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This letter confirms Research England’s allocation of £21,073,927 of International Science Partnerships Fund (ISPF) Institutional Support Grant (ODA) funding for financial year 2025 to 2026.

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Allocation of additional funds from DSIT for International Science Partnerships Fund (ISPF) Institutional Support Grant in FY 2025-26.

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Medr has received funding from the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) to support Official Development Assistance (ODA) activities within eligible Welsh higher education institutions (HEIs) 2025/26. This publication provides details of how the funding will be allocated to HEIs.

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ESSENCE and UKCDR Good Practice Document

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This Charter, co-created by key higher education and research bodies and constituencies in Africa, sets out key principles and aspirations for fostering transformative research collaborations with the continent.

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A living resource developed by the University of Glasgow of practical guidance for working in equitable partnership.

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Sustainable Futures Global have designed this resource to help make explicit the practices and dynamics that underpin partnerships, to support the development of more equitable working relations.

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This course is designed for biomedical research ethics committee members and managers who review health-related research protocols that use SR approaches, as well as for social researchers who are preparing protocols for review by biomedical research ethics committees. I

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The UKCDR & ESSENCE equitable partnerships resource hub aims to support all those involved in the research process to embed practices which ensure equity in the design, delivery and dissemination of research. The hub brings together relevant tools, guidance and resources from global partners focused on ensuring equity in international research partnerships.

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These reports, commissioned by the British Academy and prepared by Scientia Scripta, provides a gap analysis of sample policies and terms and conditions documents from UK funders and higher education institutions (HEIs), and provide specific actionable recommendations for Universities, Funders, and the wider sector acting collaboratively for improving equity in research partnerships.

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The aim of this glossary is to provide individuals with the foundations in language, tracking and qualification of research development to better engage other research offices for ongoing research applications and encourage stronger relationships amongst Research Managers and Administrators (RMAs).

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This report presents practical recommendations for establishing equitable partnerships among national funders, research institutions, researchers, and local communities in Africa.

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These resources were developed using UK aid funding and so to achieve maximum impact for development community, they are available freely to use. We ask that you credit the University of Edinburgh and our global partners who were involved in creating them.

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An initiative led by Dr. Eve Tuck and Graduate Student Researchers in the Tkaronto CIRCLE Lab to highlight the methods, ethics, theories of change, and forms of knowledge mobilization present in Collaborative Indigenous Research methodologies.

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This draft guide from Bond has been developed to ensure that organisations change how they work, make decisions, and are structured and governed to become more locally led.

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7,972 early career researchers based in the Global South answered inasp survey questions about their own research experience and about the research context in their country. This report summarizes the findings and reveals key themes.

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The aim of this glossary is to provide individuals with the foundations in language, tracking and qualification of research development to better engage other research offices for ongoing research applications and encourage stronger relationships amongst Research Managers and Administrators (RMAs).

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This is a good practice document on research costing, and includes a review of the funding practices related to the definition and funding of direct and indirect costs.

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This Toolkit developed by the University of Bristol aims to foster an open and fair research culture in Global South-North collaborations by encouraging equitable budget planning, allocation, and spending. It is intended for all researchers in the Global North, particularly the UK, who collaborate with Global South partners.

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This UKCDR guidance is designed to be used flexibly and collaboratively by a wide range of people involved in the international development research process, whether based in low-, middle- or high-income countries.

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