Supporting the protection of biodiversity and ecosystems across land and sea
Biodiversity Partnership Call 2023: “Nature-based solutions for biodiversity, human well-being and transformative change”
Biodiversa+ – the European Biodiversity Partnership – is pleased to announce that its BiodivNBS Call for Transnational Research Proposals on “Nature-based solutions for biodiversity, human well-being and transformative change – BiodivNBS” is now open. Deadline for pre-proposals submission is Friday 10 November 2023, 15:00 CET.
This Call aims at supporting research on biodiversity to gain a better understanding of the tipping points and trade-offs and underlying mechanisms affecting Nature-based Solutions, and their successful implementation with respect to the benefits for nature, human well-being and societal transformation.
To do so, it will cover the following three non-exclusive research themes:
- Synergies and trade-offs of Nature-based solutions in the context of human well-being
- Nature-based solutions mitigating anthropogenic drivers of biodiversity loss
- The contribution of Nature-based solutions for just transformative change
The call will cover transnational, interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and cross-sectoral research on Nature-based Solutions in all parts of the world. All realms (i.e. terrestrial, marine, coastal, and freshwater) will be eligible. However, for Czech Applicants to be eligible, results of the project must be applicable in the environment of the Czech Republic (Applicability of foreseen project outputs and their employment in the conditions of the Czech Republic will be assessed during the national eligibility check).
The rules of the call for Czech applicants are based on the SIGMA programme. The total financial amount of TA CR support for the call for Czech applicants in international projects is EUR 680 000. The maximum financial amount of support per project is EUR 170 000. The maximum intensity of support for the Czech side of the project is 80% of the total eligible costs of the project.
To be eligible, research consortia will have to include teams from a minimum of 3 countries financially participating in the Call, including at least 2 from EU Member States or EU Associated Countries. Note that not all EU Member States or Associated Countries will financially participate in this call.
Participating countries:
Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada (Québec), Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Georgia, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Morocco (pending), Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, The Netherlands, Tunisia, and Türkiye (pending).
Proposals (in English only) will have to be submitted electronically. Instructions regarding submission, eligibility and evaluation criteria and other relevant information will be published with the official call announcement early September 2023.
SAVE THE DATE: an information webinar for potential applicants will be organised on 26 September 2023, from 13:00 to 15:00 CEST. Registration is available here.
For more information visit www.tacr.cz/en or www.biodiversa.eu.
Biodiversity Partnership Call 2022: “Improved transnational monitoring of biodiversity and ecosystem change for science and society ”
Launch of the Call September 8, 2022
Deadline for pre-proposals submission 9 November 2022, 15:00 CET
Deadline for full proposal submission 05 April 2023, 15:00 CEST
Notification of accepted proposals September 2023
Indicative Call budget of TA CR € 500 000
Maximum amount per project: € 170 000
Maximum funding rate (intensity) per project: 85%
Applicants main applicant: research organizations, enterprises,organisational units of the state; other project partner: research organizations, enterprises,organisational units of the state
Website www.biodiversa.org
Website for Czech applicants www.tacr.cz/soutez/partnerstvi-pro-biodiverzitu/call-2022-3/
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Topics
This call will cover the following three non-exclusive research themes:
- Innovation and harmonisation of methods and tools for collection and management of biodiversity monitoring data
- Addressing knowledge gaps on biodiversity status, dynamics, and trends to reverse biodiversity loss
- Making use of available biodiversity monitoring data
All environments (i.e. terrestrial, inland freshwater including wetlands, and marine) will be eligible.
*Czech applicants will probably be able to participate only in the first and third topic.
PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES
A global budget of over 40 million euros has been provisionally reserved for the call and at this stage, the following 34 countries have expressed a preliminary interest in participating in the call:
Belgium (BELSPO, F.R.S-FNRS, FWO), Brazil (CONFAP, CNPq), Bulgaria (BNSF), Czech Republic (TA CR), Denmark (IFD), Estonia (ETAg, MoE, MEM), Finland (AKA, MoE), France (ANR, OFB), Ireland (EPA), Italy (MUR. PROV.BZ), South Africa (DSI), Litvhuania (LMT), Latvia (LSC), Hungary (NKFIH), Marocco (MESRSI), Moldavia (NARD), Germany (DFG, VDI/VDE-IT), The Netherlands (NWO), Norway (RCN), Poland (NCN), Portugal (FCT, FRCT) Austria (FWF), Romania (MoEnv, UEFISCDI), Greece (GSRI), Slovakia (MoE, SAS), Slovenia (MIZS), Spain (AEI, CDTI, FB), Sweden (SEPA, SNSA), ŠSwitzerland (SNSF), Taiwan (MOST), Tunisia (MHESR), Turkey (TAGEM, TUBITAK)
GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR APPLICATION
Proposals (in English only) will have to be submitted electronically. Instructions regarding submission, eligibility and evaluation criteria and other relevant information will be published with the official call announcement early September 2022.
To be eligible, research consortia will have to include teams from a minimum of 3 countries participating in the call (including a minimum of two from EU Member States or EU Associated Countries).
However, for Czech Applicants to be eligible, results of the project must be applicable in the environment of the Czech Republic (Applicability of foreseen project outputs and their employment in the conditions of the Czech Republic will be assessed during the national eligibility check).
WEBINARS
Biodiversa+, the European Biodiversity Partnership organised a webinar on its second Call for research projects “Improved transnational monitoring of biodiversity and ecosystem change for science and society ”.
The webinar that is now available in replay on the Biodiversa+ Youtube channel
PARTNER SEARCH TOOLS
Use the Biodiversa+ Partner Search Tool available here.
ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION SYSTEM
www.proposals.etag.ee/biodiversa/
DOCUMENTS
Official Call Documents are available here.
Documents for Czech applicants are here in section “Dokumenty”.
Biodiversity Partnership Call 2021: “Supporting the protection of biodiversity and ecosystems across land and sea”
Launch of the Call October 1, 2021
Deadline for pre-proposals submission November 30, 2021
Deadline for full proposal submission April 14, 2022
Notification of accepted proposals September/October 2022
Indicative Call budget of TA CR € 730 000
Maximum amount per project: € 300 000
Maximum funding rate (intensity) per project: 85%
Applicants main applicant: research organizations, enterprises,organisational units of the state; other project partner: research organizations, enterprises,organisational units of the state
Website www.biodiversa.org/
Website for Czech applicants www.tacr.cz/soutez/partnerstvi-pro-biodiverzitu/call-2021-5/
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Topics
This call will cover the following three non-exclusive themes:
- Knowledge for identifying priority conservation areas, establishing effective and resilient ecological networks, enhancing species-based protection and preserving genetic diversity
- Multiple benefits and costs of biodiversity and ecosystem protection: synergies and trade-offs
- Effective management and equitable governance to deliver bold conservation outcomes
*However, for Czech Applicants to be eligible, results of the project must be applicable in the environment of the Czech Republic (Applicability of foreseen project outputs and their employment in the conditions of the Czech Republic will be assessed during the national eligibility check).
Participating countries
A global budget of over 40 Million euros has been provisionally reserved for the call and at this stage, the following 34 countries have expressed a preliminary interest in participating in the call:
Austria (FWF), Belgium (BELSPO, F.R.S-FNRS, FWO), Brazil, Bulgaria (BNSF), Czech Republic (TA CR), Denmark (IFD), Estonia (ETAg, MoE, MEM), Finland (AKA, MoE), France (ANR), Germany (DFG, VDI/VDE-IT), Greece (GSRI), Hungary (NKFIH), Iceland (Rannis), Ireland (EPA), Israel (MoEP), Italy (MUR), Latvia (LSC, VIAA), Lithuania (LMT), Moldova (NARD), Morocco (MENFPESRS), Norway (RCN), Poland (NCN), Portugal (incl. the Azores) (FCT, FRCT), Romania (MoEnv, UEFISCDI), Slovakia (MoE, SAS), Slovenia (MIZS), South Africa, Spain (AEI, FB), Sweden (FORMAS), Switzerland (SNSF), Taiwan (MOST), The Netherlands (NWO), Tunisia (MHESR) and Turkey.
General conditions for application
A two-step procedure for joint applications will be followed, consisting of the submission of pre-proposals at step 1 and full proposals at step 2 (The language of the call and applications is English). To be eligible, the project must be a transnational project involving eligible research Partners from at least three different countries participating in the call and requesting support from at least three different Funding Organisations. In addition, at least two Partners must be from different EU Member States or Associated Countries participating in the call.
For both steps, it is also expected that the international added valueof the projects is clearly presented.
Webinars
Watch the replay of our General Information Webinar that was organised on the 12th of October.
Partner search tools
Use the BiodivERsA Partner Search Tool available here.
Electronic submission system
The online platform (EPSS) to submit your pre-proposal is open .
Documents
Documents for Czech applicants are here in section “Dokumenty”. All documents proving the eligibility of the Czech applicant must be sent to TACR data box (ID: afth9xp) within the same deadline as the proposals.
Make sure to consult the complete announcement of opportunities and all supporting documents on the BiodivERsA website
- Please make sure to consult the Call Documents containing the following information:
– Announcement of Opportunity (call text)
– Pre-proposal application form (for information; to be accessed via EPSS platform)
– Full Proposal application form (for information; to be accessed via EPSS platform in Step 2)
– Checklist for applicants
– Data policy
– Assessment criteria
– Conflict of Interest, confidentiality and non-disclosure policy.
- FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
- Watch the replay of our General Information Webinar that was organised on the 12th of October.
- Please note that each research Partner in a project must comply with the eligibility criteria and rules of its funding organisation: FO rules.
- For general information on the call, please contact the Call Secretariat: biodiversa.cs@agencerecherche.fr (Juliette Bettus, Céline Billière and Sophie Germann)
- For specific questions related to the budget, criteria and rules of your funding organisation, please consult your Funding organisation’s rules and contact your Funding Organisation Contact Point (FCP).
- For technical questions regarding the EPSS, please contact the EPSS technical helpdesk: Taavi Tiirik, epss.biodiversa@g.etag.ee
About Biodiversity Partnership
The Partnership on Biodiversity ‘Rescuing biodiversity to safeguard life on Earth’ is a European co-funded Partnership aiming to contribute to the targets of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 under the overarching objective that, by 2030, biodiversity in Europe is back on the path to recovery. Acting as an overarching platform to make the bridge between science, policy and practice, and make nature-based solutions a reality on the ground, the Partnership focuses on five accompanying objectives:
1 – improve monitoring of biodiversity and ecosystem services across Europe
2 – generate science-based, actionable knowledge to tackle the biodiversity crisis and the drivers of biodiversity loss
3 – reinforce the evidence base for the development, deployment and assessment of tools such as Nature-based solutions
4 – make the business case for biodiversity
5 – ensure efficient science-based support for biodiversity policy making in Europe.
Based on that, the Biodiversity Partnership will coordinate research programmes between EU and its Member States and associated countries and trigger combined action. For the first time, it should mobilise environmental authorities as key partners in carrying out biodiversity research and innovation, along with ministries of research, funding agencies, and environmental protection agencies. The partnership’s co-created strategic research and innovation agenda for seven years should include calls for research projects, biodiversity- and ecosystems monitoring and science-based policy advisory activities.
The Biodiversity Partnership will build on the efficient structuring of the European Research Area in the domain achieved by BiodivERsA (a network of 39 agencies and ministries from 25 European countries and associated countries programming and funding pan-European research on biodiversity and ecosystem services on a competitive basis) as well as on the efficient networking and collaboration achieved during the past years between partners of MAES and of MOVE.
Find more information on the Partnership:
- Visit the BiodivERsA website
- Watch the Webinar held on the 19th of May 2020
- Find the draft Executive summary of the European co-funded Partnership on biodiversity
