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Research support · Uganda & East Africa

Research support from idea to evidence.

Methods Bench helps students, researchers, and organizations design stronger studies, analyze data, publish findings, and turn evidence into useful outputs.

Who we support

Choose the support that fits your work.

From a stuck proposal to a national evaluation: Methods Bench works across the research and evidence lifecycle.

Students

  • Proposal review
  • Data analysis support
  • Viva preparation
  • Manuscript coaching

Researchers

  • Study design consultation
  • Quantitative & qualitative analysis
  • Publication support
  • Reviewer response guidance

Organizations

  • Evidence briefs
  • Learning products
  • Evaluations
  • Research training
What we help you produce

Outcomes, not just deliverables.

Approved Proposals

Research design review, methods support, ethics preparation.

Defensible Analysis

Quantitative and qualitative analysis, interpretation, tables and figures.

Publishable Manuscripts

Manuscript review, journal strategy, reviewer response support.

Decision-Ready Evidence Products

Evidence briefs, donor summaries, learning products, presentations.

Latest opportunities

Scholarships, fellowships, grants & jobs.

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Grant
Advanced

ANeSA SRHR Implementation Research Grants

SRHR

Implementation research grants of up to CAD 1.2 million over 36 months for SRHR work led from Africa.

Deadline: 23 Aug 2026
Sub-Saharan Africa
Up to CAD 1.2 million
African-led consortia doing SRHR implementation research
Institutional affiliation required
Uganda eligibleEast Africa eligible
Documents needed
Full proposalConsortium agreementBudget
Last verified: 6 Aug 2026
competition
Intermediate

Falling Walls Lab Kampala 2026

Falling Walls Foundation and Makerere University partners

Pitch a research or innovation breakthrough in three minutes at Makerere University for the Kampala Falling Walls Lab.

Deadline: 25 Aug 2026
Uganda
Uganda eligible
Documents needed
Last verified: 16 Aug 2026
Grant
Advanced

Wellcome Accelerator Awards

Health research

A Wellcome research award. Separate from the Wellcome Discovery Awards.

Deadline: 25 Aug 2026
Global
Value to be confirmed on the official page
Research teams accelerating promising health research
Institutional affiliation required
East Africa eligible
Documents needed
Last verified: 6 Aug 2026
Inside Real Research

Practical lessons from real studies.

Method choices, fieldwork realities, and the kinds of evidence products we help organizations produce.

Method spotlight · Qualitative · Participatory

Photovoice Study Design

How we used photovoice to understand family planning experiences in Eastern Uganda: design choices, ethics navigation, and what photos surfaced that interviews didn't.

  • Why we chose photovoice over interviews
  • Ethics negotiations around photos of people
  • What photos surfaced that words did not
For organizations · Impact Brief

An example of what we produce.

A two-page evidence brief that turns routine monitoring data into something donors and boards read. This is a worked sample built on a community maternal and newborn care programme scenario, not client work.

For organizations

Turn your evidence into products people can use.

Organizations often collect valuable evidence through reports, monitoring systems, evaluations, and implementation experience. Methods Bench helps transform that evidence into clear, usable products that support learning, decision-making, reporting, and fundraising.

NGOs: turn an existing report into a donor-ready 2-page brief in 10 days.

Outputs we produce
  • Evidence briefs
  • Learning briefs
  • Donor summaries
  • Program insight reports
  • Presentation decks
  • Infographics
  • Case studies
  • Grant evidence packages
What we bring

Research and evidence experience that travels.

Methods Bench is built on hands-on work across study design, fieldwork, analysis, and publication: in Uganda and the wider East African region.

Public health researchMixed methods researchImplementation scienceQuantitative analysisQualitative analysisManuscript publicationSRH & health systems research

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