Deadline: 15-Mar-22
Elrha is seeking proposals for research that will strengthen the evidence base for public health interventions in humanitarian crises and contribute to better health outcomes for people affected by crisis.
Addressing leading causes of morbidity and mortality, proposals must respond to a globally recognised current or anticipated health crisis in a humanitarian setting. This will be an on-going humanitarian crisis or an anticipated impending crisis.
Proposals will be context specific and driven by evidence needs identified by stakeholders in the crisis setting. Your research question will address a critical public health evidence gap. It will be informed by people affected by the humanitarian crisis and demonstrate a clear demand for evidence from humanitarian operational organisations, policymakers or other evidence users.
Funding Information
- You should ask for a level of funding that is justifiable for your proposed research. They anticipate this will be between £100,000-£400,000, depending on the scope of the study and research uptake objectives.
- Studies will be up to 18 months in length. They expect activities to start around January 2023 and to be completed by July 2024.
Eligibility Criteria
- As a minimum, your research consortium must include:
- A research institution from the country(s) or region(s) in which the research study will take place
- An operational humanitarian organisation
- As a minimum, your research team members must include:
- A principal investigator (or co-PIs)
- A research uptake focal point
- Team members can come from a range of organisations including academic or other research institutions, operational humanitarian organisations, government organisations, individual experts, and local non-governmental or community-based organisations. They encourage the building of collaborative partnerships that respect local leadership and research expertise.
- Given the relatively short time frame of this Call, they encourage applications from established research-practice partnerships with a track record of collaborating on a chosen topic and which can demonstrate a shared focus on working together post-grant to sustain uptake and impact. Research teams will need to be ‘positioned for impact’, with established stakeholder relationships in place, and contextual knowledge and understanding reflected in the proposal, demonstrating how uptake and application of research will take place.
- Principal Investigator/s: Research teams must be led by an experienced Principal Investigator(s). This individual must have:
- A PhD in a relevant academic field
- Experience of conducting similar research in equivalent settings
- Multiple peer-reviewed articles on relevant topics published in academic journals
- Lead Applicant
- The lead applicant is the organisation that submits the proposal and manages the research grant if your application is successful. Any organisation represented by members of the research team can be the lead applicant. They encourage LMIC lead applicants. The lead applicant cannot be a profit-seeking enterprise or an individual (although either may form part of a research team).
- The PI is not required to be employed by the lead applicant but can be located within another partner organisation.
For more information, visit https://www.elrha.org/funding-opportunity/r2hc-call-for-research-in-response-to-current-or-anticipated-humanitarian-health-crises/