Policy Analysis & Development

In partnership with the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), 4Sciences supported the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) in a national review of research costing and pricing practices. The project aimed to strengthen financial sustainability in Malaysia’s...

4Sciences worked as part of an international team, led by Research Consulting, commissioned by Wellcome to examine how pathogen genomic surveillance during the Covid-19 crisis was affected by local research environments. Focussing on Wellcome-funded genome sequencing...

In 2022, 4Sciences was commissioned by the British Academy to support the development of a UK-based alternative to the EU’s Horizon Europe programme – later named Pioneer. The project focused on designing funding schemes that enable...

Commissioned by Wellcome, 4Sciences conducted a global review of overhead practices among research funders and their implications for research-performing organisations (RPOs). The study aimed to inform Wellcome’s evolving international funding strategy by examining how overheads are...

4Sciences conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the University of Leicester’s Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) Strategy, covering the 2018–2021 period. The review was commissioned to inform the University’s future development research strategy and support formal reporting...

4Sciences worked as part of a consortium led by Research Consulting to explore the relationship(s) between international trust and collaboration in higher education and science. The study focused on DAC-listed countries and aimed to explore: The...