GCRF Development Award on Protection from Enduring and Overlapping Forms of Violence Development award examines the challenges of protection from protracted conflict and violence from the perspective of vulnerable people in need of protection.  Benefits local communities, prevention groups, NGOs in Kenya and Sri Lanka. SDG:16,17 The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) supports cutting-edge research to address challenges faced by developing countries. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world.