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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#00ABAB"><img width="1240" height="123" style="width:12.9166in;height:1.2812in" id="img629972" src="cid:image001.png@01D525C2.95B8FF70" alt="cid:c7be76d2-63ec-42d6-a681-ded88f24b750"></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#00ABAB">BiodivERsA is pleased to announce that it will soon launch its next joint call on the following topic:
<b>Biodiversity and Climate Change.</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">This call will cover the following
<b>four non-exclusive themes</b>: </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:-18.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-ZA">Consequences of climate change on biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people
</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:-18.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-ZA">Climate-biodiversity feedback processes </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:-18.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-ZA">Potential of nature-based solutions for mitigating and adapting to climate change</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:-18.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-ZA">Synergies and trade-offs between policies on biodiversity, climate and other relevant sectors, and the role of agents of change
</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">The call is <b>
planned to be launched on 2 September 2019</b>, with a <b>closing date on 10 April 2020
</b>(and with a mandatory <b>submission of pre-proposals by 5 November 2019</b>) [Indicative schedule].</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">Scientific teams will be invited to form transnational research consortia with
<b>teams from minimum 3 countries participating in the call</b> (including minimum two
</span><span lang="EN-GB">from EU </span><span lang="EN-US">Member States or EU Associated Countries) and be supported by at least three different Participating Organisations. Proposals have to be exclusively written in English.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Looking for a partner or a project to join?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Use the BiodivERsA Partner Search Tool available
</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="https://proposals.etag.ee/biodivclim/partner-search"><span lang="EN-US">here</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">The research proposals will be evaluated across the following criteria:
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<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:-18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">
<b><span lang="EN-US">Fit to the scope of the call</span></b><span lang="EN-US">,
<b>novelty of the research</b> and <b>transnational added value</b> at step 1 (pre-proposal stage);
</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:-18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">
<span lang="EN-US">(Scientific)<b> Excellence</b>, <b>quality and efficiency of the implementation</b> and
<b>impact</b> (including expected policy and/or societal impact and approach to stakeholder engagement) at step 2 (full proposal stage).
</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Get prepared by consulting
</span></i></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">the </span>
</i><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.biodiversa.org/577"><i><span lang="EN-US">BiodivERsA Stakeholder Engagement Handbook</span></i></a></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> (for more information on stakeholder
engagement in funded projects); and the </span></i><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.biodiversa.org/1543"><i><span lang="EN-US">BiodivERsA Policy Guide</span></i></a></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">
(for more information on policy relevance of research proposals).</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">At this stage, the following countries have expressed a preliminary interest to participate to the call and reserved a
<b>total amount of over 23 Million euro</b>: </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Austria, Belgium, Brazil (Sao Paulo State), Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Lithuania, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">The updated list of participating countries will be published on the
</span><a href="http://www.biodiversa.org/1587"><span lang="EN-US">BiodivERsA</span></a><span lang="EN-US"> website.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">We invite you to regularly consult the
</span><a href="http://www.biodiversa.org/1587"><span lang="EN-US">BiodivERsA</span></a><span lang="EN-US"> website, on which information on the call will be regularly updated.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Claire Blery</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#7F7F7F">On behalf of the BiodivERsA network</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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