Funding from the Global Challenges Research Fund comes with unique expectations and requirements. If you want to succeed you’ve got to understand what these are, explains Phil Ward.
The Global Challenges Research Fund has been a mixed blessing for UK research. Yes, it has channelled a huge amount of money towards research, but with it has come a raft of new administrative demands that both investigators and managers are grappling to deal with.
When drafting your proposal, it is useful to think broadly about what type of research you plan to do.