Global Research and Technology Development
Your gateway to the UK government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) funded research and development.
Introducing Global Research and Technology Development
We fund and deliver research and innovation to tackle shared global challenges, working in strategic partnership with governments, multilateral institutions, and research organisations to generate evidence, technologies, and insights that improve policy and practice to achieve impact at scale.
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Browse research outputs, evidence, and insights from across the GRTD portfolio, supporting policymakers, practitioners, and partners to understand what works and apply it in real-world contexts.
Funding
Find open and upcoming funding opportunities across the GRTD portfolio, with a growing range of calls from FCDO and delivery partners, including opportunities delivered through downstream and partner-led funding.
GRTD NEWS
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Two decades of research: the Young Lives study
Young Lives is a unique longitudinal research programme that has followed 12,000 young people in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam - from infancy to adulthood – for more than 2 decades.
Lessons from the frontier of AI in international development
Artificial intelligence is often presented as a new frontier for international development. But the Frontier Tech Hub’s 4-part newsletter series, On the Frontier of AI, tells a more grounded and useful story: AI is not…
What works for urban resilience? Turning local evidence into action in 5 cities
The Unlocking Resilience through Bottom-up Action-Research and Multi-Scalar Networks (URBAN) project tested how locally led climate adaptation and political-economy analysis can move from evidence into planning, resources and policy influence.
Banner image: Young Africans supported with job placements in clean energy access businesses via the FCDO Transforming Energy Access (TEA)-supported Energy Access Talent Initiative (EATI); © Shortlist