The Global Challenges Research Fund Changing The Story is a Global Challenges Research Funded project. The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) is a £1.5 billion fund announced by the UK Government to support cutting-edge research that addresses the challenges faced by developing countries. The Fund forms part of the UK’s...
During our recent project development workshop with Early Career Researchers interested in applying for our Small Grants fund, Rosanna Lewis (Senior Programme Manager, Culture and Development) and Ian Brown (Head of Evaluation, Arts) from British Council delivered an excellent session providing an overview of the Theory of Change evaluation methodology...
The GCRF is a strange beast—it’s both a conventional research fund focussed on ‘excellent science’ and a distinctly unconventional development fund, part of the UK Government’s ODA commitment and helping to achieve the UK AID Strategy. it would be fair to say that this dual focus sometimes creates tension. Some...