(Last update: Jan 26, 2015)
The Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), in order to promote international research interaction and exchange among researchers in Japan, and as a part of its involvement in the Belmont Forum, is accepting proposals for collaborative research networking projects in the field of "scenarios of biodiversity and ecosystem services".
Summary
The Belmont Forum is an international group of funding agencies and scientific organisations 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 facing the sustainability of human society. 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.
Each year, the Belmont Forum conducts Collaborative Research Actions (CRA often including a call for proposals) in parallel, in various fields. CRAs were launched for the first time in 2012 in the research fields of "freshwater security" and "coastal vulnerability". In 2013 a CRA in the field of "food security and land-use change" was carried out, and in 2014 CRAs were launched in the fields of "scenarios of biodiversity and ecosystem services" and "Arctic Observing and Research for Sustainability".
For more information on the Belmont Forum, please visit their website:
https://www.belmontforum.org/
Rather than being implemented as a regular Belmont Forum CRA, this call is in fact a joint call between JST, the International Social Science Council (ISSC) and the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa. In addition, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) will also provide some support. JST is participating in this call as a part of its Belmont Forum activities in order to closely align this call with the Belmont Forum "Transformations to Sustainability" 2015 CRA.
Call Announcement Web Page
For full call details, please visit the main ISSC call page:
https://www.worldsocialscience.org/
announcement for Japanese researchers (only in Japanese)
Participating countries and organizations
The following 3 organisations are participating in this call:
| Countries | Research Funding Agency |
|---|---|
| International Social Science Council: ISSC | |
| Japan | Japan Science and Technology Agency: JST |
| South Africa | National Research Foundation: NRF |
| Sweden | Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency: SIDA |
(Current as of December 2014. For the updated list, please refer to the main call page)
Period of the Call for Proposals
Thr 18 Dec 2014 (submission possible from 02 Feb 2015) - Wed 01 Apr 2014, 12:59 (Japan time)
How to Apply
Proposals should be jointly drafted by your team in English and jointly submitted electronically to the online portal accessible through the main call page. All call documents, proposal forms and instructions can also be downloaded from the site below:
http://www.worldsocialscience.org/2014/12/call-proposals-transformations-sustainability-programme-transformative-knowledge-networks/
Researchers from Japan do not need to submit a separate application form to JST, but they will have to register their application on the Cross Ministerial R&D Management System (e-Rad).
For further Japanese application instructions and guidance, please refer to the following information:
日本側応募者への応募にあたっての注意事項
Details of Support
Research networking projects selected for funding in this call will receive support for a period of 1 to 2 years totaling no more than approximately 7,000,000 JPY. Full details of support can be found in the Japanese guidance information above.
Enquiries
Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) Department of International Affairs
Mr. KUBOTA Soichi, Mr. KIUCHI Hisaya, Mr. Martin Gadsden
TEL： +81-3-5214-7375 FAX：+81-3-5214-7379
E-mail：belmont(at)jst.go.jp
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