Deadline: 07-Dec-20
BiodivERsA and Water JPI are pleased to announce that their transnational 2020-2021 joint Call on “Conservation and restoration of degraded ecosystems and their biodiversity, including a focus on aquatic systems” is now open.
The intention of this joint BiodivERsA / the WATER JPI call co-funded by the European Commission is to support research projects in which the approaches and skills of natural sciences, social sciences and humanities are integrated as needed to address the specific objectives of each research proposal.
This call also aims at funding transdisciplinary research projects demonstrating potential societal and policy impact. In this context, the participation of stakeholders (public and private) in research proposals is welcome.
Themes
This call will cover the following three non-exclusive themes:
- Studying the biological and biophysical processes at stake for conservation/restoration, and their interactions;
- Assessing trade-offs and synergies between targets, benefits and policies for conservation and restoration;
- Knowledge for improving the effectiveness and upscaling of conservation and restoration actions.
Funding Information
- 31 funding organisations from 27 countries are planning to join this call and have reserved – together with the European Commission* – a total amount of over 20 Million Euro.
Duration
- The duration of the project is 3 years.
Eligibility Criteria
- Research teams will be invited to form transnational research consortia with eligible partners from minimum 3 countries participating in the call.
- For applicants from overseas: provided the latter criterion is met (Partners from at least two different EU Member States or Associated Countries participating in the call), for proposals including Partners from outermost regions and overseas countries and territories participating in the call, the outermost regions and overseas countries and territories can be counted as a specific participating country (for the criteria: at least three different countries).
- Proposals have to be exclusively written in English.
Evaluation Criteria
The research proposals will be evaluated across the following criteria:
- Step 1 (in the event that a large number of pre-proposals is received and an evaluation of pre-proposals is performed):
- fit to the scope of the call;
- scientific excellence(with a focus on the novelty of the research proposed);
- societal and policy impact.
- Step 2:
- excellence;
- quality and efficiency of the implementation;
- impact (including societal / policy relevance and approaches to stakeholder engagement).
The nature of the evaluation at the first step (pre-proposals stage) will depend on the number of pre-proposals received.
- If a very large number of pre-proposals is received, a first scientific evaluation of pre-proposals will be organized and the deadline to submit full proposals will be the 3 May 2021.
- Otherwise, only an eligibility check of pre-proposals will be performed and the deadline to submit full proposals will be the 15 March 2021.
*For both steps, it is also expected that the international added value of the projects is clearly presented. The detailed list of evaluation criteria to be used for this call is available in the call documents.
Call Timeline
A two-step process will apply, with a mandatory submission of pre-proposals at the first step and submission of full proposals at the second step, via an Electronic Proposal Submission System (EPSS). The link to the EPSS will be available soon on the BiodivERsA and Water JPI websites.
The call launch was planned for the 5th of October 2020, with a closing date for pre-proposals on 7 December 2020
- Launch of the call: Monday 5 October 2020
- Deadline for pre-proposals submission (mandatory): Monday 7 December 2020, 16:00 CET
*The actual deadline to submit full proposals will be communicated by the end of December 2020.
For more information, visit http://www.waterjpi.eu/joint-calls/joint-call-2020-biodivrestore