The 1.5bn Global Challenges Research Fund Kirsty Grainger and Liz Beckett Research Services Tuesday 27 September 2016
GCRF: Introduction Confirmed in the Autumn Statement as part of the UK s Science Budget ( moved from DfID), a ring-fence within the ring-fence 1.5 billion over the spending review period (until 019/20) This makes it c.8% of the total Science Budget By 2020 the GCRF will be equivalent in size to the ESRC THIS IS NOT NEW MONEY
GCRF: Effective Budget Changes effective % budget change by 19/20 compared to 15/16 (if you exclude the GCFR from allocations) AHRC -7% BBSRC -7% EPSRC -3% ESRC -7% MRC -4% NERC -4% STFC 3% HEFCE 1% UK SPACE AGENCY 25% NATIONAL ACADEMIES 0% OTHER PROGRAMMES -20% NEWTON FUNDING 67%
GCRF: ODA Funding is part of the UK's pledge to spend 0.7% of gross national income on Official Development Assistance (ODA) Research is not aid. However, 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.
GCRF: allocations Money to be split between: (i) Core Allocations to individual Research Councils and other funders (ii) Collective Fund: common-pot being managed via RCUK Largest amount is in the Collective Fund and all research councils are looking to influence the priorities for this spend.
GCRF Allocations (April 2016) Collective Fund 6
GCRF: allocations GCRF ( m) ( m) Resource Body/programme 16/17 17/18 18/19* 19/20* 20/21* SR Total National Academies 11 11 11 11 11 45 AHRC 5 7 7 7 7 25 BBSRC 10 20 20 20 20 70 EPSRC 10 15 15 15 15 55 ESRC 5 10 10 10 10 35 HEFCE 20 37 37 37 37 130 MRC 14 34 34 34 34 115 NERC 5 10 10 10 10 35 STFC 0 4 4 4 4 11 International Partnership Programme 32 30 30 30 30 122 Unallocated GCRF 0 38 122 216 315 377 Totals 112 215 299 393 492 1,019 7
GCRF: opportunities Coming out all the time! Since the funding became available, over 20 calls: 1. ESRC: GCRF Centres competition 2016: Foundations of inclusive growth 2. ESRC: GCRF Secondary Data Analysis Initiative highlight notice 3. ESRC-AHRC: Forced displacement 4. EPSRC: GCRF institutional sponsorship block grant 5. AHRC: Inter-Disciplinary Research Innovation Awards on Conflict and International Development 6. ESRC: Strategic Networks (Interdisciplinary relationships within and beyond the social sciences) 7. BBSRC: Foundation Awards (food security) 8. MRC: Foundation Awards (beyond infections) 9. ESRC: Tackling antimicrobial resistance: behaviour within and beyond the healthcare setting 10. GCRF Call in Networks for Vaccine R&D 11. GCRF: Networks in Vector Borne Disease Research 12. Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases UK-US collaborative funding 13. Growing Research Capability to meet the challenges faced by developing countries 14. Tackling global development challenges through engineering and digital technology research 15. KE Dialogues Highlight Notice 16. BBSRC GCRF-IAA (GCRF International Development Impact Acceleration Account) 17. 5 ESRC GCRF 1-year Postdoc Fellowships 18. Building Resilience 19. Royal Society International Collaboration Awards for Research Professors 20. Royal Society Challenge Grants Scheme 21. GCRF highlight in the Bioinformatics and Biological Resources (BBR) Fund 22. British Academy: Sustainable Development Programme 23. MRC: Zika Rapid Response Initiative www.admin.ox.ac.uk/researchsupport/sponsors
GCRF: University Response URC: University Research Committee priority Project in place to ensure University GCRF success So far: (i) New website for Oxford colleagues for information www.admin.ox.ac.uk/researchsupport/sponsors (ii) New mailing list (network) https://web.maillist.ox.ac.uk/ox/info/gcrf
GCRF: What next? How else can we ensure that the University is best placed to meet GCRF (and Newton fund) funding opportunities? Ideas: 1. More workshops to bring academics together? 2. Information sharing on how best to work internationally? 3. Training on ODA what is ODA and how do we ensure compliance? 4. Information sharing on International Grants: working assurance, quality, insurance, compliance, financial management? 5. Annual conference show-casing and celebrating ODA Research open to all researchers Oxford ODA Conference? 6. Benchmarking against other comparable HEIs? 7. Working with local HEIs to share information and develop bids?
GCRF: Your help How else can we ensure that the University is best placed to meet GCRF (and Newton fund) funding opportunities? In small groups: 1. What actions are needed to ensure that the University effectively secures and manages GCRF (& Newton Fund)? 2. Can you prioritise those actions? Top three?
(i) What actions are needed to ensure that the University effectively secures and manages GCRF (& Newton Fund)? (ii) Can you prioritise those actions? Top three? Prompts.. How do we get people to work across disciplines?
QUESTIONS?