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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#00ABAB"><img width="794" height="78" style="width:8.2708in;height:.8125in" id="Image_x0020_6" src="cid:image001.png@01D69B2D.BB61C9F0" alt="cid:image001.png@01D454E0.5E22E660"></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#00ABAB">Launch of the BiodivERsA / Water JPI Call on</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#00ABAB">“Conservation and restoration of degraded ecosystems and their biodiversity, including a focus on aquatic systems”</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#00ABAB">[NB: the call includes a focus on aquatic systems but all environments are eligible]</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.8pt;background:white"><b><span lang="EN-US"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.8pt;background:white"><b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.biodiversa.org/">BiodivERsA</a></span></b><span lang="EN-US"> and
<b><a href="http://www.waterjpi.eu/">Water JPI</a></b> are pleased to announce that their 2020-2021 Joint Call for transnational research projects on “<b><span style="color:black">Conservation and restoration of degraded ecosystems and their biodiversity, including
a focus on aquatic systems</span></b>” is now open! </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.8pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This call will cover the following three non-exclusive themes:
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US">Studying the biological and biophysical processes at stake for conservation/restoration, and their interactions
</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US">Assessing trade-offs and synergies between targets, benefits and policies for conservation and restoration</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US">Knowledge for improving the effectiveness and upscaling of conservation and restoration actions</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.8pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-US">This joint call includes a
<span style="color:black">focus on freshwater aquatic systems</span><span style="color:#00335E">
</span>but<b> <span style="color:black">all environments (ie. terrestrial, freshwater and marine) are eligible.</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.8pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:16.8pt;background:white">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#00ABAB">***</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-GB">31 funding organisations from 27 countries are planning to join this call and have reserved – together with the European Commission<span style="color:#00ABAB">*</span> – a total amount of
over 20 Million Euro. Their participation in the call will be confirmed very soon.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Tentative list of participating countries</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:NO-BOK">Austria, Belgium, Brazil<span style="color:#00ABAB">**</span>, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland,
Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal (including Azores), Romania, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, and Tunisia
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:NO-BOK"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#00ABAB;mso-fareast-language:NO-BOK">*
</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:NO-BOK">EC contribution is still tentative, pending on the signature of the Grant Agreement of the BiodivRestore COFUND Action</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:NO-BOK"> </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#00ABAB;mso-fareast-language:NO-BOK">**
</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:NO-BOK">The following Brazilian States will participate in the call, with the support of
<u>CONFAP</u>: Alagoas, </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:NO-BOK">Amazonas, Bahia, Distrito Federal, Espirito Santu, Goias, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraiba, Parana, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rio
Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:NO-BOK"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:NO-BOK">Please note that
<b>each research Partner in a project must comply with the eligibility criteria and rules of its funding organisation (see below for more information)</b>.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:16.8pt;background:white">
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#00ABAB"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:16.8pt;background:white">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#00ABAB">***</span></b><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">Research teams will be invited to form transnational research consortia with
<b>eligible partners from minimum 3 countries participating in the call</b> (including minimum two
</span><span lang="EN-GB">from <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/grants_manual/hi/3cpart/h2020-hi-list-ac_en.pdf">
EU <span lang="EN-US">Member States or EU Associated Countries</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US">).
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">Proposals have to be
<b>exclusively written in English</b>. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Looking for a partner or a project to join?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Use our Partner Search Tool available<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://proposals.etag.ee/biodivrestore/partner-search"><span lang="EN-GB">here</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Join the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8455262/"><span lang="EN-GB">Water JPI Researchers Forum</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB">on
LinkedIn</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:NO-BOK">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</span><span lang="EN-GB">
Electronic Proposal Submission System (EPSS) (</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:NO-BOK">see below for more information)</span><span lang="EN-GB">.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">Call timeline:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:-18.0pt;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Launch of the call:
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">Monday<b> 5 October 2020</b></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:-18.0pt;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Deadline for pre-proposals submission (mandatory):
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">Monday <b>7 December</b> <b>2020, 16:00 CET </b>(local time in Brussels)</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:NO-BOK">Please note that the nature of the evaluation at the first step (pre-proposals stage) will depend on the number of pre-proposals received. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:NO-BOK">If a very large number of pre-proposals is received</span></u><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:NO-BOK">, a first scientific evaluation of pre-proposals will
be organized and the <b>deadline to submit full proposals will be the 3 May 2021</b>.
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</span></span></span><![endif]><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:NO-BOK">Otherwise</span></u><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:NO-BOK">, only an eligibility check of pre-proposals will be performed and the
<b>deadline to submit full proposals will be the 15 March 2021</b>. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:17.45pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:NO-BOK">The actual deadline to submit full proposals will be communicated by the end of December 2020.</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="font-size:14.0pt;color:#00ABAB">FOR MORE INFORMATION</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Make sure to consult the complete announcement of opportunities and all supporting documents on the </span><b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.biodiversa.org/1587">BiodivERsA
website</a>.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color:black"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Register</span></b><b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color:black">
<a href="https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7ByLDqj6Qj-MVXVK3huMog">HERE </a></span></b><b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">to our information webinar</span></b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> on the call, to
be held on 27 October from 14:00 to 15:30 CET (local time in Brussels)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#00ABAB">CONTACTS</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#365F91">Call Secretariat</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Patricia Vera and </span><span lang="EN-US">Maja Kolar:
</span><a href="mailto:BiodivRestore.cs@aei.gob.es"><span lang="EN-US" style="background:white">BiodivRestore.cs@aei.gob.es</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Calle de Torrelaguna, 58 bis. 28027, Madrid, Spain</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="color:#365F91"><img border="0" width="243" height="72" style="width:2.5312in;height:.75in" id="Image_x0020_4" src="cid:image003.png@01D69B2D.BB61C9F0" alt="/var/folders/2l/q3q4kjdd4t3cy562sp1w77680000gp/T/com.microsoft.Outlook/WebArchiveCopyPasteTempFiles/cidimage003.png@01D6767C.C46AE390"></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#365F91">BiodivERsA Secretariat</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Claire Blery :</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#365F91"> </span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-US" style="background:white"><a href="mailto:claire.blery@fondationbiodiversite.fr">claire.blery@fondationbiodiversite.fr</a></span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Cécile Mandon :</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#365F91"> </span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-US" style="background:white"><a href="mailto:cecile.mandon@fondationbiodiversite.fr">cecile.mandon@fondationbiodiversite.fr</a></span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">French Foundation for Research on Biodiversity (FRB)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">195 rue Saint Jacques, 75005 Paris, France</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#365F91">Water JPI Secretariat</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-US" style="background:white"><a href="mailto:waterjpisecretariat@agencerecherche.fr">waterjpisecretariat@agencerecherche.fr</a></span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:12.65pt"><span style="color:black">Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)<br>
50 Avenue Daumesnil, 75012 Paris, France</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#7F7F7F">The BiodivERsA Network</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#7F7F7F">For more information on BiodivERsA, click<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.biodiversa.org"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#00ABAB">here</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#7F7F7F">Follow us on twitter: </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://twitter.com/@BiodivERsA3"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#00ABAB">@BiodivERsA3</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#7F7F7F">Follow us on<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#00ABAB"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/biodiversa3/"><span style="color:#00ABAB">LinkedIn</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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