The current phase has now closed.

Who can apply and what’s available

You can apply if you are a current doctoral student registered at the University of Bath. Your doctoral research must be relevant to international development, broadly defined as an evolving set of human aspirations, a complex historical process, and a field of policy and practice.

This funding is for doctoral fieldwork or conference costs up to £2,000. This can include: - costs of travel, including visas, insurance and vaccinations - in-country research approval - software packages and apps - payment for specialized services, including training, interpreting, translation and transcriptions - costs of presenting and discussing your work at relevant conferences and workshops

Selection criteria and grant conditions

• you can apply once per academic year
• your lead supervisor must write an e-mail or letter of support for your application
• you should specify clear goals and explain how the funded activities will help achieve them
• we particularly encourage applications that aim to strengthen established partnerships with research partners in low and middle income countries or representatives of particularly disadvantaged groups
• you must spend your grant within fifteen months of the award date
• we will only make payment where University procurement processes have been followed
• you must confirm in writing that full funding for the specified activity is not available elsewhere
• if you plan to use joint funding, you should confirm its availability in your application and make clear what BRID funds will be used for
• if you receive funding, you must agree to formally report on how well you achieved the goals you set in your application (e.g. compiling a final report)
• you should show a willingness to share learning from the specified activities, for example through the CDS working papers or blog