The NIHR’s Research and Innovation for Global Health Transformation scheme returns at a critical time
Top tips
- You should not try to directly carry over recently defunded global health projects into this scheme.
- Equitable partnerships and community involvement are paramount; anything tokenistic will fail.
- Make sure there is expertise on all relevant topics in your bid, including community engagement.
- Establish how impact will be sustained after the project is over.
As a prestigious and well-funded global health scheme, the Research and Innovation for Global Health Transformation (Right) call from the National Institute for Health Research is always well subscribed. This is likely to continue to be the case for its fifth iteration, which comes at a time of cuts to development research and uncertainty about the future.