What we do
UKCDS is a collaboration of UK medical, agriculture, environmental, engineering and social sciences organisations working together to maximise the impact of UK research on international development.
UKCDS as a whole doesn't provide funding for development research—our members do this.
Through UKCDS, members work together to identify future research needs, improve coordination and communication and share good practice. The secretariat helps facilitate this interaction.
Given the multi-disciplinary nature of development sciences, our remit is broad and varied, covering all sciences and involving stakeholders in government, research organisations, higher education institutions and NGOs.
Current focus areas are:
We also contribute to EU framework programme strategies and act as the UK National Contact Point for International Cooperation in FP7.