Assessing the non-academic impact of UK-funded research: REF2021 through the lens of international development  

UKCDR’s new report, ‘The landscape of UK development research impact: An analysis of REF2021 impact case studies’, investigates the type of development research being undertaken in UK higher education institutions (HEIs) and the impact this research has. Reflecting critically on understandings and assessments of impact, the report presents a new framework of six research enablers to support best practice in the research for development community. 

The landscape of development research impact: An analysis of REF2021 impact case studies

This report provides a snapshot of international development research undertaken by UK HEIs in the REF2021 period (2013-2020). Based on the REF2021 definition of non-academic impact, it gives an overview of the types of impact research has in LMICs and globally and how this differs across disciplines and topics.

UKCDR Annual Report 2022 – 2023

The 2022-2023 annual report for the UK Collaborative on Development Research (UKCDR) demostrates how UKCDR's activities over the reporting period have enabled us to achieve our vision: to accelerate global development through the power of research and knowledge.

Using data to achieve coherence: How UKCDR’s mapping and analysis can help the UK achieve its climate research investment goals

The UK Collaborative on Development Research (UKCDR) is embarking on a new challenge to track climate change and international research investments including from public,...

UKCDR Annual Report 2021 – 2022

This annual report covers the financial year 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022. During this period, UKCDR engaged in a range of projects around the following: embedding equitable partnership principles; providing a better understanding of capacity strengthening; driving data transparency; increasing coherence in research investment; and mapping and analysing global COVID-19 research funding data.

EPSRC & DHSC: vaccines manufacturing research hubs (pre-announcement)

DEADLINE: 15 DEC 2022

Apply for funding to establish a large-scale research hub to address challenges relating to vaccine delivery or manufacturing in low and middle income countries.

Event: The role of funders in enabling equitable research partnerships for development

Live recording from UKCDR & ESSENCE's virtual session ‘The role of funders in enabling equitable research partnerships for development’ as part of the Science Summit at United Nations General Assembly 77 (UNGA77) on the 26th of September 2022.

A High Return on Investment: The case for maintaining UK international leadership on global health research and development

The UK government has committed to scaling-up its public investment in R&D from £14.8 billion in 2021/22 to £20 billion in 2024/251 in recognition that ‘’we have a...

Highlights from UKCDR and IDS’ event

COVID CIRCLE and the Covid Collective came together virtually to ask a vital question: How has COVID19 shaped the engagement of research with policy and practice in Low- and Middle-Income Countries?

The Impact of Evidence in a Pandemic – A Fireside Chat

This event will explore new understandings of research engagement during the pandemic in LMIC settings.  This will have implications for the funding of research and research engagement strategies during the current crisis, and the recovery phase and for building future heath emergency resilience.