DFID, the UK Department for International Development, launched its new five year research strategy this week. It outlines how DFID will double its investment in research to £220 million a year by 2010 and put research at the heart of its efforts to tackle global poverty.
Over the coming months, DFID will publish a business plan which will include information on the timetable for calls for proposals and what procedures should be followed.

Full details will be available on the DFID website, http://www.dfid.gov.uk/, and DFID’s research portal,
http://www.research4development.info/FeatureResearchStrategy.asp