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<font color="#009193" style="font-size: 20px;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial;">BiodivERsA and Belmont Forum 2017-2018 Joint Call </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">for Research Proposals on:</span></font></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial;"><font color="#009193" style="font-size: 20px;">“Scenarios of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services”</font><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Belmont Forum and BiodivERsA are pleased to announce the 2017-2018 international call for research proposals on “Scenarios of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">The Call will address the two following major (non-exclusive) priorities:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;
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and application of scenarios of biodiversity and ecosystem services across spatial scales of relevance to multiple types of decisions</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:
Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-style:italic"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">Consideration
of multiple dimensions of biodiversity and ecosystem services in biodiversity scenarios</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-style:
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<b>supporting proposals that explicitly address a scenario dimension</b>, taking into account the following definition of scenarios: “Scenarios of biodiversity and ecosystem services are the outputs of the combination of scenarios of indirect drivers and direct
drivers — such as land use change, invasive alien species, overexploitation, climate change or pollution — and models of impacts of these drivers on biodiversity and ecosystem services.”</span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">25 funding organisations from 23 countries are joining this call:
</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Argentina, Austria, Belgium<sup><font color="#009193">#</font></sup>, Brazil (State of Sao Paulo only), Bulgaria, Canada, Estonia, Finland,
France, Germany, Ireland, Ivory Coast, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United States of America.
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for the Wallonia-Brussels Federation; decision for the federal level still pending<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Some Funding organisations may also define specific funding rules allowing the funding of teams from low-income and lower-middle
income countries. This information is detailed in the Funding organisations’ rules. If you would like to use this opportunity, please make sure to contact your Funding Organisation Contact Point.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">The Belmont Forum and BiodivERsA partners together with the European Commission (EC) have provisionally reserved more
than 25 million Euros for this call.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Scientific teams are invited to form international consortia comprising
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participating in the call</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:
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Countries to be eligible for EC funding (here: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Proposals should also clearly demonstrate the
<b>added value linked to the international nature of the projects</b> and to the level of collaboration between teams from different countries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Proposals will be evaluated according to criteria of
<b>(i)</b> <b>scientific excellence, (ii) policy relevance and societal impact (which includes stakeholder engagement), and (iii) quality and efficiency of the project implementation</b>. F</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">or
more information on the objectives and possible approaches for stakeholder engagement in research projects, please check the
</span><span style="font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.biodiversa.org/702"><span lang="EN-US">BiodivERsA Stakeholder Engagement Handbook</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:
NO-BOK">A two-step process will apply, with a mandatory pre-registration of projects at the first step and submission of full proposals at the second step. Pre-registrations
and full p</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;
mso-fareast-font-family:Batang;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">roposals (to be written in English) must be submitted electronically with the Electronic Proposal Submission System (EPSS). The link to the
EPSS will be available on the Belmont Forum and BiodivERsA websites. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;"><font color="#008080">MORE INFORMATION</font></span></b><u style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:
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including assessment criteria) on the <a href="http://www.belmontforum.org/opportunities/#open">
Belmont Forum</a> and <a href="http://www.biodiversa.org/1224">BiodivERsA</a> websites</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">If you are looking for a Research Partner for your Project or for a Project to join, please do not hesitate to use the BiodivERsA/Belmont Forum
<b><a href="http://www.biodiversa.org/1246">Partner Search Tool</a>.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:
NO-BOK">consult your Funding organisation’s rules. Each research team is encouraged to contact its FCP before submitting a proposal.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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please contact the Theme Programme Office (TPO): Sophie GERMANN, Scientific project manager,
</span><span style="font-family:Arial"><a href="mailto:sophie.germann@agencerecherche.fr"><span lang="EN-GB">sophie.germann@agencerecherche.fr</span></a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:
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please contact the TPO or the EPSS technical helpdesk: Taavi Tiirik, <a href="mailto:biodivscen@etag.ee" style="text-decoration: none;">
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