British Academy Evidence-informed policymaking grants (ODA)

Notify Faculty of Intention to Apply by: 15 January 2025

Funder deadline: 19 February 2025

The British Academy is inviting proposals related to evidence-informed policy-making in Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and/or Least Developed Countries.

This programme is part of the £337m International Science Partnerships Fund, which is designed to enable potential and foster prosperity. 

Scope

This programme will support grants in the following areas:

• Research related to how evidence use theory and research has been implemented in practice.
• Research or research-based activities related to knowledge systems strengthening and/or organisational change to support evidence use in practice.
• Knowledge systems strengthening and/or organisational change to support evidence use in practice.

The Academy is looking to support awards that work in the following fields:

• Environment, Sustainability & Nature
• Transformative Technologies
• Health & Wellbeing
• Cities & Urbanisation
• Global Order, Geopolitics and International Affairs

Eligibility

The aim of this call is to support ODA-eligible international collaborations between researchers, policymakers and practitioners in the UK and those in Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and/or Least Developed Countries on evidence-informed policymaking. Funding from the International Science Partnerships Fund is funded by Official Development Assistance (ODA) therefore applications for this funding must be ODA-eligible and therefore applications that are not considered ODA-eligible will not be taken forward through the assessment process. 

The PI must be of postdoctoral or above status (or have equivalent research experience). The PI must hold an established role in an eligible university or research institute in the UK, Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and/or Least Developed Countries. The PI’s position must last at least the duration of the grant funded by the Academy. The PI must spend a minimum of 20% of their time on the grant.

The project must include at least one researcher who is based in Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and/or Least Developed Countries if the Principal Investigator is based in the UK.

Duration and Value

Awards are for a period of 12 months, with a maximum award value of £150,000. Award holders are expected to base the division of spend on the Full Economic Costing basis at 80%. The only exception to this understanding and 80% FEC in general is the costing of international Principal Investigators or international Co-Applicants or partners in non-academic settings (in the UK or internationally) who demonstrably do not use and would not use FEC modelling. For such partners the costing regime used should be at 100% for direct costs and a flat-rate of 25% for indirect costs.

How to Apply

Applications must be submitted online using the British Academy's Grant Management System (GMS), Flexi-Grant®. The deadline for submissions and is Wednesday 19 February 2025 (17:00 BST). Further details are available on the British Academy’s webpage for this opportunity.

Internal Deadlines:

Research Services: 12 February 2025

Expressions of Interest: 15 January 2025 (please e-mail research@law.ox.ac.uk)