Deadline: 5 June 2022
SANDEE invites concept notes in any area of environmental and resource economics relating to the development of South Asia and the HKH region.
SANDEE, an initiative of ICIMOD under its Regional Programme MKAN, is a research capacity-building network that provides research support to researchers and institutions from South Asia and the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region interested in the interconnections among economic development, the environment, and the use of natural resources.
They encourage research on issues of interest to national, provincial, and local policymakers in the region, including environmental issues faced communities in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and how green recovery and nature-based solutions could be promoted for addressing environmental issues and improving livelihoods.
They will also consider proposals that critically examine the implementation of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) that each country has submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) under the Paris Agreement. Other areas of interest are urban environmental issues and sustainability, energy access and efficiency, disaster resilience and green jobs/growth, and circular economy.
Funding Information
- Grants are likely to be in the range of USD 20,000–30,000 over at two-year period.
- The upper limit grants are aimed for the multidisciplinary teams involving two or more countries in the region, or focus on a Trans boundary issue.
Eligibility Criteria
- Regardless of whether concept notes submitted in response to this call focus on any of the environmental/natural resource topics, SANDEE will prioritize the selection of concept notes that have a strong economics component and the dual potential to produce high-impact scientific publications and information that are useful to national-, provincial-, or local-level policy makers in the region.
- Concept notes for action research that aims to produce consulting-type reports will not be considered. SANDEE welcomes concept notes that involve interdisciplinary projects, cross-border collaborations, and transboundary topics with a mountain and gender focus.
- Researchers from and working in South Asia and the HKH region are eligible to submit concept notes.
- Principal investigators (PIs) must be junior to mid-career professionals employed by a university, research institute, or other similar institutions in the region, including government agencies and nonprofit organizations.
- Institutional affiliation of the PI is mandatory for receiving research support. While submitting a full proposal (not needed for concept notes), a support letter from the institution where the PI is affiliated is required for further consideration.
- Women researchers and researchers affiliated with member universities of the Himalayan University Consortium (HUC) are encouraged to apply.
For more information, visit https://www.icimod.org/initiative/sandee/call-for-research-concept-notes-the-economics-of-nature-based-solutions-and-co-benefits/