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@FCDOGovUK 🇬🇧 Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office Science, Technology, Research and Evidence ⚡️ 🔭 🤖💉🦠🌽 🧬🌍
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Joined July 2009
Prof Dame Angela McLean @uksciencechief & Prof Sir John Edmunds visited 🇿🇦 as part of #G20CSAR & #G20RIWG, touring NuMeRI, a world-first in cancer & TB research. With UK partners like Cambridge, King’s & UCL, it’s a shining example of 🇬🇧🤝🇿🇦 collaboration in science. #UKwithSA
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Proud to be part of @Gavi’s record-breaking year. 1.7 million lives saved in 2024, including with the world’s first malaria vaccines, developed by British scientists. As Gavi’s biggest investor, the UK is helping stop the spread of dangerous diseases.
🚨 BREAKING: Gavi-supported vaccines saved a record-breaking 1.7 million lives in 2024 – a staggering 400,000 more than in 2023 and the highest number of lives saved in a single year in Gavi's history. Here’s the overview: https://t.co/F2xZbHj0Kc
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Ghana launches Coartem® Baby – the first #malaria medicine for newborns & infants – as momentum continues to build across Africa. 🌍 8 more countries are set to approve soon. https://t.co/rUjY2Pk633
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🇬🇧 is backing inclusive, locally-led AI across Africa - empowering communities through: 🔗 Evidence-based research 🤝 African-led innovation 🌐 Global collaboration 💡 AI for Africa, by Africa Strengthening democracy, supporting local talent & driving social impact. #UKwithSA
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Deadline extended! Call for applications: Senior Research Fellows at the FCDO @FCDOResearch Research Commissioning Centre, led by International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) and @unibirmingham, invites applications for three part-time Senior Research Fellow placements
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📣 Are you a UK-registered biomanufacturing and pharma business looking to expand your footprint to India? Join this fully-funded programme and connect with India’s fast-growing healthcare sector. Apply by 30 September 2025 👇
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📢 @FCDOGovUK Call for proposals: Exploring potential strategic and economic opportunities that a domestic space industry could unlock for Uruguay. 🖊️ To bid, please email: uk_evidence_fund_administration@pwc.com to request the ToRs
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📢@FCDOGovUK is commissioning a study to build an evidence base to inform collaborative work on AI with the Netherlands🇳🇱🇬🇧 📩 How to bid: Email uk_evidence_fund_administration@pwc.com to request the Terms of Reference
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Can your institution drive faster, evidence-based responses to global crises? The #MHRN is being launched by @FCDOResearch. UK-based institutions can apply to lead! More information: https://t.co/z7waYYC0LC 🗓 Deadline for EOIs: 8 October 2025
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🇬🇧🤝🇸🇳 Lancement d’un partenariat historique ! 2I09I2025 @PasteurDakar & @santegouv_sn & @FCDOGovUK unissent leurs forces pour: 🔬Renforcer la surveillance épidémique 💉 Accélérer vaccins & diagnostics 🧠 Stimuler l’innovation locale En savoir plus : https://t.co/DbjpYHEvIF
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‼️ REMINDER ‼️ Applications for these three Senior Research Fellow positions at @FCDOGovUK are still open. Placements are in these fields: clean energy; migration; humanitarian. Application deadline is 10 September 2025
Call for applications: Senior Research Fellows at the FCDO @FCDOResearch's Research Commissioning Centre, led by @3ieNews and @unibirmingham, invites applications for three part-time Senior Research Fellow placements in the following fields: ▪ Clean Energy and Innovation ▪
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FCDO seeks a supplier to deliver a study on how the UK can leverage India's AI innovation ecosystem strengths to address NHS challenges + scale trusted innovation for the benefit of the UK health system. How to bid: email uk_evidence_fund_administration@pwc.com to request ToRs
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📢New research call: How do policy tools shape conflict economies in borderlands? 🌍 Focus: horn of Africa, Sahel, Middle East, Afghanistan/Pakistan, Myanmar 💰up to £120k |🕒12 months 📅deadline: 17 sept 2025 | 10:00 BST 🔗 https://t.co/J1NRrX8lOu
#conflictresearch #globalsouth
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Call for concept notes: policy responses to address conflict economies in borderlands
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📢@FCDOGovuk wish to commission an analysis on the critical technology landscape in Italy for UK policymakers, including the science & tech landscape for AI, Quantum Tech, High Performance Computing. ℹ️How to bid: Email uk_evidence_fund_administration@pwc.com to request ToRs
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🚨 New funding call! Research climate stress, informal trade & instability in conflict-affected borderlands. 💰Up to £120k | 🌍 Global South researchers encouraged 📅Deadline: 15 Sept 🔗Learn more: https://t.co/paEVhuQlY0
#ResearchFunding #ClimateAndConflict #Borderlands
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Call for concept notes: Climate change, informal trade, and instability in conflict-affected borderlands
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📢Call for proposals: FCDO wish to commission a robust analysis of the Ethiopian telecoms sector to explore the conditions under which a licence would be attractive to a third operator. ◼️How to bid: Please email uk_evidence_fund_administration@pwc.com to request the ToRs.
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🔔 The future of digital payments is taking shape. Concordium has partnered with @Ledger, the global leader in hardware wallet security, to bring privacy-preserving payments and identity to millions of users.
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Today I joined a wonderful team of biomedical engineers from @FREO2_AU @FuturesCoLab working to improve access to Oxygen. Since their installation of Oxygen systems, Kiryandongo Hospital has not lost a child in NICU @FCDOGovUK @UKinUganda #OxygenCoLab
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Online information session: @FCDOResearch Multi-Hazard Research Network (MHRN) Join us to learn about the Multi-Hazard Research Network—an initiative planned to generate rapid, actionable evidence for prediction, preparedness, and emergency response. The session will outline
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📢New paper - Open Access Policy Options: Considerations for Research Organisations and Funders This @INASPinfo resource explores how institutions/ funders can advance #OpenAccess and support equitable research dissemination & global knowledge sharing 🔗 https://t.co/N8sPXxXw6N
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📢@FCDOGovUK is requesting proposals for a rapid review of leadership strategies for encouraging the use of evidence in organisations. ℹ️How to bid: Please email uk_evidence_fund_administration@pwc.com to request the Terms of Reference (ToRs)
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