R2HC Current or Anticipated Health Crises Funding Call - Full Proposal Guidance

Congratulations on your successful Expression of Interest. This page is intended for applicants who have been invited to develop and submit a Full Proposal under the Research for Health in Humanitarian Crises (R2HC) programme's 2022 Call for research in response to current or anticipated humanitarian health crises.    The deadline for the submission of the Full Proposal is 17:00 GMT on 6 July 2022. No extensions to this deadline will be granted, and applications submitted after this date will not be eligible for consideration for funding. All applications must be submitted via the Common Grant Application system.    Please read the information below carefully before developing your application. It includes information on the application process, the forms to be completed, and further guidance to help you prepare a strong application.

Research Uptake

Our Research Uptake Guidance Note provides advice on developing clear and achievable uptake plans for your study. It will help you prepare the impact section of the Full Proposal.

Ethics

To help you complete our Ethics Template, we have created an Ethics Tool to stimulate reflection and discussion about ethical issues that could arise in research during humanitarian crises. Further details about the tool can be found in the introduction document.

Call Guidelines

Your Full Proposal should be informed by the Call Guidelines for this call for research in response to current or anticipated humanitarian health crises. This includes information about what we want to fund, principles to consider and a glossary of key terms.

Full Proposal documents &; guidance

Application documents: The following documents must be completed and uploaded with your application on our online portal. French versions of the documents will be uploaded here as soon as available. Please keep checking the page.

• Full Proposal Application Template: English and French
• Ethics Template: English and French
• Research Team &; CV Template: English
• Full Proposal Budget: English
• Due diligence and contracting: organisational summary: English
• Resubmission form: English (only to be completed if your application is a resubmission of a Full Proposal to a previous R2HC funding call)

You will also be asked to provide letters of support from each of your partners (uploaded as a single merged PDF) and letters of support from your research users (key stakeholders).

Key documents: The following documents are essential reading for those applying for a grant.

• Call Guidelines: English and French.
• Full Proposal Guidelines: English and French
• Eligible Costs: English and  French
• Foreign Currency Guidance:  English and French
• Guidance notes on translation: French
• Research Uptake Guidance Note: English and French
• Partnerships and Impact checklist: English and French
• Partnership Letters of Support Guidance: English
• Research Users Letters of Support Guidance: English
• Guidance note on translation of Letters of Support: English

You can find further information on the funding call page and in the application guidance FAQs.

Background resources: Additional resources to help you prepare your research proposal.

• Humanitarian Health Evidence Review
• Updated Ethics Tool and introduction to the tool.
• Evidence Review of Gender-Based Violence Research Methodologies (if conducting a relevant project)
• Research Methodologies in Humanitarian Crises review
• Mitigating Operational Challenges in Humanitarian Health Research

Les priorités et formulaires de candidature en français du programme R2HC:

Les principaux documents de base sont désormais disponibles en français, ce qui permet aux candidats potentiels de comprendre les critères du l’appel à propositions de recherche à propositions du R2HC et d’accéder aux instructions relatives à la candidature en français. Vous devrez soumettre votre proposition complète de recherche en anglais, mais la candidature pourra être préparée en français, puis traduite en anglais par un professionnel avant soumission. Veuillez lire le document ci-dessous pour plus de détails: Conseils aux candidats francophones à une demande de financement du programme R2HC.

Webinar

In this webinar we talked through the full proposal application process, discussed our expectations and common weaknesses, and answered your questions. You can watch the recording below. All resources are linked in the slides here.

Videos

The below videos produced for applicants to the Current or Anticipated Humanitarian Health Crises funding call provide further guidance around our expectations.