R2HC Annual Funding Call - Full Proposal Guidance
R2HC aims to improve health outcomes by strengthening the evidence base for public health interventions in humanitarian crises. This grant programme is an ‘Open Call’, with proposals sought for research that will strengthen the public health evidence base in humanitarian settings, and contribute to more effective interventions in humanitarian response.
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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 our 2020 Call of the Research for Health in Humanitarian Crises (R2HC) programme. Please note that you can only submit a Full Proposal if your Expression of Interest was shortlisted. Please read the information and documents below carefully before developing your application. It provides information on the application process and the forms to be completed, along with important information for applicants. The deadline for the submission of the Full Application is 17:00 GMT on 29 March 2021. No extensions to this deadline will be granted, and applications submitted after this date will not be eligible for consideration for funding.

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.
Evidence Review
Your Full Proposal should make reference to how your research addresses gaps identified in the Humanitarian Health Evidence Review. If conducting a relevant project, please also make reference to our Evidence Review of Gender-Based Violence Research Methodologies.
Full Proposal documents &; guidance
Application documents: (The following documents must be completed and uploaded with your application on our online portal)
- Full Proposal Application (OPEN research stream): English and French
- Full Proposal Application (FORMATIVE research stream): English and French
- Ethics Template: English and French
- Research Team &; CV Template: English
- Full Proposal Budget: English
Key documents: (The following documents are essential reading for those applying for a grant)
- Annual Call 2020 Guidelines: English and French
- Annual Call 2020 FAQs: 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
- Annual Call 2020 Video series.
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 au l’appel annuel à propositions de recherche 2020 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 annuel à propositions de recherche 2020 à propositions du programme 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 pour l’appel annuel à propositions de recherche 2020.
A webinar series for R2HC applicants was held in January 2021. This provided general guidance about what the R2HC Funding Committee is looking for in a strong application and the resources and support available to you. There was also an opportunity to answer your questions. The slides and recording of the webinar are available below.
Webinar slides - 13th January
Webinar Recording - 14th January
Webinar slides - Partnerships - 27th January
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The completed forms should be returned to [email protected] by the 14 January 2021. Seed Funding is subject to due diligence and contracting by R2HC. Further details can be found on our Grantee Support page. Please note the following regarding Seed Funding:
- All Seed Funding activities must be completed by 29 March 2021.
- The grant is normally paid in arrears and on the satisfactory submission of a final report (see below).
- Seed Funding is primarily aimed at allowing studies to convene an in-person meeting between the different research partners. Site visits and some preliminary data collection may also be permissible.
- Seed Funding cannot be used for research activities, staff time / consultants to prepare the Full Proposal, overheads or other activities not directly related to the study.
If you receive a Seed Funding grant, you must provide a final report on the activities delivered by 30 April 2021 using the forms below.
Seed funding application form
Seed funding budget and financial report template
Seed funding final report
A Seed Funding Webinar was held on Thursday 7th January at 2pm GMT. The slides and a recording of the session are available below.
Presentation slides
Webinar recording
Resources produced
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Yes, changes to the budget are possible between Expression of Interest and Full Proposal stages.
Please complete the Formative proposal template. Your application will be assessed using the same criteria as the Open research stream. Formative applications do not need to identify a Research Uptake Focal Point within their study team.
Yes. Letters of support from the partners are required at the Full Proposal stage.
All application must be submitted via our online platform, the Common Grants Application. The link to the Full Proposal will be available on this page by 11th January 2021.
Applicants may request support for personnel costs, travel, data collection and analysis, reasonable equipment purchases, and other items to cover the full research costs in the relevant setting. The R2HC will not generally pay for the costs of interventions, except in limited cases where a small trial pilot is needed.
Each Full Proposal will be reviewed by our external Technical Experts. A rebuttal stage will allow you to respond to the Technical Reviewer\'s comments and questions. Our Funding Committee will then review each application in detail and final decisions will be made during a Funding Committee meeting held in June 2021.
For proposals submitted in our Open research stream grants can be for a maximum duration of up to 36 months (24 months for Formative research), during which research and uptake activities can take place.
Applicants will be informed of decisions by early June 2021. We anticipate successful studies starting from August 2021 onwards.
We recommend that you share a copy of the draft contract with your relevant legal / contracts team. A copy and further information regarding our due diligence process can be found here.
You must provide a CV for each member of the research team using the template provided.
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