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Flexible Research Fund 2024: Call for Expressions of Interest – this is now CLOSED

We have received several EOIs for this call and we are currently processing them. The topics we are covering this time are:  

Topics for this Call

1 Ghana: The transition to electric two- and three-wheelers. More information here.

2 Ghana: Resilience and energy security. More information here.

3 India: Climate resilience of energy and mobility infrastructure. More information here.

4 Kenya: Financing county-level planning. More information here.

5 Lao PDR: Enabling the transition to low-emission transport. More information here.

6 Lao PDR: Promoting equitable energy transition – balancing sustainability, social inclusion and community empowerment. More information here.

7 Vietnam and Kenya (combined): Financing transitions to clean accessible mobility: bankable pathways for popular transport electrification. More information here.

8 Vietnam: Circular economy. More information here.

9 Vietnam: Analysing the impact of the energy transition on vulnerable groups in society. More information here.

What is the FRF? 

The Climate Compatible Growth (CCG) Flexible Research Fund (FRF) is a research commissioning tool that allows us to respond to new and emerging research demands.  These can arise from our national engagement; international engagement; FCDO priorities; and our own research strategies. The FRF’s priority is to provide a transparent and efficient mechanism for funding additional research that supports the realisation of the outputs to which CCG has committed itself and sits alongside CCG ongoing research. 

The four main objectives of the FRF are: 

  1. To respond to new research opportunities within CCG’s remit;  
  1. To expand CCG’s research capacity and impacts;  
  1. To diversify participation in the CCG research programme via new institutions, perspectives, locations;
  1. To strengthen the capacity of researchers from low- and middle-income countries.  

As an indication of the expected scale of a project, previous FRF projects have had a funding of between £80k and £250k.  They have lasted between 18 and 24 months. We will be assessing the value for money of the applications against the proposed projects, and, generally, we will choose to fund multiple projects rather than funding a few large projects. 

All submitted EOIs will be evaluated by CCG. They will be judged against three main criteria:

(1) consideration of gender, equality and social equality issues;

(2) relevant organisational research experience and the proposed research team;

(3) the proposed research project.