September 2024
The Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), in the interest of promoting international research interaction and exchange among researchers in Japan and also as part of its involvement in the Belmont Forum, is accepting proposals for collaborative research projects in the call Driving Urban Transitions Circular Urban Economies.
Summary
The Belmont Forum is an international group of funding agencies and scientific organizations that are involved in support of global environmental change research, that aims to further accelerate and develop work in that field by mobilizing researchers and funding through international cooperation, in order to tackle the various challenges related to sustainability issues. The activities of the Belmont Forum comprise strengthening engagement among global research communities and improving coordination of strategies, priorities and funding of global change research.
The Belmont Forum conducts Collaborative Research Actions (CRAs - often including a call for proposals), in various fields. The most recent CRA in which JST participated is Tropical Forests: Global Implications and Pressing Actions (June 2024).
For more information on the Belmont Forum, please visit the below website:
URL: https://www.belmontforum.org/
As part of its CRA activities, the Belmont Forum is launching a joint call for research proposals under the theme of Driving Urban Transitions Circular Urban Economies, in which it will accept proposals for multilateral (involving contributions from three (3) or more countries) collaborative research projects. Through joint evaluation of proposals by experts from call participating countries, selected projects will be jointly funded by the participating agencies.
Call Announcement Web Page
For full call details including participating countries, please visit the call website:
Driving Urban Transitions Circular Urban Economies
DUT website: https://dutpartnership.eu/dut-call-2024/
Belmont Forum website website:https://belmontforum.org/cras#dut
Call Text
Available on the above DUT site.
Period of the Call for Proposals
UDiManager pre-proposal deadline: Thu, November 14, 2024
e-Rad deadline: Fri, November 15, 2024, 09:00 (JST)
UDiManager final proposal deadline: Thu, April 24, 2025
* The e-Rad deadline is one day after the UDiManager deadline to accommodate the time zone difference.
** No new e-Rad application is required for the final proposal deadline.
How to Apply
Proposals should be jointly drafted by the international consortium and jointly submitted electronically to the UDiManager electronic submission system. All call documents, proposal forms and instructions for this application can be downloaded from the following website:
UDiManager Electronic Submission System
www.uefiscdi-direct.ro
※National Eligibility of Japan
Researchers from Japan are required to make an application on the Cross Ministerial R&D Management System (e-Rad) corresponding to that on the UDiManager platform. Applications registered on the UDiManager platform without a corresponding e-Rad application will not be eligible for funding on the Japanese side.
| Document / Form | Links |
|---|---|
| Call Text * | DUT website |
| Application Form (only for Japanese side) | WORD |
| Application Guideline (in Japanese) | |
| e-Rad Manual (in Japanese) |
* The Call Text may be updated without notice. Please make sure to check the latest version.
Details of Support
A research project selected for funding in this call will receive support for a period of 3 years totaling no more than 36,000,000 JPY (including indirect costs). Full details of support can be found in the Japanese guidance information above.
* Note that the research budget needs to be reasonably allocated throughout the research period.
** For more information, please see the call text and/or guidance and FAQ on the DUT website.
Enquiries
Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
Department of International Affairs
Belmont Forum Coordination Group
Tel.: +81-3-5214-7375; Fax.: +81-3-5214-7379
Email: belmont(at)jst.go.jp *Please replace (at) with @.
(Email is preferable if not urgent.)