Notice for Strengthening Higher Education for Female Empowerment (SHEFE)
Reference ocds-b5fd17-7cb90cf6-ee3e-4f58-af6a-8fb4f1531524 · Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office
Contract modification. Estimated value: £41,000,000.
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Inception Period: The below work will be preceded by an inception period to fully resource the team as well as finalise design of the programme. Grant Management: In Phase 1 of the grant management activity the Supplier will design a closed call competitive grant process to invite and select 4 successful pilots from the SPHEIR programme up to a total of £12.7 million with each grant receiving between (£1-4 million). These have demonstrated 'proof of concept' and strong results in improving access, quality, and relevance to scale and replicate interventions in new states and geographies. SPHEIR pilots will be required to pivot their concepts to adopt a comprehensive gender transformative approach. In Phase 2 The Supplier will run an open call competitive process to invite 8 new, high potential and innovative proposals up to a total of £25.6 million, in priority geographies with a focus on improving access, safeguarding and employment outcomes for women and girls. Interventions may include improving take up of STEM subjects and increasing female representation in academia and underrepresented fields such as the tech industry. The Supplier will also invite proposals that dri…
Official publications
| Medium | Reference | Date |
|---|---|---|
| FTS | 32ed3564-940e-46e3-ba7c-09717ae07eb2-825702 | 12 February 2025 |
| Contracts Finder | 32ed3564-940e-46e3-ba7c-09717ae07eb2-825702 | 12 February 2025 |
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