Deadline: 9 April 2019
As part of the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) on behalf of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced three Network Plus calls in the following areas:
- Preventing Conflict, Building Sustainable and Inclusive Peace.
- Protection in Contexts of Conflict and Displacement.
- Education in Conflict and Crisis Research.
Awards will be administered by a UK research organisation (RO) eligible for UKRI funding but will be expected to involve international co-investigators and/or equitable partnerships with developing countries. Awards will be expected to commission and administer devolved calls open to Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC)-led, as well as UK-led, collaborative research applications which respond to evolving research agendas co-developed with LMIC research partners, policy/practice needs, new priorities and crises/ contextual changes as they emerge.
The fund aims to ensure that UK research takes a leading role in addressing the problems faced by developing countries through:
- Challenge-led disciplinary and interdisciplinary research.
- Strengthening capacity for research and innovation within both the UK and developing countries.
- Providing an agile response to emergencies where there is an urgent research need.
The Coherence Programme under the UKRI GCRF Collective Programme Fund is a series of calls designed to enhance the coherence, strategic focus and overall impact across the six strategic GCRF Challenge portfolios:
- Cities and Sustainable Infrastructure.
- Education.
- Food Systems.
- Global Health.
- Resilience to Environmental Shocks and Change.
- Security, Protracted Conflict, Refugee Crises and Forced Displacement.
Funding Information
Funding of £1.5-2 million is available for each Network Plus award on a full economic cost basis (fEC) with AHRC meeting 80% of the fEC. Exceptions to this rule will apply to certain international costs that can be charged at 100%.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications are welcomed from UK Higher Education Institutions, or UKRI-accredited Independent Research Organisations. Applicants should ensure they meet the general UKRI eligibility criteria for Investigators as set-out in the AHRC’s.
- Proposals must be collaborative and include both relevant expertise drawn from across the UK research base (a minimum of 2 eligible UK ROs) as well as relevant parties in partner countries/ third sector etc.
- International Co-Investigators are eligible for funding through this call in accordance with AHRC’s international Co-Investigator policy. in recognition of the aims of this call to build collaborations on the ground.
- Studentships are not eligible under this call.
How to Apply
Interested applicants can apply via given website.
Eligible Country: United Kingdom.
For more information, please visit https://ahrc.ukri.org/funding/apply-for-funding/current-opportunities/gcrf-network-plus-call/