Review funding alert update, round II : The Campbell Collaboration

The UK Department for International Development (DFID) will commission 20 systematic reviews. The call is part of a pilot systematic review project that aims to strengthen evidence-informed decision making.

PLEASE NOTE! The call, originally to be launched in August, has been postponed. DFID aim to coordinate their call with calls from 3ie and AusAID, due in September. Exact dates to be confirmed. Please check for updates at www.research4development.info.

A set of systematic reviews were commissioned during Round I in April 2010. The present alert is to disseminate awareness of the upcoming call for Round II of the systematic review competition.

The 20 systematic reviews that are being commissioned will focus on 5 thematic areas:

Agriculture and Food
Climate and the Environment
Governance and Social Development
Growth
Human Development

DFID will be commissioning reviewers and review teams and expects the review process to involve 1 or 2 lead researcher and 2 research assistants.

The systematic reviews should be suitable for publication in a peer review journal and will also provide a timely and rigorous assessment of the evidence base for key DFID policy questions.

More details about the programme at: www.research4development.info/SystematicReviewFeature.asp

You can also read more in the DFID attachment below.