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Darwin Initiative
Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs
The Darwin Initiative is the UK’s flagship international challenge fund for biodiversity conversation and poverty reduction, established at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992. The Darwin Initiative is a grant scheme working on projects that aim to slow, halt, or reverse the rates of biodiversity loss and degradation, with associated reductions in multidimensional poverty. To date, the Darwin Initiative has awarded more than £195m to over 1,280 projects in 159 countries to enhance the capability and capacity of national and local stakeholders to deliver biodiversity conservation and multidimensional poverty reduction outcomes in low and middle-income countries. More information at https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/the-darwin-initiative. This page contains information about Rounds 27 onwards. For information about Rounds 1 to 26, please see the Darwin Initiative website -https://www.darwininitiative.org.uk/
Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund
Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs
Illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is a widespread and lucrative criminal activity causing major global environmental and social harm. The IWT has been estimated to be worth up to £17 billion a year. Nearly 6,000 different species of fauna and flora are impacted, with almost every country in the world playing a role in the illicit trade. The UK government is committed to tackling illegal trade of wildlife products and is a long-standing leader in efforts to eradicate the IWT. Defra manages the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund, which is a competitive grants scheme with the objective of tackling IWT and, in doing so, contributing to sustainable development in developing countries. Projects funded under the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund address one, or more, of the following themes: • Developing sustainable livelihoods to benefit people directly affected by IWT, • Strengthening law enforcement, • Ensuring effective legal frameworks, • Reducing demand for IWT products. By 2023 over £51 million has been committed to 157 projects since the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund was established in 2013. This page contains information about Rounds 7 onwards. For information about Rounds 1 to 6, please see the IWTCF website -https://iwt.challengefund.org.uk/
Biodiverse Landscapes Fund
Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs
The UK’s £100 million Biodiverse Landscapes Fund (BLF) aims to reduce poverty, protect and restore biodiversity and lessen the impact of climate change in six environmentally critical landscapes across the globe. These are: - The Kavango-Zambezi (KAZA) Transfrontier Conservation Area, covering areas of Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. - Mesoamerica, covering areas of Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. - Western Congo Basin, covering areas of Cameroon, Gabon and Republic of Congo. - Andes Amazon, covering areas of Ecuador and Peru. - Lower Mekong, covering areas of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. - Madagascar. The BLF has 3 core aims: - people: to develop economic opportunities through investment in nature in support of climate adaptation and resilience and poverty reduction. - nature: to slow, halt or reverse biodiversity loss in globally significant regions for biodiversity. - climate: to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and safeguard natural carbon sinks. It will meet these aims by: - reducing poverty and creating sustainable economic development for communities living in, and dependent upon, environmentally precious landscapes. - protecting and restoring ecosystems and biologically diverse landscapes helping to mitigate climate change by preserving carbon sinks and ecosystems. - addressing the causes of environmental degradation. - supporting national and local governments, park authorities and communities to achieve long-term sustainable management and use of natural resources Funding will be distributed across the landscapes according to demands and needs.
Fleming Fund - Country and Regional Grants and Fellowships Programme
UK - Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
This is an Official Development Assistance (ODA) funded UKaid project from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)’s Fleming Fund which helps to fight antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where the burden of drug-resistant infection is greater. A management agent, Mott MacDonald, has been appointed to deliver: (1) Country grants across up to 25 LMICs; (2) Regional grants in West Africa, East and Southern Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia; (3) Global projects; and (4) A fellowships programme. These initiatives aim to improve laboratory capacity and diagnosis, data generation and use, and strengthen AMR surveillance systems. Through the country, regional and strategic grants, and the fellowships programme the Fleming Fund will: (1) Build laboratory capacity for diagnosis; (2) Collect data on drug resistance, drug quality, drug use and the burden of disease associated with AMR; (3) Enable the sharing of data relevant to AMR locally, regionally, and internationally; (4) Encourage the application of data to promote the rational use of antimicrobials; (5) Shape a sustainable system for AMR surveillance and data sharing; and (5) Increase national leadership in addressing AMR.
Fleming Fund - Zimbabwe Country Grant (FAO) Animal Health
UK - Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
This is an Official Development Assistance (ODA) funded UKaid project from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)’s Fleming Fund which helps to fight antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where the burden of drug-resistant infection is greater. This grant is delivered by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and managed by the Fleming Fund management agent as part of the wider portfolio of country, regional and fellowship grants. However, as the grant is delivered by FAO, it has been signed directly with DHSC. The grant continues to support improved clinical services in hospitals in Zimbabwe, generating more and better data on AMR, including data on antimicrobial use, to feed into improved stewardship and appropriate use of antibiotics. See ‘Fleming Fund - Country and Regional Grants and Fellowships Programme’ GB-GOV-10-FF_MA for more information on the objectives of country grants.
Core - International Collaboration Awards
DEPARTMENT FOR SCIENCE, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
International Collaboration Awards enable outstanding researchers in the UK to partner with the best research groups in developing countries on projects that address issues faced by developing countries.
Protecting Mothers and their Infants through Screening and Comprehensive Management of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Antenatal Care in Zimbabwe
DEPARTMENT FOR SCIENCE, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are extremely common. In Africa four easily curable STIs (chlamydia, gonorrhoea, trichomoniasis and syphilis) may affect almost one in four young people at any point in time. For most people these infections do not cause obvious symptoms but they can still be associated with important health consequences. In particular, STIs during pregnancy can have severe consequences for the outcome of the pregnancy. They are associated with a higher rate of stillbirth, babies dying shortly after birth (neonatal death), and with babies being born prematurely and at a lower birthweight. Despite these important public health consequences, control of STIs has not been suboptimal and no World Health Organization (WHO) STI control targets have been met. One reason is that currently only individuals with STI symptoms are treated for all the possible infections that can cause the symptom without specifically testing for which infection is causing the symptom-an approach called syndromic management. This approach was recommended because testing required expensive laboratory infrastructure which was not always possible in resource-constrained settings. Importantly, more than 80% of people with an STI do not have symptoms and are therefore not identified and treated. Newer diagnostic tests which do not require expensive infrastructure have become available in recent years but these tests are relatively expensive, and there is limited evidence on which population groups to target for testing and whether screening (i.e. offering testing systematically to defined groups whether or not they have symptoms) will result in health benefits. In previous work in Zimbabwe, we have shown that these diagnostic tests can be integrated into broader antenatal care. However critical data on whether using these tests improves outcomes for mothers and babies is missing. In this study we will conduct a trial to to assess if introducing screening for STIs in antenatal care compared to syndromic management results in improved outcomes for the mothers and their babies. Our study will be conducted in antenatal care clinics in Zimbabwe. We will enrol approximately 8200 pregnant women into the study. Pregnant women will be assigned by chance (randomised) to either receive standard care, where they will be treated for an STI only if they have symptoms, or to receive a test for an STI whether or not they hae symptoms, followed by treatment based on the result of that test. For each pregnancy we will collect data on important outcomes including stillbirth, prematurity and birth weight to assess if STI testing improves pregnancy outcomes. We will also collect data on the cost of using diagnostic tests in the antenatal setting and conduct a thorough evaluation of the operational and structural factors required for Ministries of Health to adopt STI testing as part of antenatal care more widely. Throughout the study we will work directly with communities to ensure the services we develop are appropriate for their needs and tackle barriers to seeking care for STIs such as stigma. We will develop a detailed plan to facilitate uptake of our study findings into local, regional and global policy, working with the Ministry of Health, WHO and other key stakeholders such as the International Union against STIs. We will also advocate with Industry for reductions in costs of tests. If successful our study will transform care for pregnant women and improve outcomes for their babies worldwide.
Implementation of community-based health checks and peer-to-peer support to promote functional ability for older people living in rural Zimbabwe
DEPARTMENT FOR SCIENCE, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
MRC AGHRB award to develop and implement an evidence-based clinical framework for non-specialist assessment and management of chronic disorders of ageing which impact functional ability, to improve the health and wellbeing of older people living in rural communities in Zimbabwe.
Royal Academy of Engineering Core - Engineering a Better World
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY
Engineering a Better World is a unique programme focused on achieving sustainable development, through innovative, collaborative, challenge-led engineering. COVID-19
Royal Academy of Engineering Core - Frontiers of Engineering for Development
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY
Frontiers of Engineering for Development is a series of interdisciplinary symposia that facilitates national and international collaboration to tackle global development challenges. The event brings together a select group of around 60 emerging UK and global engineering and international development leaders from industry and academia to discuss pioneering technical work and cutting-edge research for international development from a diversity of engineering fields. Seed funding is available to progress some of the best ideas coming out of the event. COVID-19
Royal Academy of Engineering Core - Higher Education Partnerships in Sub-Saharan Africa
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY
The Higher Education Partnerships in sub-Saharan Africa Programme (HEP SSA) – supported by the Anglo American Group Foundation and the UK Government through the Global Challenges Research Fund – was established by the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2016, following the successful pilot scheme, Enriching Engineering Education Programme. COVID-19
DfE NI - GCRF QR funding
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY
Grant to Department for the Economy, Northern Ireland to enable Northern Irish higher education institutes to carry out pre-agreed ODA-eligible activities in line with their institutional strategies. For Queen’s University Belfast in FY2019/20 this included: workshops in Cambodia, Vietnam, South Africa, and Uganda about health and education; 11 pilot projects spanning 16 eligible countries (Angola, Burundi, China, Colombia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Kosovo, Malaysia, Nigeria, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam and Zimbabwe); and additional support to GCRF and NF-funded activities. For Ulster University in FY2019/20 funding supported six pump-priming projects on: LMIC maternal, neonatal and child health; PTSD in Rwanda; Decision-Making in Policy Making in Africa and Central Asia; and hearing impairment and dementia in China.
HEFCW - GCRF QR funding
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY
Additional GCRF funding to the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales to support Welsh higher education institutes (HEIs) to carry out ODA-eligible activities in line with their institutional strategies. ODA research grants do not represent the full economic cost of research and therefore additional funding is provided to Welsh HEIs in line with their research council grant income. In FY19/20 funding was allocated to Aberystwyth University, Bangor University, Cardiff University and Swansea University. In FY19/20, the funding was used to fund: the full economic cost of existing ODA eligible activities (e.g. already funded by GCRF); small ODA-eligible projects; fellowships to ODA-eligible researchers; and to increase collaboration and impact. 53 ODA-eligible countries have been reported as benefiting from the funded work, with Brazil and India the most frequently mentioned. By region, the largest number of projects were based in the LDC’s (Least Developed Countries) in Asia, South America, and East Africa, with only a few projects in the middle-income countries such as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Georgia.
ODA BEIS analysts - cross-cutting for both ODA funds
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY
ODA BEIS analysts. For the monitoring and evaluation and learning for NF and GCRF
SFC - GCRF QR funding
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY
Formula GCRF funding to the Scottish Funding Council to support Scottish higher education institutes (HEIs) to carry out ODA-eligible activities in line with their three-year institutional strategies. ODA research grants do not represent the full economic cost of research and therefore additional funding is provided to Scottish HEIs in proportion to their Research Excellence Grant (REG). In FY19/20 funding was allocated to 18 Scottish higher education institutes to support existing ODA grant funding and small projects. GCRF has now supported more than 800 projects at Scottish institutions, involving over 80 developing country partners.
Global Challenges Research Fund Evaluation
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY
The overall purpose of the GCRF evaluation is to assess the extent to which GCRF has achieved its objectives and contributed to its intended impacts.
Transformation Project - ODA Reporting Tool (ODART)
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY
The Reporting ODA Digital Service (RODA) is the data submission, processing, reporting repository system for data on BEIS R&I ODA Eligible Programmes delivered by Delivery Partners
UUKi Delivery Support
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY
These are delivery cost for shared learning workshops/training and best practice (for current and future applicants) on ODA assurance, eligibility, reporting and partnership working through either the NF and GCRF
ODA website - cross-cutting for both ODA funds
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY
This is the website for NF and GCRF consortia that promotes funding calls and impact case studies as well as publishing report such as the annual report and monitoring and evaluation documentation.
Ad-hoc GCRF activity on BEIS Finance system
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY
Increased contributions towards a range of research projects jointly funded with DFID, and funding for the Devolved Administrations for disbursement to universities within the devolved regions to fund the full economic cost of GCRF ODA research.