Deadline: 27-Apr-23
Fund Orcadia launches a career development grant for young and talented researchers pursuing their research career and/or strengthening their application for longer-term fellowships and funding (postdoc or equivalent).
The Fund was created by Orcadia AM an asset management company focused on sustainable investment – and is managed by the King Baudouin Foundation with the help of an independent scientific jury and a management committee.
Scope
- The Fund intends to support:
- Applied Research: the project should tackle practical, concrete issues and should impact the stakeholders involved in the topic
- A project on the interactions of natural environment and human health (physical or mental)
Topics
- Possible topics are:
- Impacts of climate change disasters on health (heat waves, droughts, floods, water contamination, forest fires) and preventive measures;
- Impacts of natural disasters on migration and conflicts, with their negative consequences on physical and mental health;
- Pollution and its impacts on health;
- Emerging infectious diseases linked to close interactions between humans and natural habitats and the animal world: deforestation, loss of biodiversity, intensive livestock farming, trade in animal species,
- Psychological distress related to future environmental changes: eco-anxiety, solastalgia;
- Mental health benefits of contact with nature (environmental psychology), including the role of green spaces in cities, gardening therapies, connection with nature, biophilia
Funding Information
- A total amount of € 100,000 is available for this call and can be used to (co-)finance the excellent research project of a highly talented researcher
- An Agreement will be drawn up between the King Baudouin Foundation and the host institution
- The grant will be paid to the host institution
- Duration: 18 months supported by Fund and starting within 9 months after the announcement of the results of this call.
Eligibility Criteria
- The candidates should have a maximum of 3 years of active research activities (with an additional year per childbirth or adoption) following the date of PhD award or are about to complete their PhD (defense within 6 months after deadline of the call)
- The candidates currently work full-time or part-time (at least 70%) at a university, academic institution or research centre;
- The candidates have no guaranteed funding for their salary for the coming years but with the intention to apply for longer-term funding;
- The application is formally supported by an established researcher in the field.
For more information, visit King Baudouin Foundation.