Together with the Biodiversa+ European Partnership for Biodiversity, we are pleased to announce an international call for proposals: “Nature-Based Solutions for Biodiversity, Human Well-being and Transformative Change” (BiodivNBS). The total budget available to Polish teams is EUR 1 million.
BiodivNBS is an international call for proposals focused on interdisciplinary research in the field of biodiversity protection. Its purpose is to promote nature-based solutions, support research into such initiatives and campaign for their inclusion in policy-making on a local, regional and national level. An important element of the call is its support for education and civic participation in initiatives aimed at environmental protection and biodiversity.
Proposals submitted to BiodivNBS must address one or more of the following three topics:
- Synergies and trade-offs of Nature-Based solutions in the context of human well-being
- Nature-Based solutions mitigating anthropogenic drivers of biodiversity loss
- The contribution of Nature-Based solutions for just transformative change
The call is open to international consortia composed of at least three research teams from at least three participating countries. The PI of the Polish team must hold a PhD degree (minimum).
Participating countries: Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada (Québec), Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Georgia, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Morocco (to be confirmed), the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tunisia, Turkey (to be confirmed).
The call is divided into two stages. At stage 1, Polish teams, in tandem with their international partners, need to submit joint pre-proposals; the deadline is 10 November 2023 (15:00 CET). The best research teams will then be invited to submit full proposals at stage 2, which ends on 9 April 2024 (15:00 CEST). If the Polish team makes the cut for stage 2, its PI will also be required to prepare a domestic proposal focused specifically on the Polish component of the project. Full proposals will undergo merit-based review by an international team of experts appointed jointly by all the research-funding agencies involved in the call. The results of BiodivNBS are to be announced in the autumn of 2024.
Project budgets may go toward funding team salaries, salaries and scholarships for students and PhD candidates, research equipment and other necessary project expenses. Projects may last 36 months.
If you’re interested in the call, you can join a webinar about the proposal submission process, organised by Biodiversa+ on 26 September 2023 (13.00 – 15.00 CEST). Sign up here.