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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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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
AI readiness in the EU enlargement region: mapping actors, frameworks and dynamics
European Commission, DG JRC - Joint Research Centre
The overall objective of the study is to assess the preparedness of EU enlargement countries for the development and governance of Artificial Intelligence in relation to EU strategic priorities. Specific objectives include: - Assess the readiness of enlargement countries to address opportunities and challenges related to AI development and adoption. - Analyse the specificities of the AI industry ecosystem, including companies, universities, and research institutes. - Review relevant national policies and strategic initiatives related to AI and digital technologies. - Evaluate regulatory preparedness, including the degree of alignment with EU regulatory frameworks. - Identify key sectors and fields of application of AI. - Provide targeted recommendations for supporting AI ecosystem development and regulatory convergence with the EU. The contractor will pursue these objectives throughout the entire duration of the contract, ensuring a consistent, systematic, and evidence-based...
Research, Evaluation and Surveys Government, Regulation and Public Administration EU Institutions and Programmes
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.
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
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
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
Research relating to the impacts of the minimum wage, 2-year projects (open call)
Low Pay Commission
The Low Pay Commission (LPC) invites tenders for new or innovative research in relation to the National Living Wage (NLW) and the National Minimum Wage (NMW). This invitation to tender is aimed at larger pieces of research which will add substantial, new insight on the impacts or workings of the minimum wage. We will commission up to three projects under this call. Projects will deliver final results in Autumn 2028. We have also published a call for smaller-scale projects (LPC 2026/01), which would final deliver results by September 2027. The deadline for bids under 2026/01 is 1 September 2026. Please carefully consider which is most suitable for your project. The Low Pay Commission is a non-departmental public body that advises the government about the National Minimum Wage (NMW), including the National Living Wage (NLW) and the minimum wage rates for young workers and apprentices. We are responsible for evaluating the effects of the NMW and NLW and making recommendations on future...
Research, Evaluation and Surveys
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
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