Assessing Rwanda’s strategic metal endowment

GCRF Funding Cycle2019-20 Principal InvestigatorDr Nicolas Gardiner SchoolsEarth & Environmental Sciences ODA countriesRwanda Sustainable Development Goals Rwanda, a beacon of progress in Africa, with a remarkable turnaround since the genocides of the 1990s, hosts significant deposits of critical “3T” metals: tin, tantalum, and tungsten. To capitalize on its resource base, in 2019 the Rwandan Government … Read more

Aamusnaan Maya Initiative

Empowering Local Media Engagement in Internally Displaced Peoples Camps in Hargeisa GCRF Funding Cycle2019-20 Principal InvestigatorAli Watson SchoolsInternational Relations ODA countriesSomaliland Sustainable Development Goals Aamusnaan Maya Initiative, meaning ‘Silent No More’ in Somali, is a collaborative project between the Third Generation Project at the University of St Andrews; SOM-ACT, a journalist collective in Hargeisa, Somaliland; … Read more

Global Challenges Forum GCRF Toolkit

UKRI have produced Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) guidance on ‘Funders observations on preparing your proposal’. Please note that Scottish Funding Council (SFC) GCRF proposals are within the UKRI GCRF Guidance remit, and therefore proposals which cannot demonstrate Official Development Assistance (ODA) compliance will not be considered. Please read the UKRI ODA Global Challenged Research Fund … Read more

Biocultural heritage and community voice in Amazonia

GCRF Funding Cycle2020-21 Principal InvestigatorAlthea Davies SchoolsGeography & Sustainable Development ODA countriesPeru Sustainable Development Goals This project aims to establish how indigenous peoples in lowland Amazonian Peru can use cultural heritage to support resilience, adaptation and autonomy at a time of increased stress – both gradual (e.g. expansion of oil exploitation, growth of markets for … Read more