Call for Proposals for Systematic Reviews in International Development

The UK Department for International Development (DFID) is piloting a systematic review project that aims to strengthen evidence-informed decision making.

DFID has developed a set of 50 systematic review questions based on policy and practice priorities and is now calling for proposals from interested reviewers to conduct a systematic review, focusing on 5 thematic areas:

Agriculture and Food
Climate and the Environment
Governance in Challenging Environments
Growth
Human Development

If the pilot is successful, DFID will be supporting the creation of an independent and international collaboration to oversee the creation and dissemination of systematic reviews that will focus on creating public good outputs to the highest academic standard.

Systematic reviewing is a well-established methodology that aims to bring the rigour of primary studies to secondary studies and surveys. In brief, they systematically map the evidence base, critically appraise the evidence and produce a synthesis of the best available evidence.

Funding for review teams will vary depending on the topic but will normally be in the range of £5,000-£50,000.

Applications due by Tuesday 6th of April 2010.