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OppsLink is a platform that connects academic experts, PhD students, (early career) researchers and alumni with funded consulting opportunities. These range from UK and local government to the European Commission and international organisations. It offers a searchable database of current tenders that are open for applications.

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Innovation Marketplace (FWC)
Government Commercial Agency
Description The Commercial Innovation Hub (CIH) is a cross-government centre of excellence that is pioneering new approaches to service design and procurement, established to drive procurement of innovation across government and the wider public sector. The CIH was created in the context of the Procurement Act 2023 coming into force and is framed as a joint DSIT-GCA initiative announced as part of the National Procurement Policy Statement. The CIH will tackle a persistent set of barriers that limit procurement-led innovation Traditional procurement approaches are not suited for acquiring novel technologies and not always accessible for SMEs and Start Ups" and there is a perceived risk culture that limits "psychological safety to 'fail fast'". The CIH rationale highlights the need to improve awareness and practical use of "commercial innovation opportunities" through briefs, tools and templates, and to help departments pilot innovations and contract with new supply chains. This...
Government, Regulation and Public Administration Technology and Innovation
Systems and Behaviour Framework
Zero Waste Scotland Ltd
Zero Waste Scotland (the ‘Client’) requires the provision of integrated systems analysis and behavioural science expertise to identify leverage points within complex systems and to design, prioritise, test, and scale interventions that address clearly defined target behaviours
Education and Skills Research, Evaluation and Surveys Organisations and Management Consulting
Raising awareness of and building capacity for the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
EU Commission
The Charter strategy underlines the importance of strengthening the application of the Charter through awareness raising and capacity building initiatives. Accordingly, projects under this priority are intended to raise the fundamental rights knowledge of relevant actors. While building on the central role of civil society organisations and human rights defenders, funded projects could involve national, regional and local authorities as partners (co-applicants), with the aim of supporting joint capacity building and awareness raising efforts. The projects funded under this priority should address the capacity building and awareness raising needs on the Charter. In particular, relevant projects should focus on raising awareness and building capacity on at least one of the following topics: the Charter in general and/or the contents of an individual Charter right or several of the fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter; the Charter’s scope of application; the remedies available...
Promoting an enabling civic space
EU Commission
Promoting an enabling civic space (CERV-2026-CHAR-LITI-CIVIC) A thriving civic space requires an enabling legal, administrative and regulatory environment in which civil society organisations (CSOs) are supported and empowered, protected from threats, and able to operate freely. This call therefore aims to reinforce the conditions for such an environment by supporting actions that strengthen both the monitoring of civic space and the protection and resilience of CSOs and human rights defenders working to uphold EU values. Monitoring of civic space Projects should establish or enhance systematic and comprehensive monitoring systems to regularly assess the environment in which CSOs operate at national level. These should build on and align as closely as possible with existing frameworks—such as the indicators developed by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and data from international organisations—as well as national monitoring systems, to ensure comparability and...
Exploring the appeal of 30by30 for Landowners/Managers
Natural England
Please note the budget is for £45,000 exclusive of vat. The project will run until the end of March 2027. The overall aim of this qualitative social science research project is to understand what a diversity of landowner or managers, who have not been directly engaged in the process of designing the 30by30 delivery target, think of the opportunity offered by 30by30 for them, and why. The focus will be on landowners and/or managers of medium and large-sized landholdings, reflecting the fact that encouraging involvement of this group, particularly those that can meet the silver and gold tier thresholds described in the 30by30 Delivery Plan, is a priority. The purpose of the research is to use this understanding to help facilitate uptake of the target among this group.
Research, Evaluation and Surveys Organisations and Management Consulting
Research on Children’s Real-Life Experiences with Relational and Companionship AI in China
UNICEF
The UNICEF China office, working with UNICEF Office of Strategy and Evidence – Innocenti (Italy), will drive research to generate urgently needed evidence in China on how different children engage with generative AI, with a focus on relational and companionship AI, and its impact on children’s development, well-being and learning. This evidence will be used to create actionable recommendations to the government and companies to ensure AI policies and practices actively support children’s well-being. A two-and-a-half-year project will be undertaken involving a mixed methods study that captures children’s real-life experiences with relational and companionship AI in China, delivered in two iterative phases: qualitative consultative workshops with children to establish children’s interactions and perceptions of relational AI systems, followed by a quantitative survey with children to dig deeper into the key findings and enable targeted recommendations. UNICEF China will be the overall...
Education and Skills Media, Communications and Creative
Labour Market and Skills Forecast in ETF Partner Countries
European Training Foundation (ETF)
To develop, test and operationalise a methodology for forecasting labour market and skills demand in ETF Partner Countries. ETF intends to develop, pilot and operationalise a comprehensive and sustainable methodology for long-term labour market and skills forecasting in ETF partner countries at national and sectoral levels. The methodology should be aligned with relevant EU and international approaches and standards while remaining adaptable to the institutional, statistical and labour market realities of ETF partner countries.
Research, Evaluation and Surveys Education and Skills Technology and Innovation
Consultancy for Carrying Out a Partial End Term Program Evaluation for KPEEL Program
Ministry of Education
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION STATE DEPARTMENT FOR BASIC EDUCATION REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION) KENYA PRIMARY EDUCATION EQUITY IN LEARNING (KPEEL) PROGRAM PROJECT NO. P176867 Credit No./Grant No.: [IDA-7067KE/ D991KE] ASSIGNMENT TITLE: CONSULTANCY FOR CARRYING OUT A PARTIAL END TERM PROGRAM EVALUATION FOR THE KENYA PRIMARY EDUCATION EQUITY IN LEARNING (KPEEL) PROGRAM Reference No.: MOE/KPEELP/CQS/01/2026-2027 PROCUREMENT METHOD: CONSULTANTS’ QUALIFICATIONS (CQS) The Government of Kenya has received financing from the World Bank towards the cost of the Kenya Primary Education in Learning (KPEEL) Program and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services. The Program has three result areas; (i) Equalize learning opportunities: - Improve learning outcomes in target counties (ii) Improve participation of girls in schooling, and (iii) Strengthen Capacity for implementing initiated...
Research, Evaluation and Surveys Organisations and Management Consulting Government, Regulation and Public Administration
Methodological Framework for estimating and reporting Greenhouse Gas Emissions avoided or removed by EU-Funded interventions under the 2028-2034 MFF
European Commission, DG BUDG - Budget
The project aims to support the European Commission in developing a coherent methodological framework to estimate and report annual greenhouse gas emissions avoided or removed as a result of EU-funded interventions based on Annex I of the proposed Performance Regulation for the 2028–2034 Multiannual Financial Framework. The work involves reviewing and updating existing methodologies, developing new calculation methodologies for relevant output indicators, assessing additional intervention fields where such methodologies could be applied, and preparing technical factsheets that document formulas, assumptions, data sources and scientific justification.
EU Institutions and Programmes Organisations and Management Consulting Environment and Energy
Pipeline - Development Advisory Framework (DAF)
FCDO
Publication date: 28 sept The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) intends to procure a Development Advisory Framework (DAF) to succeed the existing Evaluation and Advisory Consultancy and Delivery Services 2 (EACDS2) Framework. The DAF is expected to provide access to a range of suitably qualified advisory, analytical and professional services to support the design and development of FCDO’s international development portfolio, including but not limited to, scoping studies, business case development and input into new and innovative thinking across the range of FCDO priorities. The framework is expected to be accessible across FCDO and potentially other UK Government departments using ODA and Non-ODA funds.
Development and International Programmes