Evidence-informed Policymaking grants 2025 awards

Fiona Adamson

Co-Investigator: Jean S. Encinas-Franco (University of Philippines Diliman)

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'Migration Think Tanks in the Global South: The Global Politics of Knowledge Production and Its Impact on Evidence-Informed Policy Making in the Asia-Middle East Migration Corridor'

SOAS University of London

£149,773.28


Kemi Adeyeye

Co-Investigators: Robert Grover (University of Bath), Marion Harney (University of Bath), Yahya Qtaishat (Hashemite University), Siba Awawdeh (Hashemite University)

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''Ways of knowing' and 'Ways of doing' – co-creating policy actions for climate resilience in heritage contexts.'

University of Bath

£149,951.92


Jeremy Allouche

Co-Investigators: Carl Middleton (Chulalongkorn University), Kanokwan Manorom (Ubon Ratchathani University), Kesone Kanhalikham (National University of Laos), Sypha Chanthavong (National University of Laos)

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'Anticipatory evidence and large dam impact assessment in transboundary policy settings: Political ecologies of the future in the Mekong Basin'

Institute of Development Studies

£149,968.00


Mario Aquino Alves (Fundação Getulio Vargas)

Co-Investigators: Marcus Vinícius Gomes (Cardiff University), Catarina Ianni Segatto (University of São Paulo), Fernanda Lima e Silva (University of São Paulo)

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'Lessons from Extreme Climate Events: Mechanisms and Incentives for Evidence-Based Environmental Policymaking at the Subnational Level'

Fundação Getulio Vargas

£148,396.00


Mukdarut Bangpan (University College London)

Co-Investigators: Penvara Xupravati (Chulalongkorn University), Nantarat Charoenkul (Chulalongkorn University), Ponglikit Petpon (Chulalongkorn University), Prakorn Akkakanjanasupar (Chulalongkorn University), Janice Tripney (University College London)

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'Navigating complexity: potential benefits and challenges of science-policy organisations for evidence-informed policymaking in education: a case study of Thailand'

University College London (UCL)

£142,069.15


Stevens Bechange (Sightsavers)

Co-Investigators: Elena Schmidt (Sightsavers), Margaret Wangui Murugami (Kenyatta University), Wilson Muna (Kenyatta University)

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'Inclusion in the evidence ecosystem: understanding how research evidence is used in disability inclusive policymaking in Kenya'

Sightsavers

£150,000.00


Julie Berg (University of Glasgow)

Co-Investigator: Guy Lamb (Stellenbosch University)

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'Evaluating the Impact of an Evidence-Based Whole-of-Society Approach on South African Violence Prevention Policymaking'

University of Glasgow

£90,100.80


Alex Broadbent (Durham University)

Co-Investigators: Nancy Cartwright (Durham University), Herkulaas Combrink (University of the Free State), Benjamin Smart (University of Johannesburg), Sarah Wieten (Durham University)

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'Integrating Evidence for Contextualised Public Health Policy: Lessons from South Africa'

Durham University

£149,306.47


Lidia Cabral (Institute of Development Studies)

Co-Investigators: Stephen Devereux (Institute of Development Studies), Nicholas Nisbett (Institute of Development Studies), Luciene Burlandy (Federal Fluminense University), Elisabetta Recine (University of Brasília), Busiso Moyo (University of Western Cape)

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'Equity-informed evidence for policymaking: bridging policy, expertise and experience in the context of the G20 Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty'

Institute of Development Studies

£149,281.00


Juliana Camargo (Fundação Getulio Vargas)

Co-Investigators: Eduardo Mello (Fundação Getulio Vargas), Maria Sylvia M. Saes (University of São Paulo), David L. Roberts (University of Kent), Antonio Mauro Saraiva (University of São Paulo)

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'Using Drones to Monitor Environmental Crimes in the Brazilian Amazon'

Fundação Getulio Vargas

£116,200.00


Fiona Campbell (Newcastle University)

Co-Investigators: Katie Thomson (Newcastle University), Ronal Munatsi (Zimbabwe Evidence Informed Policy Network), Nedson Pophiwa (University of Johannesburg)

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'Evidence Use in Environmental Policy. Comparative case study from the UK, South Africa and Zimbabwe'

Newcastle University

145,299.00


Faith Chesire (African Population and Health Research Center)

Co-Investigators: Joseph Akuze (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine), Doris Kwesiga (African Population and Health Research Center)

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'Strengthening evidence-informed policymaking for adolescent health programming in Kenya'

African Population and Health Research Center

£150,000.00


Bonginkosi Chiliza

Co-Investigators: Martyn Pickersgill (University of Edinburgh), Sisikelelwe Gwanya-Mdletye (Walter Sisulu University), Kalo Sokoto (Boston Medical Centre), Lucinda Manda-Taylor (Kamuzu University of Health Sciences), Tina W. Masai (University of Nairobi), Selamawit Alemayehu Tessema (St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College)

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'A Critical Analysis of Inclusive Evidence-Informed Mental Health Policymaking in Africa'

University of KwaZulu-Natal

£149,750.00


Nai Rui Chng

Co-Invesigators: Katie Hampson (University of Glasgow), Geminn Louis C. Apostol (Ateneo de Manila University), Noel Lee J. Miranda (Ateneo de Manila University), Percival Ethan Lao (Ateneo de Manila University), Veincent Christian F. Pepito (Ateneo de Manila University), Mary Elizabeth Miranda (The Field Epidemiology Training Program Alumni Foundation)

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'Strengthening Evidence-based One Health Policymaking and Implementation in the Philippines (SOHIP)'

University of Glasgow

£118,211.81


Jaskiran Chohan

Co-Investigators: John Cunha (Universidade Federal de Campina Grande), Rodolfo Bezerra Nobrega (University of Bristol)

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'Strengthening Evidence-Informed Desertification Policy Through Local Engagement and Traditional Knowledge in the Brazilian Semi-Arid Region'

University of Bristol

£142,495.00


Emre Cinar

Co-Investigators: Mahsa Gaffari (University of Portsmouth), Flavio Hourneaux Junior (Universidade de São Paulo), Diego Vazquez-Brust (University of Portsmouth), Daielly M. N. Mantovani (Universidade de São Paulo), Chris Simms (University of Portsmouth), Sepehr Abrishami (University of Portsmouth)

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'Co-designing an Evidence-Informed Evaluation Framework for Sustainability Interventions in São Paulo State Municipalities: Empowering Communities of Evidence'

University of Portsmouth

£145,723.00


Camila Cocina

Co-Investigator: Fernanda Accioly Moreira (Instituto Polis)

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'Strengthening knowledge systems for housing justice: Lessons from civil society coalitions against evictions'

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

£149,902.88


Polyanna da Conceição Bispo

Co-Investigators: Celso H. L. Silva Junior (Amazon Environmental Research Institute), Maria A. F. Malcher (Federal Institute of Education, Science, and Technology of Pará), Maria Páscoa Sarmento de Sousa (Federal University of Pará)

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'TERAQ-G: Transforming Evidence and Results into Quilombola Actions for Gender-Inclusive Conservation and Territorial Management in the Brazilian Legal Amazon'

University of Manchester

£149,984.17


Laura Cramer

Co-Investigator: Nick Wheelhouse (Edinburgh Napier University)

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'Integrating Livestock Health and Management into Kenya’s Climate Policies'

International Livestock Research Institute

£149,900.00


Marcus De Matos

Co-Investigators: Luciane Soares da Silva (Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro), Sithuthukile Mkhize (University of the Witwatersrand)

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'The protection of people threatened with death: examining how evidence impacts public security policies in Brazil and South Africa'

Brunel University London

£127,469.00


Kate Donovan

Co-Investigator: Vineeta Thapa (HURDEC)

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'Bato from Disasters to Reform: How Nepal Adopts (or Ignores) Evidence in DRR Policy?'

University of Edinburgh

£149,712.84


Julian Dyer

Co-Investigators: Dalmas Ochieng Omia (University of Nairobi), Ellen Dyer (University of Oxford)

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'Climate Forecasting, Adaptation, and Legitimacy: Experimental Evidence from Turkana, Kenya'

University of Exeter

£144,708.55


Roger Few

Co-Investigators: Mohammed Assen (Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa), Paolo Paron (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Somalia Country Office), Nitya Rao (University of East Anglia), Selam Esayas (Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa), Mark Tebboth (University of East Anglia)

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'PROSE: Evidence-policy pathways for Prosopis management in the Horn of Africa'

University of East Anglia

£147,855.00


John Finch

Co-Investigators: Yee Kwan Tang (University of Glasgow), Scott Timke (Research ICT Africa), Andrew Rens (Research ICT Africa), Sandra Makumbirofa (Research ICT Africa)

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'Evidence infrastructures for enhancing power distribution in South Africa - comparing Cape Town and Johannesburg'

University of Glasgow

£148,583.59


Martin Foureaux Koppensteiner

Co-Investigators: Luis Felipe Zilli (Fundação João Pinheiro), Karina Rabelo Leite Marinho (Fundação João Pinheiro), Amanda Matar de Figueiredo (Fundação João Pinheiro), Juliana de Lucena Ruas Riani (Fundação João Pinheiro), Cláudio Burian Wanderley (Fundação João Pinheiro), Mauro César da Silveira (Fundação João Pinheiro)

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'Evaluating the use of evidence in policy making in Brazil: Lessons from the Public Policy Monitoring and Evaluation System'

University of Surrey

£130,909.38


Jana Fried

Co-Investigators: Sue Charlesworth (Coventry University), Amber Abrams (University of Cape Town), Kirsty Carden (University of Cape Town), Liliane Binego (Coventry University)

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'Integrating informal settlements into sanitation policy: addressing a barrier to South Africa achieving SDG6.2'

Coventry University

£141,624.13


Sadiyya Haffejee

Co-Investigators: Diane Levine (University of Leicester), Himanshu Kaul (University of Leicester)

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'From Evidence to Action: Strengthening Child Wellbeing Systems in South Africa'

University of Johannesburg

£149,998.00


Ainul Hanafiah

Co-Investigators: Marcello Bertotti (University of East London), Tin Tin Su (Monash University), Lee Kheng Hock (SingHealth)

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'Leveraging social prescribing evidence in policymaking: learning, application, and sustainability (LEAPS)'

University of East London

£126,799.00


Rebecca Hanlin

Co-Investigator: Bipashyee Ghosh (University College London)

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'Engaged policy experimentation for evidence-informed decision making: expanding knowledge uptake in South Africa’s water-energy-food nexus policy'

University of Johannesburg

£131,383.34


Philip Harrison

Co-Investigators: Jennifer Robinson (University College London), Paula Meth (University of Glasgow)

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'Evidence Cultures in Post-Apartheid Policy Making: governing rapid urbanisation in the former Bantustans'

University of the Witwatersrand

£147,569.52


Mark Hirons

Co-Investigators: Tadesse Woldemariam (Environment and Coffee Forest Forum), Alice Karuri (Strathmore University)

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'Strengthening Evidence-use for Equitable Climate Resilient Coffee Policies (STEEP)'

University of Oxford

£149,997.70


Paul Hudson

Co-Investigators: Kamalaporn Kanongdate (Mahidol University), Joshua Kirshner (University of York), Saba Joshi (University of York)

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'Shifting shores: evidence for gender-inclusive coastal resilience policy in Thailand'

University of York

£111,741.95


Katharine Jones

Co-Investigators: Jessica Hagen-Zanker (Overseas Development Institute), Anita Ghimire (Nepal Institute for Social and Economic Research)

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'EVI-MIG Researching evidence-informed migration policymaking in Nepal'

Coventry University

£149,809.00


Joshua Kirshner

Co-Investigators: Piran White (University of York), Gabriela Marques Di Giulio (University of São Paulo), Jean Paul Metzger (University of São Paulo)

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'Linking Evidence on One Health, Biodiversity and Climate Justice for Climate Adaptation Policy in the State of São Paulo, Brazil'

University of York

£145,428.49


Miguel Loureiro

Co-Investigators: Natália Massaco Koga (Institute of Applied Economic Research), Vanessa Terezinha Gubert (National School of Public Administration), Rita Gomes do Nascimento (Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences)

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'The ‘Good’ Evidence: evidence use during narrative wars within Brazilian bureaucracy'

Institute of Development Studies

£138,578.00


Leslie Mabon

Co-Investigators: Ella Meilianda (Syiah Kuala University), David McGovern (London South Bank University)

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'PoliSeaWall (Supporting evidence-driven policymaking for seawalls to mitigate sea-level rise)'

The Open University

£129,504.00


Laurenz Mahlanza-Langer

Co-Investigator: Annette Boaz (King’s College London)

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'Enhancing Evidence-Informed Policymaking in South Africa’s Just Transition: Assessing Evidence Use Through the URE Methods Repository'

Pan-African Collective for Evidence

£143,553.00


Antaya March

Co-Investigators: Steve Fletcher (University of Portsmouth), Dinh Thi Thuy Hang (Vietnam Maritime University)

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'Rethinking Responsibility: Understanding the Role of Evidence in Vietnam’s EPR Policy'

University of Portsmouth

£144,107.00


Kirsten McConnachie

Co-Investigators: Amporn Jirattikorn (Chiang Mai University), Anne-Meike Fechter (University of Sussex)

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'Policymaking with sensitive evidence: the case of cross-border aid to Myanmar'

University of East Anglia

£149,815.23


Tristan McCowan

Co-Investigators: Almas Mazigo (Dar es Salaam University College of Education), Jackline Nyerere (Kenyatta University), Ben Alcott (UCL), Moses Oketch (UCL)

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'Building climate knowledge ecosystems for policymaking in Kenya and Tanzania'

University College London (UCL)

£149,825.85


Petra Minnerop

Co-Investigators: Flavia Trentini (University of São Paulo), Caio Gracco Pinheiro Dias (University of São Paulo)

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'ELEVATE-ProClima (Enhance and Leverage the Architecture on Evidence for proteção climática (= Climate Protection))'

Durham University

£149,995.19


Nibedita Mukherjee

Co-Investigators: Ram Pandit (University of Western Australia), Rajesh Kumar Rai (Tribhuvan University)

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'Evidence-based policy making on nature in Nepal: assessing the impact of large international assessments'

Brunel University London

£145,730.75


Betsy Muriithi

Co-Investigators: Onesmus Mwabonje (Imperial College London), Faith Wandera-Odongo (Kenyan Ministry of Energy and Petroleum)

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'Catalyzing Climate Resilience: Institutionalizing KCERT 2050 for Evidence-Informed Policymaking in Kenya'

Strathmore University

£150,000.00


Rose Ngugi

Co-Investigators: Margarita Gómez (Southern Voice), Peter Taylor (Institute of Development Studies), Abbi Kedir (African Economic Research Consortium)

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'Strengthening resilience of low and middle-income country (LMIC) research institutions in the global evidence ecosystem'

African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)

£150,000.00


Dylan O’Driscoll

Co-Investigators: Fathima Azmiya Badurdeen (Technical University Mombasa), Joel Busher (Coventry University)

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'Strengthening knowledge systems for climate-sensitive P/CVE (Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism) and VE-sensitive climate policy in Kenya and beyond'

Coventry University

£149,828.00


Hayriye Ozen

Co-Investigators: Ozge Zihnioglu (University of Liverpool), Sukru Özen (İzmir University of Economics)

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'Assessing Evidence Use in Turkey’s Geothermal Policymaking'

Izmir University of Economics

£81,103.92


Alketa Peci

Co-Investigators: Martin Lodge (London School of Economics and Political Science), Flavia Donadelli (Fundação Getulio Vargas), Joao Victor Guedes Neto (Fundação Getúlio Vargas)

Epg\100750

'Evidence-informed decision-making and novel regulatory technologies: Brazilian non-majoritarian institutions and the challenge of digital transformation'

Fundação Getulio Vargas

£149,769.00


Tash Perros

Co-Investigators: Rebecca Clube (University College London), Julia Tomei (University College London), Elsie Onsongo (Nuvoni Centre for Innovation Research), Mathew Bukhi (University of Dodoma), Wilhelm Kiwango (University of Dodoma), Kelvin Haule (University of Dodoma)

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'Examining the use of academic evidence in charcoal and firewood policymaking in Kenya and Tanzania'

University College London (UCL)

£149,707.47


Truly Santika

Co-Investigators: Muhammad Alif K. Sahide (University of Hasanuddin), Nurhady Sirimorok (University of Hasanuddin)

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'Contextualising the dynamics of evidence-informed policymaking in Social Forestry'

University of Greenwich

£148,947.00


Padam Simkhada

Co-Investigators: Akina Shrestha (Kathmandu University), Meghnath Dhimal (Nepal Health Research Council), Hridaya Devkota (Green Tara Nepal), Bibha Simkhada (Huddersfield University), Priyamvada Paudyal (Keele University), Pramod Regmi (Bournemouth University)

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'Strengthening Institutional Knowledge and Capacity of Federal, Provincial and Local Governments for Evidence-Informed Health Policymaking in Nepal'

University of Huddersfield

£149,943.00


Matias Spektor

Co-Investigator: Rohan Mukherjee (LSE)

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'Integrating Global South Perspectives into Foreign Policy Planning'

Fundação Getulio Vargas

£150,000.00


Alex Stevens

Co-Investigators: Gideon Lasco (Ateneo Manila University) Adeeba Kamarulzaman (Monash University Malaysia), Claudia Stoicescu (Monash University Indonesia)

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'Evidence-informed drug policy in South-East Asia'

University of Sheffield

£148,947.00


Dolf te Lintelo

Co-Investigator: Ayselin Yıldız (Istinye University)

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'Co-designing Learning for Evidence-based climate policy in Marmara’s Municipalities, Türkiye (CLEMM)'

Institute of Development Studies

£149,937.70


Isabelle Uny

Co-Investigators: Nazarius Mbona Tumwesigye (Makerere University), Paul Cairney (University of Stirling), Robyn Burton (University of Stirling), Niamh Fitzgerald (University of Stirling)

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'The politics of evidence-informed prevention policy in Africa: understanding attitudes, systems and norms in evidence usage in alcohol policy in Uganda'

University of Stirling

£148,735.00


Kirstin Wagner

Co-Investigators: Heather Flowe (University of Birmingham), Wangu Kanja (Wangu Kanja Foundation)

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'Strengthening Evidence-to-Action Pathways: Integrating Community-Led Documentation into Sexual Violence Policy and Practice in Kenya'

University of Birmingham

£143,505.21


Tony Wall

Co-Investigators: Toh Chai Wei (Life Education Academy Malaysia), Aurelio Vilbar (The University of the Philippines Cebu), Sirilak Bangchokdee (Prince of Songkla University), Lam Thanh Nguyen (Lac Hong University), Alison Lui (Liverpool John Moores University)

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'“POL-EMERGE” Policymaking under Rapid Emergence: Theory, Evidence, and Research Utilisation in Southeast Asian Higher Education'

Liverpool John Moores University

£149,436.02


Catherine Walsh

Co-Investigators: Metji Reginald Makgoba (University of Limpopo)

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'Identifying Evidence-Partners for Economic Policymakers under Increasing Water Scarcity in Limpopo Province, South Africa'

Cardiff University

£95,246.00

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