Applied global health research

We’re looking for research projects that will develop practical solutions to global health challenges and inequities. The aim is to fund a portfolio of high-quality global research,which will be diverse, promote multidisciplinarity and strengthen global health research capacity.

This includes:

late-stage intervention development and testing, which can include global health trials
implementation and scale-up research
health systems, health policy and health economics research.

You can apply for this opportunity if you are a universities or higher education institutions based in the UK or low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) with degree-awarding powers recognised by the government in which the organisation is based.

You must not be included as principal investigator on more than two proposals at any one time. You may support others as a co-investigator, as long as you have the capacity to do so without detriment to the project you are leading.

We will accept proposals of all sizes, including large research projects and small to medium-scale applications.

We are looking to develop a portfolio of high quality global research, which will be diverse, promote multidisciplinarity and strengthen global health research capacity.

We encourage applications from principal investigators based in:

low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)
UK, working in partnership with LMIC investigators.