GCRF: Recent project awards

The following newly recorded projects were funded by UKRI's Global Challenges Research Fund programme.
This information was downloaded on 1 April 2021 by the DevPubMetric system using data published in the UKRI Gateway to Research database over the preceeding month.

The total value of the 19 awards reported below is £19,265,223.


FunderReferenceProject TitleLead OrganisationAward ValueStart DateEnd Date
AHRCAH/R005443/2: Utilising Marine Cultural Heritage in East Africa to help develop sustainable social, economic and cultural benefitsUniversity of Edinburgh£860,538Sep 2020Sep 2021
EPSRCEP/T025026/2Meeting policy challenges for a responsible biodiversity based bio-economy in ColombiaUniversity of East Anglia£127,901Aug 2020May 2021
MRCMR/V004174/1Systems Actions to Malnutrition in All Its Forms in Chinese and South-East Asian Cities - Developing Double-Duty, Population-Level InterventionsUniversity of Bristol£145,697Mar 2021Aug 2022
MRCMR/T005076/1Adding Male Single Dose HPV Vaccination to Female HPV Vaccination in Tanzania (Add-Vacc)London Sch of Hygiene and Trop Medicine£4,725,265Dec 2020Nov 2025
MRCMR/T003960/1Enhancing brain development by early iron supplementation of African infants: An enabling pilot studyLondon Sch of Hygiene and Trop Medicine£200,968Feb 2021Jul 2022
MRCMR/T030011/1Effect of urban vs rural context on effectiveness of a community intervention to prevent diarrhoea and stunting in young children in MaliUniversity of Birmingham£2,029,883Jan 2021Dec 2023
MRCMR/T038594/1Assessment of Point of CaRe creatinine testing In pregnancy: a feasibilty Cohort sTudy in Sierra Leone (APRICOT-SL)King's College London£99,517Jan 2021Dec 2021
MRCMR/T039450/1Reducing infection risks in maternity and neonatal wards through improved environmental hygiene: an exploratory study in The Gambia.London Sch of Hygiene and Trop Medicine£99,836Jan 2021Dec 2021
MRCMR/T039337/1The impact of microbial and inflammatory exposures on birth outcomes in rural ZimbabweQueen Mary, University of London£1,076,224Jan 2021Dec 2023
MRCMR/T029676/1Engaging communities to address antimicrobial resistance: Identifying contextualised and sustainable community-led solutions in low resource settingsUniversity of Leeds£2,020,467Jan 2021Dec 2023
MRCMR/T038837/1An implementation trial of continuous quality improvement for antenatal syphilis and HIV detection and treatment in Indonesia: The MENJAGA studyLondon Sch of Hygiene and Trop Medicine£866,115Jan 2021Dec 2023
MRCMR/T039353/1Using lactate testing to improve maternal sepsis identification: a multi-country test accuracy study and feasibility assessmentUniversity of Liverpool£808,199Jan 2021Sep 2023
MRCMR/T038861/1Calcium supplementation to prevent pre-eclampsia in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: IPD meta-analysis, network meta-analysis and economic evaluationUniversity of Birmingham£404,049Jan 2021Sep 2022
MRCMR/T038683/1Non-invasive biomarkers of stress in mothers, fathers and infants in urban and rural Malawi: a feasibility studyUniversity of Edinburgh£96,766Jan 2021Dec 2021
MRCMR/V036939/1'REBRACOVID' - multicentre cohort study of the natural history and immunology of COVID-19 in BrazilImperial College London£957,906Dec 2020May 2022
MRCMR/T038985/1Development, Field-Testing and Piloting of a refractory postpartum haemorrhage management package: the PPH ReAct (PPH Refractory Action) studyUniversity of Birmingham£759,004Jan 2021Dec 2022
MRCMR/T02996X/1Responding to the challenge of MERS-CoV: Development and testing of interventions to reduce risk among Bedouin populations in Southern JordanRoyal Veterinary College£1,964,234Jan 2021Dec 2023
MRCMR/V000578/1Long-term health after Severe Acute Malnutrition in children and adults: the role of the Pancreas - SAMPALondon Sch of Hygiene and Trop Medicine£1,921,845Jan 2021Jan 2024
MRCMR/T039132/1Sub-Saharan African Network for Congenital Anomalies: Surveillance, Prevention and CareMU-JHU Care Ltd£100,809Jan 2021Dec 2021