The Global Health Research Units programme funds collaborations of researchers within universities and research institutes in low and middle income countries (LMICs) and the UK who wish to establish new programmes of applied health research.
The Global Health Research Units programme funds collaborations of researchers within universities and research institutes in low and middle income countries (LMICs) and the UK who wish to establish new programmes of applied health research.
The Global Health Research Units programme funds research to address locally-identified challenges in LMICs, by supporting equitable research partnerships between researchers and institutions in the UK and those in low and middle income countries (LMICs) eligible to receive Official Development Assistance (ODA).
The Global Health Research Units programme provides funding to support not only delivery of research that will improve health outcomes for people living in LMICs, but also to strengthen crucial research capability and capacity in resource-poor settings, in particular training and capacity building in both academic research and programme support functions.
Global Health Research Unit funding is awarded to partnerships that have an existing track record of delivering internationally recognised applied global health research and wish to consolidate and expand this work.
Global Health Research Units are defined as a well-established research partnership or network of universities and research institutes in LMICs and the UK:
Awards of up to £7 million over a period of up to 5 years are available.
The Global Health Research Units programme funds research proposals from researchers in UK-based (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) higher education institutions and research institutes.
Applications must include a co-applicant or joint lead applicant from a country eligible for ODA funding and relevant to the research proposal.
Applications must demonstrate how the research proposal meets ODA compliance criteria.
Find out more about ODA eligibility
Applications in any field of applied global health research for the direct and primary benefit of people living in one or more ODA-eligible country/ies will be considered.
You can find out more in the remit and guidance notes.
.Applications to the Global Health Research Unit programme are peer reviewed by professional reviewers, then considered by a funding committee.
The committees recommend projects for funding to the Department of Health and Social Care, which approves which projects should be funded.
The Global Health Research Units Funding Committee is chaired by Professor Stephen Tollman.
View the full membership of the Global Health Research Call 2 Units and Call 3 Groups Funding Committees.
View the full membership of the Global Health Research Units Funding Committees for call 1 and call 2.
To date the Global Health Research Units programme has held two funding calls.
The second call for Global Health Research Units opened in June 2020 and had two closing dates in Autumn 2020 and Summer 2021.
Funding decisions for this call have now been made and are detailed in the Funding Commitee minutes.
The first funding call for Global Health Research Units took place between November 2016 and March 2017. Funding was awarded to 13 new Global Health Research Units.
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The Global Health Research Programme is accepting Stage 1 applications for Global Health Research Groups.
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