Global Challenges Research Fund

The cross-government Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) has the potential to help address major global development challenges, but risks being spread too thinly to achieve transformative results.

  1. Status: Completed
  2. Published: 12 September 2017
  3. Type: Rapid review
  4. Subject: Research, UK aid funds
  5. Assessment: Unrated
  6. Lead commissioner: Tina Fahm

Government response

The government publishes a response to all ICAI reviews. You can read the government response to ICAI’s review of the GCRF online.

In addition, the government supplied a separate response on whether the funding conditions of the GCRF are consistent with its commitment not to tie UK aid, and the ODA eligibility of the Funding Council GCRF allocations. Read the governments separate response on ODA and untied aid.

Timeline

Approach

Published 22 May 2017

Evidence gathering

Complete

Review publication

Published 12 September 2017

Government response

Published 30 October 2017

Parliamentary scrutiny

IDC hearing 6 December 2017

ICAI follow-up

Published 18 July 2019