Foreign Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO), in partnership with EPSRC, NERC and UKRI aim to fund a cohort of up to 10 SRFs (one fellow per theme) to provide deep specialist expertise and be able to provide long term strategic guidance, rapid insight, independent challenge and thought leadership to FCDO to guide policy and facilitate links into the global research community.
Access to expert, independent scientific and technical advice and challenge is key to ensuring that government officials are making the right decisions on research, programmes and policies. Both the FCDO and UKRI have strong track records of investing in international research and development that seeks to address the challenges facing citizens of the world. This programme seeks to strengthen these activities by embedding deep experts within the FCDO, and to enable policymakers and researchers to collaborate and build relationships that are rich, deep and can be sustained.
The programme offers an exciting opportunity for SRFs to enhance their understanding of applying expertise and evidence in government contexts and provides a unique position to build connections between policymaking and research communities.
