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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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Request for Tender for the provision of a rapid evidence review in relation to confidence in maths among children and young people in Ireland with a particular focus on girls and young women
Department of Education and Youth
The Department is seeking research services from a suitably qualified contractor(s) to conduct a rapid evidence review in relation to confidence in mathematics among children and young people in Ireland, with a particular focus on girls and young women. For the purposes of this review, the terms children and young people and girls and young women refer to learners from the early learning and care (ELC) sector through primary and post-primary education. The review should therefore consider evidence relating to confidence in mathematics and numeracy, including learners' self-belief, mathematical self-efficacy, attitudes towards mathematics, and willingness to engage with mathematical learning across the continuum of educational provision, including key developmental and educational transition points.
Education and Skills
GB-London: Three Rivers Local Evaluation Partner
Peabody Trust
Peabody Trust (the Client) invites tenders from suitably qualified and experienced suppliers in relation to entering into an agreement (the Contract) to provide External Evaluation services for the Three Rivers Creative People and Places Programme (Hello Earth), and evaluation of 4 x Peabody cultural pilot projects (the Requirements).
Research, Evaluation and Surveys Organisations and Management Consulting
EOI: Research Services for Interviews with Senior Decision-Makers in the Manufacturing Sector on Firms’ Adoption of AI in Rural and Urban Areas.
European Commission, DG JRC - Joint Research Centre
The general objective of this procurement is to provide high-quality survey fieldwork services enabling the JRC to collect behavioural evidence on how alternative regulatory approaches affect AI adoption decisions among firms in the European Union, with specific attention to rural-urban heterogeneity. The specific objectives are: 1. to programme and implement a survey questionnaire developed by the JRC, including embedded randomised experimental treatments; 2. to recruit and survey a representative sample of senior decision-makers in firms across at least three EU Member States; 3. to ensure sufficient representation of rural firms to permit rigorous subgroup analysis; 4. to deliver clean, anonymised, well-documented datasets suitable for advanced statistical analysis by the JRC; 5. to implement all fieldwork in accordance with EU data protection legislation and professional standards for survey research.
Technology and Innovation Trade, Export and Investment Support
What works in AI Adoption within DCMS Sectors
Department for Culture, Media & Sport
Full information is provided within the specification. DCMS are seeking to commission "what works" research into the impact and effectiveness of AI adoption interventions within DCMS sectors. We are interested in two broad sets of questions. The first is analysis of how businesses within DCMS sectors that are in the process of adopting AI achieve this, the challenges they face and the opportunities and benefits realised. We anticipate this will be explored through an ethnographic study that observes how individuals and teams actually use AI tools in their jobs. The second set of questions is what policy interventions work best to support businesses that wish to adopt AI, which we anticipate will be answered by testing hypothetical interventions through randomised control trials (RCTs). Bidders will be able to propose alternative methodologies if they think they suit these questions better; the core need for this project is to produce direct, robust evidence of what works, as...
Research, Evaluation and Surveys
Liverpool City Region Active Travel Maps
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) is looking to create a new active travel map (walking, wheeling and cycling), primarily concentrating on cycle routes and facilities across the city region. The supplier will work with the LCRCA and the six constituent authorities (Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral) to develop a map that is both clear and easy to use. The result of the contract will be six maps (1 for each local authority area) of active travel facilities such as segregated cycle lanes, off road cycle networks and on road quiet routes. The mapping data that is created by the successful supplier will be owned solely by the LCRCA. This is so that when new routes and facilities are built, the maps can be easily updated by the internal personnel using a standard specification. The maps will need to include key destinations, safety information, key landmarks, bike shops, repair stations, and links to public transport hubs. These will be...
Urban Planning, Infrastructure and Transport Organisations and Management Consulting Technology and Innovation
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
Oxfordshire Growth Hub Business Support
OXFORDSHIRE LOCAL ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
Enterprise Oxfordshire requires a supplier to build on our Growth Hub business support offer to Oxfordshire SMEs. The supplier will be required to set up, implement, manage and deliver an outstanding Growth Hub offer for Oxfordshire. This will include: • Triaging businesses to ensure they access the most suitable support for them. • Designing business support options for any sector, stage and type of business. • Delivering business support activities which are innovative, tailored to SME business needs in Oxfordshire and impactful - driving benefits for businesses and the wider economy. • Working with internal teams to attract new clients to the support as well as promoting the support offered. • Generating new clients for the Growth Hub. • Providing programme management support including back-office administration and reporting. • Evaluating delivery and providing case studies and impact reports.
Supporting mental health in a small company - guidance and workplace cases
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)
The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) is planning to launch a call for tender for the provision of a practical guidance and workplace cases on supporting mental health in small companies. The overall objectives of the contract to be awarded are: To provide practical guidance and workplace cases on how employers of small companies can support workers experiencing work and non-work-related mental health issues. The guidance will be suitable for those who see themselves as non-experts on mental health, explaining how their role and responsibility in terms of workers health can be successfully fulfilled within the limited resources. The workplace cases will present the implemented actions in small companies across different sectors and regulatory contexts. They will be based on the field research capturing the actual experiences of the employers and workers. The outcomes will be promoted during the Healthy Workplaces Campaign ‘Together for Mental Health at Work’...
Research, Evaluation and Surveys Psychology, Mental Health and Behaviour Change Health
Developing Human-Wildlife Conflict and Coexistence Guidelines for the UK
Natural England
To develop and carry out research that examines the suitability and applicability of IUCN guidance for managing human-wildlife conflict and promoting coexistence in the UK, informed by the experiences, perspectives and needs of key stakeholders.
Research, Evaluation and Surveys Organisations and Management Consulting