Are you tired of the current funding struggles? So are we. With traditional aid shrinking and rigid models failing to reach those who need it most, it’s time to shift the paradigm. Join us at the RRiA Unconference 2025 for a high-energy designathon where researchers, funders, and changemakers will co-create bold, bottom-up funding solutions that center trust, equity, and local ownership. Using creative tools like rapid ideation, card sorting, and storytelling, participants will collaborate in teams to ideate, debate, co-create, and pitch innovative funding models. Whether you’re an early-career researcher, senior researcher, policy expert, or simply tired of funding injustice, this session is your chance to reimagine the future of research financing. Are you prepared to develop a guide that outlines funding models that are designed by and for communities? Join us!
