About Research4Development (R4D)

Information about all centrally funded research is available on DFID’s research portal Research4Development (R4D) R4D contains information about:

• the topics we fund
• the countries where we have research programmes
• what the major findings are from them (including access to policy briefs and media outputs) and
• who is working with us from which country

R4D provides access to:

• Latest news and activities
• Associated success stories and case studies
• Projects and Programme information across all the sectors
• Publications
• Thematic, cross cutting summaries
• Research Topics giving more information about specific subjects and research and provide links to research websites
• Guidance on searching the internet more widely for information on DFID research 

R4D offers you a number of simple ways to stay on top of new research in your field: You can sign up for a monthly e-newsletter for a general picture of what is new on the site. Alternatively, you can choose a themed or country-specific e-alerts, which sends you an email each time there is a new addition on the topic of your choice.

If you prefer RSS feeds, R4D has not only a 'Latest from R4D' feed but also themed feeds on the most popular topics and countries. In addition you can create your own project or document feed, tailored to the key words, countries, or DFID programmes that you are most interested in.

About The Projects and Programme Database

R4D includes a searchable database containing records of around 6000 projects from around the mid 1990s onwards. It provides project information including data on the organisations and countries involved. Where possible the research outputs are included, collected from across all the research sectors The database is searchable by free text keywords or on internationally recognised subject categories

R4D can be found at www.research4development.info

Last Updated 4 June 2008