R2HC Uptake and impact small grants

All grants must end by 30 September 2025.

Yes, you are eligible to apply again with a new idea for research uptake. Applicants who were successful to previous rounds must be able to demonstrate evidence of the activities that have already taken place and the outcomes of these where available. Applications where the proposed activities are unchanged from previous submissions (successful or unsuccessful) to this funding opportunity will not be eligible.

An initial eligibility review will determine that the proposal meets four basic criteria. Once deemed eligible, an evaluation of the proposal content will take place to assess quality criteria across four core metrics. Final decisions will be made by 15 January 2025. Please refer to the Call Guidelines for further information.

Applicants may request support to undertake engagement, communications, or capacity-strengthening activities to enable existing research findings from R2HC-funded studies to be understood, taken up and applied by humanitarian actors. Funding for research production activities / data collection or the production of articles or activities/outputs aimed at solely academic audiences is not eligible for this Call. Please refer to the Call Guidelines for further information.

Applications will be evaluated on a rolling basis with all final decisions announced by 15 January 2025.

Open grants/ current R2HC grantees:

• Current grantees who have findings (or initial findings) and have identified additional opportunities to deliver uptake, aligned with their stakeholder engagement strategy, that was unforeseen when the original proposal was funded.
• Current grantees from previous uptake rounds who have identified new opportunities for research uptake and can demonstrate evidence of the activities that have already taken place and the outcomes of these where available.
• Current grantees must have made satisfactory progress with their Stakeholder Engagement Strategies and there must be no serious concerns with the performance of your grant or reporting. Please discuss with your R2HC grant focal point if you are unsure.

Current grantees should only apply after consultation with their R2HC grant focal point.

Closed grants/previous R2HC grantees:

• Closed grants that have significant or substantive findings relevant for current humanitarian response activities, and ongoing engagement with stakeholders, generating opportunities for uptake and impact on policy and practice (including teams that have previously received an uptake small grant).
• Any organisation can apply as the lead partner if they were previously listed on the ‘partners’ section of a proposal previously funded by R2HC and whose grant has closed, from any time since the inception of R2HC. For clarity, that includes:
  • Organisations identified as the ‘lead organisation’ for a previous R2HC-funded study.
  • Organisations that were partners named in the proposal for a previous R2HC-funded study. (For example, if the study was led by a university, their humanitarian partner is welcome to apply, and vice versa).
  • Individuals who led R2HC studies but are now based in a different organisation from the one they were associated with when the previous study took place can also apply, provided they still have the requisite relationships and assets to complete the proposed research uptake work.

Closed grantees should only apply after consultation with an R2HC focal point. Please contact [email protected].