The BiodivERsA ERA-Net and the FACCE-JPI have decided to launch a joint call for research proposals on “Promoting synergies and reducing trade-offs between food supply, biodiversity and ecosystem services”, planned to be launched in November 2013, with a closing date in mid-February 2014.
The BiodivERsA ERA-Net and the FACCE-JPI have joined efforts to organise and fund a pan-European call for research projects on “Promoting synergies and reducing trade-offs between food supply, biodiversity and ecosystem services”,
Scientific teams will be invited to form transnational research consortia with partners from minimum 3 countries participating to the call, namely Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, France, Germany, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey.
The call addresses two themes:
1) To what extent can biodiversity better support agro-ecosystems and agricultural production systems in terms of multi-functionality and outcomes in a global change context and 2) Which policies and governance systems can promote the emergence an support of agro-ecosystems/agricultural production systems benefiting from and beneficial to biodiversity and ecosystem services?
The research proposals will be evaluated across criteria of scientific excellence and policy relevance/stakeholder engagement. It is also expected that the European scope of the projects will provide added value to the research carried out.
Applicants have to pre-register and submit information about the partners and the project through the Biodiversa/FACCE Electronic Proposal Submission System (EPSS) before the 16th of December 2013. Then, as a second step, applicants have to submit their full proposal through the EPSS before the 14thFebruary 2014.
More detailed information on the time schedule and the call description is available here.
Deadlines
- Mandatory pre-registration: 16th December 2013
- Proposal submission: 14th February 2014
