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Implementation of the new DFID Research Strategy
More than 7,000 copies of DFID's Research Strategy have been downloaded from R4D and DFID's website since its launch on 22 April. A series of commentaries by key development thinkers attracted 700 viewers, and a collection of Talking Heads, featuring both DFID staff and development research luminaries were watched by more than 1,400 people in the week following the launch.
An Implementation Timetable has recently been published for the Strategy. It provides information about the likely content and timing of future research competitions and calls for proposals. The timetable covers the research that DFID manages directly and also shows where new funding to joint and multilateral research programmes – for instance, to the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research or one of the UK research councils – is likely to result in research funding opportunities that research suppliers can pursue directly. In addition, the timetable shows when DFID is likely to develop detailed research specifications. It covers the period from April 2008 to March 2010, and will be updated periodically.
Discussions are also underway within DFID to develop its research management arrangements in line with the new Strategy.
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