Joint Belmont Forum / BiodivERsA call on scenarios of biodiversity & ecosystem services
The Call will address the two following major (non-exclusive) priorities: * Development and application of scenarios of biodiversity and ecosystem services across spatial scales of relevance to multiple types of decisions * Consideration of multiple dimensions of biodiversity and ecosystem services in biodiversity scenarios The call aims at supporting proposals that explicitly address a scenario dimension, taking into account the following definition of scenarios: “Scenarios of biodiversity and ecosystem services are the outputs of the combination of scenarios of indirect drivers and direct drivers — such as land use change, invasive alien species, overexploitation, climate change or pollution — and models of impacts of these drivers on biodiversity and ecosystem services.” 25 funding organisations from 23 countries are joining this call: Argentina, Austria, Belgium**, Brazil (State of Sao Paulo only), Bulgaria, Canada, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Ivory Coast, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United States of America. (** confirmed for the Wallonia-Brussels Federation; decision for the federal level still pending) Some Funding organisations may also define specific funding rules allowing the funding of teams from low-income and lower-middle income countries. This information is detailed in the Funding organisations’ rules. If you would like to use this opportunity, please make sure to contact your Funding Organisation Contact Point. Scientific teams are invited to form international consortia comprising research groups from at least three countries participating in the call. Consortia are highly encouraged to involve at least two teams from two different EU Member States or H2020 Associated Countries to be eligible for EC funding (here: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey). Proposals should also clearly demonstrate the added value linked to the international nature of the projects and to the level of collaboration between teams from different countries. Proposals will be evaluated according to criteria of (i) scientific excellence, (ii) policy relevance and societal impact (which includes stakeholder engagement), and (iii) quality and efficiency of the project implementation. For more information on the objectives and possible approaches for stakeholder engagement in research projects, please check the BiodivERsA Stakeholder Engagement Handbook. SCHEDULE OF THE CALL * Release date of the call: Monday 02 October 2017 * Deadline for pre-registration (mandatory): Friday 01 December 2017, 17:00 CET (local time in Brussels) * Deadline for submission of full-proposals: Friday 09 March 2018, 17:00 CET (local time in Brussels) MORE INFORMATION For more information on the call, please consult the complete announcement of opportunity (including research priorities, pre-registration and submission forms, and rules and procedures including assessment criteria) on the Belmont Forum (http://www.belmontforum.org/opportunities/#open) and BiodivERsA (http://www.biodiversa.org/1224) websites.
Keywords
biodiversity, ecosystem services, COFUND Call, scenarios
Countries
Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, Côte d’Ivoire, Germany, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Ireland, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Slovakia, Türkiye, United States