Dear HIFA colleagues,
HIFA has just learned of a call for proposals from the British Academy on Evidence-informed policymaking. The call is open to 'early-career to senior researchers to work with peers around the world to inform policymaking through quality evidence and research'. HIFA is not eligible to lead but we have considerable experience in supporting research projects by providing a platform for in-depth thematic discussions, including a current international research project on the role of civil society in evidence-informed policymaking. www.hifa.org/projects
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Deadline: Feb 19, 2025
Donor: The British Academy
Grant Type: Grant
Grant Size: $100,000 to $500,000
For more information, visit https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/evidence-informed-policymaki...
The above link notes:
'Evidence-based policymaking is an ideal outcome for any policymaking efforts, however, policy is more usually informed by research and evidence if at all. This is often not at the right moments in the policymaking cycle and only when those involved in the generation of evidence and the formulation and delivery of policy act to ensure this is the case. The idea behind informing policymaking through quality evidence and research from the beginning of the policymaking cycle, what scholars call ‘framing’ or ‘ideation’, through to policy design and implementation and learning, is that it can enhance decisionmakers’ understanding of issues, helping to positively inform policy formation and creation, and service delivery, as well as supporting strategic planning and policy and programme improvements.
'There is considerable interest in evidence-informed policymaking with much research aiming directly or indirectly to inform policy. This is supported by a broad field of evidence on how to foster the use of research evidence in specific conditions. There is, however, further work required on the effectiveness of interventions to develop, embed and sustain evidence-based policymaking. This call is therefore aiming to respond to questions, such as the following:
'- What is needed to build structural, political and social conditions that value and support effective evidence use in policymaking?
- How do contextual factors and the political economy of evidence shape the substance of policies and the parameters regarding who is included or excluded, and who benefits more or less?
- How are policy outcomes (positively or negatively) affected when research evidence is used?'
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These research questions would build on previous work by HIFA and would be great questions to address through international, multistakeholder discussion using the HIFA platform. For an introduction to this approach, including testmonials from current research projects, see: www.hifa.org/projects
Contact: neil@hifa.org
Best wishes, Neil
HIFA profile: Neil Pakenham-Walsh is coordinator of HIFA (Healthcare Information For All), a global health community that brings all stakeholders together around the shared goal of universal access to reliable healthcare information. HIFA has 20,000 members in 180 countries, interacting in four languages and representing all parts of the global evidence ecosystem. HIFA is administered by Global Healthcare Information Network, a UK-based nonprofit in official relations with the World Health Organization. Email: neil@hifa.org
