
Wednesday 20thNovember 2013
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#ow DFID programmes wor$
Working through governments (bilateral) Country-led approach
With other donors and aid agenies Poverty reduction strategies
Harmonisation and alignment
Longer term and more predictable aid
!ountability and takling orru"tion
#nourage "rivate setor$ inluding N%&s and ivil soiety"roviders
'ostonlit and *ragile states (+00 million "eo"le) Long term im"rovements to basi servies
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%urrent issues in DFID
,alue or money
-m"at o aid s"ending on the "oor
Trans"areny!ountability
Working .ith ne. donors*oundations
#merging eonomies
Working .ith the "rivate setor
!voiding du"liation
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DFID priority areas
/limate and environment
Malaria and negleted tro"ial diseases
e"rodutive$ maternal and ne.born health Nutrition and ood seurity
Water and sanitation
Wealth reation and "rivate setor
Su""ort to ivil soiety
umanitarian and emergeny res"onse
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&hy do we need research' !("
Many urrent advanes in develo"ment rest on evidene
rom "reviously onduted researh$ some uite old
The best researhed areas (.here there has beeninvestment in ne. "roduts and greatest evidene on .hih
to base deisions) are those .here the greatest "rogress has
been made$ eg vainations$ hild mortality
#videne o .hat .orks$ ne. "roduts and innovations are
oten thin$ "oor uality or laking in many areas o
develo"ment
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&hy do we need research' !)"
Without researh$ develo"ment .ill go bak.ards .e must
ontinue to innovate to meet the evolving needs o the "oor
'athogens develo" resistane to "revention and ontrol mehanismsNe. diseases emerge and others an beome more virulent and
ause disease
Natural disasters and shoks an have a devastating im"at on
"eo"le4s lives and livelihoods
We need to understand ho. best to deliver eetive serviesat sale
We need to understand key develo"ment uestions to
su""ort best "oliy hoies
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Research and Eidence Diision
es"onsible or delivering the Seretary o State4s ma5or
"riority$ to make 6*-6 more systemati in using evidene
and thereby have more develo"ment im"at
REDs mission is to identify and generate the best evidence,
no!ledge, technology and ideas to improve the
effectiveness of development and convey these to informand influence policy, programmes and practice for poverty
reduction"
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Research and Evidence Division
Director and Chief
Scientific Adviser
Deputy CSA
Chief Economist
Research
Commissioning:
!griulture
/limate 7 #nv
uman 6ev
%ro.th
%overnane$
/onlit 7 Soial
6evelo"ment
Evidence &
Evaluation
#valuation
#videne into !tion
%lobal statistis
South !sia ub
#ast !ria ub
Professional Cadres
ealth$ eduation$
limate$ environment$
inrastruture$ livelihoods$"rivate setor$
eonomis$ statistis$
governane$ onlit$
humanitarian$ soial
develo"ment
8!9
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DFIDs Research *rogramme
Three broad aims: 6evelo"ment o ne. tehnologies .hih .ill have an im"at on "overty
;etter and more osteetive .ays o delivering aid and develo"ment assistane
9nderstanding the onte
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DFID commissioned research !("
First consideration ALA!S is high "uality
#$% 6*-6unded researh has signiiant dierenes rom
that ommissioned by researh ounils and harities:
*ous on:'overty redution
'roblems being aed in develo"ing ountries$ by %overnments$servie "roviders and iti>ens
%etting researh indings into "oliy and "ratie (%-'') uikly
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DFID commissioned research !)"
First consideration ALA!S is high "uality
Strong ous on the develo"ment "art o 76
!tively enourage "artnershi"s bet.een institutions in the
north and those based in lo.inome ountries$ to enable
a"aity building and genuine ollaboration
-nreasingly enouraging "artnershi"s bet.een the "ubliand "rivate setors
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#ow has research in DFID changed oer past (+years'
/entral esearh 6e"artment e
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%hanges in DFIDs iews on eidence
#
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&hat does DFID want to achiee with its research'
-nnovation and risk as .ell as more established researh
Mi< o researh methods
Working .ith the "rivate setor /a"aity building in various .ays
%-''
#etive "artnershi"s and inluening
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Research challenges
o. to be more eetive in getting researh into "oliy and
"ratie (%-'')
o. to use "rogrammes tobuild the evidene base .here noevidene e
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ey challenge for RED To demonstrate that the investment in evidene is hanging
.orking a""roahes in 6*-6$ and leads to better
develo"mental im"at and ,*M
ey ris' for RED
#videne investment by 6*-6 does not deliver$ or ails to
ahieve longterm su""ort rom other divisions
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Funding for research
#64s entral researh budget re"resents () o 6*-64s total budget in
*A 2013201B (a""ro< C330m)
#64s unding last inanial year .as balaned aross:
9D institutions = 31@
&verseas and international institutions = 3E@
Southern institutions = 33@
-nludes strengthening o tertiary eduation setor in !ria and !sia
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Funding to'
'rovision o ore unds to international researh
organisations (eg /%-!$ iddr$b)
'rodut 6evelo"ment 'artnershi"s ('6's) esearh 'rogramme /onsortia ('/s)
6iret unding other than to '/s (eg T!/$ lablite)
With 9D esearh /ounils (M/$ #S/)
/ollaboration .ith other donors (SLF;$ /S)
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#ealth research portfolio
/ommuniable diseases'6's$ '/s$ M/$ G%T$ T6$ iddr$b$ T!/$ NT6 ir$ Lablite
e"rodutive$ maternal and hild health'/s$ '6'$ M/$ G%T$ '$ SLF;
ealth systems!lliane$ S$ M/$
Nonommuniable diseases'/$ Htobao
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Funding modalities
'rodut 6evelo"ment "artnershi"s!eras$ 6N6i$ *-N6$ -!,-$ -'M$ -,//$ MM,$ T;!$ '!T
esearh 'rogramme /onsortiaI: health systems (inluding one led by LSTM)$ strengthening delivery$
*'$ -,$ nutrition$ mental health$ systemati revie.s
Goint .ith 9D undersM/$ #S/ and WT
W& based "rogrammes
J!lliane$ '$ T6
&therSaving lives at birth$ researh a"aity strengthening$ iddr$b$ T!/$
Lablite
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Estimated health research spend )+(-(.
'6's (2+Em)
'/s (1Im)
/ (13+m)
W& (KKm)&ther (10m)
'6's 33@
'/s 2+@
/ 1@
W& 10@
other 1B@
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&hat do funders want from research!ers"'
igh uality researh and outomes
!ns.er timely relevant uestions
,alue or money
'otential or im"at
Sae "air o hands Tehnial
-nstitutional?Managerial *inanial?;udget
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/niersities, thin$ tan$s, N01s, /N agencies etc2
*ighest technical "uality and respond to DF+D
re"uirements
Who is best "laed to ans.er the researh uestions =
inluding the valueadded4 as"ets or 6*-6H
What are the aims o the unding = researh alone$ a"aity
building$ "artnershi" .ith develo"ing ountry
researhers?"oliy makersH
What are the transation osts or 6*-6H
Where is the greatest value or moneyH
esearh u"take = not advoay
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3our research should include
-nnovation and risk as .ell as more established researh
Mi< o researh methods
Working .ith the "rivate setor
/a"aity building in various .ays
%-''
#etive "artnershi"s and inluening
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4echnical issues
Make sure the "ro"osal diretly addresses the all or
"riorities o the under
6o not dress u" your "et "ro5et to it the all 9se a""ro"riate researh methods
Math the level o ambition to the budget?time?resoures
being reuested
Make sure all "eo"le named (and budgeted) have a learadded value or the s"eii researh "ro"osal
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Institutional5Managerial issues
6on4t develo" "ro"osals beyond the institutional a"aity to
deliver
Dee" things as sim"le as "ossible avoid e
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Financial56udget issues
Tehnial "ro"osals must be losely linked to the budget
6o not inlude items not "ermitted by the under!void e
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Research upta$e
6o you have a researh u"take
strategyH
#* "ath.ays to im"atelevant researh uestions addressed
esearh indings ommuniated
a""ro"riately
;uilding a"aity to understand$ do and useresearh
&"en aess "ublishing
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%apacity 7uilding
/hek i unding is available or a"aity building
-ntegrate throughout the "ro"osal
%ender balane Mi< bet.een longterm and shortterm ativities
Wider than the researh itsel (eg tehnial$ managerial$
inane$ "lanning$ ommuniation$ researh synthesis)
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Sta$eholders and communities
/hek i unding is available
- engaging$ take it seriously
-ntegrated throughout but .ith engagement as early as"ossible
Stakeholders .ill give you a ull understanding about norms4
and ultural issues
*eedbak to "artii"ants throughout and at the end o the"roess
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Keep in mind8
Write u" researh uikly
6on4t overlaim indings
6on4t bury negative indings Make inormation aessible to nons"eialists
Dee" thinking about %-'' and im"at
9se mi
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&hat puts research funders off'
Late and inom"lete a""liations likely to be re5eted
ushed a""liations are al.ays lo.er uality
!sking lariiation uestions that are already ans.ered in
all doumentation?online hel" or other soures!sking uestions that are only relevant i you get through to
the ne
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4op tips and 7lunders to aoid
ead the terms o reerene or the all areully = hek that you are
res"onding to .hat is .anted
'lease$ "leaseOO 6o not shoehorn your avourite researh "ro"osal into
a all .here it does not it (sur"risingly .e an tell)
6esribe learly .hat you "ro"ose to do and ahieve Sho. ho. the researh is res"onding to needs desribed in the all
;e honest about your o.n e
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%urrent opportunities are adertised at8 https
855www2go2u$5funding-for-deelopment-research
ealth Systems esearh
Negleted Tro"ial 6iseases -m"lementation
esearh (5ust losed);uilding a"aity to use researh evidene (losed)
M/ res"onsive system?!rian esearh Leaders
2/ = health in humanitarian risesW& "rogrammes alls
#6/T'
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