Deadline: 16-Sep-24
The British Council and the Wohl Legacy are pleased to invite proposals to the Wohl Clean Growth Alliance Grants Programme to strengthen research collaboration between the UK and Israel in areas of clean growth, particularly those linked to food, water, and energy.
The Wohl Alliance is an initiative funded by the Wohl Legacy and managed by the British Council, in partnership with the UK Science and Innovation Network in Israel.
The programme aims to strengthen collaboration between UK and Israeli universities, research institutions, and their collaborators in fields of clean growth.
Themes
- In addition, proposals that address one or more of the following themes are particularly encouraged:
- Ecosystem Restoration: Protecting and restoring ecosystems that have been degraded or destroyed by conflict.
- Climate Resilience and Adaptation:
- Climate-resilient agriculture: converting and reorienting agricultural systems to support food security under the new realities of climate change.
- Climate change health adaptation: aiming to mitigate environmental health challenges while developing robust, sustainable health systems resilient to climate impacts.
- Sustainable Agriculture and Aquaculture: Promoting environmentally responsible and socially equitable food production, ensuring long-term stability, resilience, and nutritional diversity to enhance food security
- Waste Management: Waste reduction, recycling techniques, and comprehensive strategies to manage waste effectively.
- Policy Incentives for Clean Growth: Investigating economically viable policy instruments to incentivize the development and widespread adoption of clean growth technologies and strategies for fostering environmental sustainability.
- Clean and Renewable Energy: Developing renewable energy sources, including decentralised systems, to ensure reliable and sustainable electricity access for selfsustaining and off-grid communities.
- Water Scarcity Solutions: Studies on efficient water use technologies, desalination advancements, and innovative water recycling methods to address and mitigate water scarcity issues.
Funding Information
- Projects can be submitted for up to $20,000.
- The programme is funding a call for small grants for UK-Israel collaboration that meet the following criteria:
- Promote collaborative research at the planning stage by, for example, creating new networks, collaborating on grant submissions and funding opportunities; or
- Facilitate research through projects such as virtual or face-to-face meetings, symposia, new collaborations, and sharing research facilities; or
- Apply research via activities including policy work, technology transfer, and collaborations with industry and third-sector organizations; or
- Communicate academic research to students, public audiences, and other relevant groups with, for example, shared courses and teaching programs and public activities.
Eligibility Criteria
- Each proposal must have one Principal Applicant from the UK and one Principal Applicant from Israel. If the Principal Applicant from either the UK or Israel does not meet all the eligibility requirements, the proposal will not be passed onto the academic committee.
- The application will be submitted by the Primary Applicant, in collaboration with the Partner Applicant.
- The British and Israeli Principal Applicants will act as co-holders of the grant. The application itself is submitted only once by the primary applicant.
- The Primary Applicant must be based at a UK or Israeli university or academic or research institution that will receive the funding.
- The Partner Applicant can be based at:
- Academic/research institution
- Not-for-profit organisations (including NGOs and organisations supported by government funding)
- For-profit or commercial organisations (e.g., SMEs and startups)
- Principle investigators and associated researchers must hold a position in research institutions or academic institutions in the UK or in Israel, that are officially recognised by both countries.
- There is no requirement for applicants to be nationals of the UK or Israel; they need to be affiliated with a UK or Israeli institution.
- Institutions can submit multiple applications; however, the applicants may submit only one application.
- Third-country collaborations are welcome, but Wohl Alliance Grants can only cover costs related to UK or Israeli partners.
For more information, visit British Council.