ERA-NET BiodivERsA Call on Biodiversity and Climate Change now open

The European Research Area on biodiversity and ecosystem services (BiodivERsA) is an ERA-NET initiative supporting research on biodiversity and ecosystem services across 23 EU and associated countries, including Switzerland (via the SNSF). BiodivERsA is co-funded by the Horizon 2020 ERA-NET COFUND scheme of the European Commission. It supports transnational and collaborative projects via annual calls.

The 2019-2020 call focuses on Biodiversity and Climate Change.

This call covers the following four non-exclusive themes:

• Consequences of climate change on biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people;
• Climate-biodiversity feedback processes;
• Potential of nature-based solutions for mitigating and adapting to climate change;
• Synergies and trade-offs between policies on biodiversity, climate and other relevant sectors, and the role of agents of change.

BiodivERsA promotes the engagement of stakeholders all along the research process.

For Swiss-based applicants and co-applicants:

• proposals with overlapping funding periods with ongoing SNSF grants are only approved if the research projects pursue different goals in the context of this programme.
• Swiss applicants may participate in at most one BiodivClim proposal.
• The SNSF exclusively funds research conducted for purposes that are not directly commercial.

Who can apply:

• Teams from at least 3different participating countries (at least 2 EU and associated countries), supported by at least 3 different Funding Organisations. Use the BiodivERsA Partner Search Tool to look for a partner.
• Swiss-based applicants: all Swiss applicants and co-applicants must be eligible for SNSF Project Funding (see EPFL Instructions for SNSF Project Funding).
• Consortium partners: partners based outside of Switzerland. They must apply for funding via their national funding agency.

Please contact [email protected] to verify your eligibility for the call.

Funding & Duration:

• for Swiss-based applicants, the SNSF has allocated EUR 2.6 million for 12 to 36 months for this call. There is no limit to the requested budget per Partner and/or per Project. The eligible costs are the same as for SNSF Project Funding (see EPFL Instructions for SNSF Project Funding). VAT should be included in your budget. Do NOT include overheads.

If interested, please contact [email protected] to verify your eligibility for the call.

SNSF contact person: Dr. Stéphanie Wyss, [email protected], +41 31 308 22 68.

Deadline for pre-proposals: 5 November 2019 at 16:00 CET

Deadline for full proposals: 10 April 2020 at 16:00 CET

Note: Swiss-based applicants must submit pre-proposals and proposals via mySNF at the same deadline as the consortium applications.

For further information, please have a look at the call webpage (including the call guidelines, pre-proposal application form, full proposal application form), at the national eligibility criteria, the call on the SNSF website.

Register this call in your calendar with the EPFL Memento.