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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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Review of the Business Finance Landscape in Wales
Development Bank of Wales
The Development Bank of Wales is seeking to appoint an appropriately qualified economic consultancy or research provider to undertake an independent review of the business finance landscape in Wales. The Development Bank of Wales will act as the contracting authority and will enter into the contract with the successful supplier. Economic Intelligence Wales, the independent research arm of the Development Bank of Wales, is the project sponsor and commissioning body for the requirement. Economic Intelligence Wales will be responsible for shaping the research scope, providing subject matter input and supporting the delivery of the contract. The review will assess how effectively current public, private and alternative finance provision meets the present and anticipated future needs of businesses in Wales. It will identify key gaps, frictions, affordability constraints, market failures, risks and opportunities within the Welsh business finance market. The work is expected to provide the...
Research, Evaluation and Surveys Organisations and Management Consulting Government, Regulation and Public Administration
Consultancy services to Develop a National Interoperability Framework for Health Information Exchange in Two Member States
Africa Union Commission
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES– INDIVIDUAL SELECTION) COUNTRY: Ethiopia NAME OF PROJECT: Africa Centres for Disease Control Support Program to Combat Current and Future Public Health Threats Project (P178633) Grant No.: IDA-E1110 ASSIGNMENT TITLE: HIRING OF INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANTS TO DEVELOP A NATIONAL INTEROPERABILITY FRAMEWORK FOR HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE IN TWO MEMBER STATES ( Tunisia and Seychelles) REFERENCE NO.: ET-AUC-568094-CS-INDV ISSUE DATE: 3 SEPTEMBER 2026 The African Union has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Africa Centres for Disease Control Support Program to Combat Current and Future Public Health Threats Project. The Project Development Objective is to enhance the capacity of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to support AU Member States in preventing, detecting, and responding to current and...
Organisations and Management Consulting Technology and Innovation Health
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...
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
ESPON ARISE - Adaptive Resilience and Inclusive Strategies for Europe’s Structurally Declining Territories
ESPON EGTC
The project will develop a coherent framework for understanding how territorial cohesion and resilience operate under conditions of persistent low growth, demographic contraction and structural decline. Based on European-wide territorial mapping, it will elaborate typologies of territories facing persistent low growth and demographic contraction, and produce territorial maps of vulnerability, adaptive capacity and resilience. Through comparative qualitative case studies across different territorial contexts, it will document adaptive territorial practices and governance innovations. Finally, the project will offer practical policy guidance suggesting how cohesion policy, territorial governance and resilience planning frameworks may need to evolve in response to persistent low growth and structural territorial contraction.
Urban Planning, Infrastructure and Transport Housing and Built Environment
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
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
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