Call For Application: Climate Adaptation and Resilience (CLARE) programme:

The FCDO invites short-term, small-scale requests to support the needs of decision-makers to adapt to climate change through the use of existing research and evidence.

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Overview

Climate Adaptation and Resilience (CLARE) programme has launched a Research 4 Impact opportunities fund that responds to short-term, small-scale requests (around £35,000) from decision makers by using existing evidence to meet local adaptation priorities. The funds are not available for conducting new primary research.

Opportunities will be scoped directly with in-country stakeholders and draw on local expertise to support interventions that align with at least one of CLARE themes:

We are accepting submissions on a rolling basis until 31 March 2026.

What the fund will achieve

Past adaptation and resilience research programmes have generated a lot of insightful and useful data, tools, and approaches and there is great potential for this research to be directed towards transformative outcomes.

CLARE R4I will repurpose the existing evidence to fund small-scale interventions. This will enable this research to further support local communities address climate shocks and adapt to the long-term impacts of a changing climate.

Requirements for organizations wishing to apply

The fund is open to Official Development Assistance (ODA)-eligible countries in Africa, Asia-Pacific and Overseas Territories.

The fund is designed to support the needs of government, quasi-government agencies, non-government organisations, and civil society organisations. It must align to at least one of CLARE’s 3 themes and the work must be undertaken in Africa or Asia-Pacific and Overseas Territories.

The resources from the CLARE R4I opportunities fund must make use of existing evidence or research, and are therefore not available for conducting new primary research.

Funded interventions should range from 15,000 to 75,000 Canadian dollars or £8,000 to £42,000 (pounds sterling) and must be designed to be completed within a 12-month timeframe.

We will scope demand through knowledge brokering processes, and map available research. The R4I Hub will then source and procure the services of researchers, technical experts and others, to provide services that address qualifying organisations’ needs.

We will draw service providers from a diverse roster of experts established by the R4I Hub for this purpose. The selection of service providers will promote local expertise and/or build capacity among local experts, in partnership with international experts.

How to apply

Use the guidance in the text-boxes of the CLARER4I Opportunities Fund pre-submission form.
Email your completed pre-submission form to Grace O’Donovan ([email protected]) and Kate Cronin ([email protected]) for review.
Note that all opportunities are subject to final review and approval by the CLARE management team. For an overview of the CLARE R4I opportunities fund, visit the CLARE programme website