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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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Thematic Evaluation - Community Connection
The National Lottery Community Fund
Our Evidence and Impact Strategy sets out an ambition to increase the proportion of our funding supported by independent impact evaluations. A key way for achieving this is through commissioning and publishing cross-Fund impact evaluations on themes linked to our missions (e.g. environmental sustainability or community connection). To support this ambition, the Impact & Evaluation (I&E) Team is undertaking a project designed to: a. develop an approach for carrying out cross-Fund thematic evaluations b. test this approach through a pilot thematic evaluation c. make recommendations for embedding thematic evaluation into future practice. While the Fund regularly commissions evaluations for specific programmes, undertaking an evaluation focused on a theme cutting across multiple portfolios is new. This pilot evaluation will therefore generate both impact evidence on a theme, and methodological learning from the process to support in decisions about rolling this approach out more widely.
Research, Evaluation and Surveys Organisations and Management Consulting Environment and Energy
The Needs and Experiences of Troubles/conflict bereaved families
The Executive Office
The Commission for Victims and Survivors for Northern Ireland (CVSNI) are seeking to appoint an appropriately qualified and experienced research team to conduct a research project that will deliver two interconnected research reports on The Needs and Experiences of Troubles/conflict bereaved families living in Northern Ireland and the Border Region of Ireland. Suppliers should refer to the Specification Schedule for full detail on the requirements of this contract.
RFP - UK_1420 Internationalisation Learning Cohorts (RFP1034642)
British Council
The British Council is procuring a supplier to design, update, and deliver the Internationalisation Learning Cohorts (ILC) programme, part of the Going Global Partnerships (GGP) initiative. The GGP programme supports the development of more equitable, inclusive, and internationally connected higher education, science, and TVET systems through international collaboration, partnerships, and knowledge sharing. The ILC programme brings together government officials, regulators, sector bodies, and higher education leaders to participate in structured learning cohorts focused on key themes in higher education internationalisation and transnational education (TNE). The programme aims to build capacity, share global best practice, and strengthen international partnerships. Each learning cohort consists of approximately 12–16 participants and is delivered through a series of four interactive online sessions (typically two hours each), facilitated by subject matter experts. Sessions include...
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...
Policy Support Framework Contract 2026-2030
DG ECHO
The objective of the Framework Contract is to provide support and assistance to DG ECHO policy development and analysis, through the deployment of short-term expertise.
Development and International Programmes
Fellowships Evaluation Services
UKRI
UKRI-MRC, are seeking a supplier to carry out an external evaluation to provide an independent and expert assessment of the RoI/SRoI of investment Fellowships. The evaluation findings will be used by MRC to demonstrate to the public the value Fellowships bring to our economy and society; inform the strategic programme offer and future investments ...
Reforms for Growth in Pakistan (RFG)
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) is developing a business case for a seven-year economic governance programme in Pakistan, titled Reforms for Growth in Pakistan (RFG). RFG aims to build on the significant progress on economic reforms achieved over the past three years through predecessor programmes, capitalising on proven ways of working for this long-term agenda. RFG will use agile technical assistance, policy-driven research and economic diplomacy to support reforms to foundational federal and provincial fiscal policies, as well as policies that improve the business environment. It will focus on building institutions, to ensure sustainability after the end of the programme. This is ODA programme designed to provide agile, flexible and adaptive technical assistance and research support to the federal government, with support to the provincial governments of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Sindh. The programme will primarily be funded through Resource-DEL...
Government, Regulation and Public Administration Development and International Programmes Environment and Energy
Request for Information (RFI) relating to Education, Research, Technology, Innovation Open Framework
JISC
This is an information gathering exercise. The purpose of this Request for Information is to gain market insight into current consultancy market capability and capacity to test the market appetite, shape the new open framework design and ensure that it is accessible and attractive to a diverse and sustainable supplier base. Jisc is interested in engaging with a broad range of suppliers (experts) who can contribute to these areas of delivery. This includes, but is not limited to: Large multidisciplinary consulting firms Specialist SMEs Niche consultancy providers Digital, transformation and strategy consultancies Organisational development and change specialists Commercial, financial and advisory consultancies Jisc welcomes responses from suppliers with varied expertise, delivery models and organisational structures, recognising that diversity of capability and perspective is key to supporting the evolving needs of the UK tertiary education and research sector. However please be...
Education and Skills
Evaluation of the African Guarantee Fund and Denmark’s contribution
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
The African Guarantee Fund - for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Ltd (AGF) is a non-bank financial institution established to enhance access to finance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Africa. Its activities include the provision of guarantees to financial institutions and capacity development support to both lenders and SMEs. AGF was one of five concrete initiatives recommended by the Commission on Effective Development Cooperation with Africa in 2010, and has now been in operation for almost 15 years. Denmark was a founding shareholder and has supported the AGF through a combination of shareholder capital, grant financing, and representation on the board. A 2016 evaluation of the results of the Africa Commission included an early assessment of AGF, which found the AGF to be relevant, innovative, and on a promising path, with rapid portfolio growth, strong interest from partner banks, and early indications that participating banks had increased the SME...
Organisations and Management Consulting EU Institutions and Programmes Development and International Programmes