Impact and the Global Challenges Research Fund Paul Meller, ESRC

What is the Global Challenges Research Fund Address global challenges through disciplinary and interdisciplinary research Strengthening capability for research and innovation, within developing countries and the UK Agile response to emergencies and opportunities Cutting edge research which addresses the problems faced by developing countries 2015 Government Spending Review Outcomes

UK Context UK Aid Strategy Strengthening global peace, security and governance Strengthening resilience and response to crises Promoting global prosperity Tackling extreme poverty and helping the world’s most vulnerable

OECD DAC Country List

Global Context

GCRF Delivery Partners

GCRF allocation (4th March 2016) Challenge-led research, evidence gathering & long-term planning Pace & urgency

GCRF Strategy development Consultation Town Meetings Call for Evidence Global Engagement UK Aid Strategy GCRF Strategy UN Global Goals Strategic Context Delivery Partners Strategic Advisory Group Department for International Development Key Stakeholders

GCRF research agenda for enabling change Leave no one behind to create new knowledge and drive innovation that helps to ensure that everyone across the globe can prosper through access to health, food, water, education, energy etc. Sustainable societies and economies to identify new responses to the challenges arising from changes in population, technology, consumption and pressure on the environment Support peace and justice to understand how to strengthen the institutions that underpin peaceful societies, good governance, respect for human rights and the rule of law.

Pathway to impact: Official Development Assistance “Research directly and primarily relevant to the problems of developing countries may be counted as ODA. The costs may still be counted as ODA if the research is carried out in a developed country.” 

Strengthening pathways to impact within developing countries Building research capacity and collaborations with academics in developing countries Building partnerships and collaborative links with NGOs/charities/civil society in developing countries Developing further collaborative opportunities to strengthen international links “doing things with people and not simply for or to them”

Deliver GCRF through partnership Consultation on Expectations of stakeholders Direction and intent Core values and goals Strategy Involvement through Setting boundaries and priorities Convening (and delegating to) communities of interest Building effective and shared peer review values Commissioning Co-production for Insight, access and context Implementation and impact Legacy and future capability Research

GCRF calls (ESRC) GCRF funding opportunities led by ESRC: Postdoctoral fellowships - closed 9 September 2016 Tackling antimicrobial resistance: behaviour within and beyond the healthcare setting - closed 8 September 2016 Centres competition: Foundations of inclusive growth - closed 6 September 2016 Strategic Networks call - closed 2 August 2016 Forced displacement call - closed 20 July 2016 Secondary Data Analysis Initiative highlight notice - closed 15 July 2016 Other initiatives IAA uplifts – developing networks and ideas

GCRF calls (RCUK) First RCUK Collective Fund call: Growing Research Capability to Meet the Challenges Faced by Developing Countries (recently closed) Future Collective Fund (across RCUK remit) calls being developed. Future Research Council specific calls being developed.

Thank you GCRF website: www.rcuk.ac.uk/funding/gcrf/ ESRC and GCRF: www.esrc.ac.uk/gcrf Sustainable Development Goals: sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgs DAC list: www.oecd.org/dac/stats/daclist.htm