Research at DFID
Information on the research activities and funding opportunities offered by the Department for International Development.
What we do
The new Research for Development (R4D) is now live Research for Development Outputs
Research is at the heart of DFID’s thinking. High quality research which generates strong and applicable evidence helps us build good development programmes. Research can open up new possibilities and empower us to deal with difficult problems. Outputs from DFID funded research projects and programmes are available on Research for Development Outputs.
DFID has an open and enhanced access policy to help make the research we fund freely available and to increase the uptake and use of it. DFID’s Research uptake guidance and accompanying checklist provide information on DFID’s approach to research uptake and advice for designing a research uptake strategy.
DFID research has 3 strands of work:
- to develop new technologies and products such as drought resistant crops, better drugs for malaria and neglected diseases
- to help us understand what development approaches work most effectively in order to improve the impact and value for money of spending on development
- to improve our understanding of key development questions so that we make the best policy choices. For example, predicting the onset of the West African rains, finding out why girls leave school early and understanding causes and effects of corruption and how to address them.
Funding opportunities
A selection of current DFID research calls and tenders.
The DFID supplier portal is the central source of information for all DFID contract opportunities and contracts.
Where to find our publications
- DFID research and analysis publications - collection of research and evidence publications covering a wide range of topics
- DFID evaluation reports - past and present evaluations on the impact and lessons from the aid programmes we fund
- DFID’s Evaluation Policy sets out how we evaluate our programmes and policies