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gov.uk/government/publications
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ISPFenquiries@odamanagement.org
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Summary
The International Science Partnerships Fund (ISPF) is designed to enable potential and foster prosperity. It will support UK researchers and innovators to work with international partners on some of the most pressing themes of our time. ISPF will give researchers and innovators access to global talent, large-scale facilities, research ecosystems and markets to swiftly move forward ideas to greater maturity, applicability, and commercialisation. It will stimulate research impact in line with the UK’s ambition to become a global science and tech superpower. This programme is funded by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).
ISPF funding opportunities are published on individual ISPF partner websites (available in the link above) and target regions vary from partner to partner.
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energycatalyst.ukri.org
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energycatalyst@innovateuk.ukri.org
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Summary
Energy Catalyst, led by Innovate UK, is a well-established open call grant funding programme that runs in regular tranches to support innovators to develop new technologies and business models that can improve lives in Africa and Asia. Energy Catalyst accelerates the innovation needed to end energy poverty through both financial and advisory (incubation) support, and by building strategic partnerships and uncovering new insights. Energy Catalyst is funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) through the Transforming Energy Access (TEA) platform, and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).
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devtracker.fcdo.gov.uk/projects/
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Tara.Finn@fcdo.gov.uk
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Summary
Five-year regional programme focused on priority countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) that includes a £50m contribution to the High Impact Partnership for Climate Action (HIPCA) – managed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) with an estimate of at least £25m for clean energy innovation/demonstration. The objective of HIPCA is to unleash investments and solutions that reduce or prevent greenhouse gas emissions, and strengthen resilience, including through clean energy innovations. This programme is funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).
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acumen.org
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https://acumen.org/contact/
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Summary
The Pioneer Energy Investing Initiative: Powering Livelihoods Using Solar (known as PEII+) is a multi-million dollar, 5-year initiative led by Acumen and supported by the Transforming Energy Access (TEA) platform. PEII+ invests early-stage capital in enterprises that provide renewable energy-powered productive use of energy (PUE) solutions. PEII+ also provides post-investment support in the form of impact measurement and technical assistance (TA) grants. Local entrepreneur accelerators also supports locally-led enterprises in India and East Africa, as well as insight and thought leadership, drawing key lessons for deploying new investment vehicles.
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globaldistributorscollective.org
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GDC@practicalaction.org.uk
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Summary
The Global Distributors Collective (GDC) is a collective of over 200 last mile distribution companies, hosted by Practical Action and supported by the Transforming Energy Access (TEA) platform. During its current phase, GDC is testing new approaches to further enable energy access at the last mile through the following actions:
– Identifying and accelerating innovation within the last mile distributor ecosystem
– Embedding best practices within last mile distributors
– Undertaking market intelligence and research
– All underpinned by essential member engagement activities.
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www.gsma.com
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info@gsma.com
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Summary
Project researching and developing innovative mobile-based technologies for developing countries, including in the clean energy sector. This programme is funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).
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chevening.org/partners
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https://www.chevening.org/about/contact-us/
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Summary
The Chevening Transforming Energy Access (TEA) Scholarship aims to support 30 scholars from Sub-Saharan Africa and the Indo-Pacific to pursue energy access-related research in a one-year Masters course at a UK university, with the first scholarships awarded in September 2023. The scholarships include a monthly stipend, travel costs, visa fees, and university fees. Throughout the year there will also be networking opportunities for TEA Scholars. The overarching objective is to build a network of emerging leaders within the energy access sector and embed the scholars within the Transforming Energy Access (TEA) platform.
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climatecompatiblegrowth.com/starter-kits
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ccg@lboro.ac.uk
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Summary
Climate Compatible Growth (CCG), with its partners, are co-creating and providing free ‘starter kits’ for most developing countries to help kickstart the process of developing a set of data for an initial investment model for national decarbonisation strategies. With an initial dataset and model in place, analysis can be quickly updated, adapted, adopted and applied. Analysis can be used to set clear quantified policy targets and underpin loan applications; incorporated into fast policy analysis, and slower burn academic processes. Data sets are also useful for development partners, consultancies, national investment analysts and academics. They can also be used to facilitate engagements between countries and support organisations. CCG’s Starter Data Kits currently cover all countries in mainland Africa, as well as countries across Asia, Oceania, and South America.
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climatecompatiblegrowth.com/openlearn-courses
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ccg@lboro.ac.uk
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Summary
Climate Compatible Growth (CCG), together with a variety of international partners and universities, has created free, open-source courses hosted online by the Open University and in collaboration with the OpTIMUS community. Each module is composed of detailed lecture slides or webpages explaining the theory behind the tools, hands-on exercises for learning how to use the tools, an assessment through quizzes, and a certificate on completion. The Climate Compatible Growth OpenLearn Collection provides all the necessary materials for anyone to learn how to use the various tools and build capacity in partner countries to address the fundamentals of planning for climate compatible growth.
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climatecompatiblegrowth.com/summer-school-and-teaching-materials
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ccg@lboro.ac.uk
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Summary
Climate Compatible Growth (CCG) supports the Energy Modelling Platform for Africa, and the Energy Modelling Platform for Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Joint Summer School on Modelling Tools for Sustainable Development. These free events provide access to skilled trainers, discussion forums and coaching in models and tools for energy planning and analysis. The models and tools are all free and open source, and the courses are available at any time via the OpenLearn platform.
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