On behalf of the  Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), the Global Research and Technology Development (GRTD) Research Commissioning Centre, co-led by 3ie and the University of Birmingham, invites applicants to submit their applications for eleven Senior Research Fellowships at the FCDO in the fields of Gender and Equity; Conflict; AI for Development; Food and Agriculture; Economic Development; Systemic Resilience of Combined Human, Social, Economic, Political and Ecological systems; Hybrid and Transnational Threats; Polar Regions; Critical Minerals; Technology, Geopolitics and Information Manipulation; and Global Health.

Application Deadline: 30 August 2026 at 5pm GMT.  Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

For more information on applying and eligibility, please see the following link: Call for Applications | Eleven Senior Research Fellowships at the FCDO – Global Research and Technology Development