Research Western
Funding Opportunites - Research
Further details regarding this announcement can be found at:
http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/Grants-Subs/Belmont-Belmont_eng.asp#contact
Sponsor/Award: NATURAL SCIENCES & ENGINEERING RESEARCH - BELMONT FORUM - BIODIVERSA CALL - 2018 CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Grant Amount: UP TO $75K OVER 3YRS
Deadline: Dean's: Contact your Faculty Research Office for deadline details.
Internal: Mar 02, 2018
Sponsor's: Mar 09, 2018

Subject Areas: Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services
Description:

The Belmont Forum is a high-level group of the world?s major and emerging funders of global environmental change research and international science councils. It aims to accelerate delivery of the international environmental research most urgently needed to remove critical barriers to sustainability by aligning and mobilizing international resources. The aims of the Belmont Forum are detailed in a White Paper, and encapsulated as the Belmont Challenge: To deliver knowledge needed for action to mitigate and adapt to detrimental environmental change and extreme hazardous events.

NSERC will provide direct funding to eligible Canadian researchers to participate in small collaboration and synthesis grants related to their activities in funded projects in the natural sciences and engineering related to the published themes.

Application Details: 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 proposals (to be written in English) must be submitted electronically with the Electronic Proposal Submission System (EPSS).Application Deadlines: December 1, 2017 - Pre-registration (Mandatory) and March 9, 2018 - Full Application
NOTE: All Letters of Intent and Full Applications must be processed through Research Development & Services for institutional approval. Requests for Institutional approvals should be received no less than 3 days prior to the posted Sponsor deadline. A ROLA Proposal (bearing applicant, Chair and Dean electronic approvals) is required for each submission.
Western Contacts:

Sponsor Contacts:

SYLVIE.ROY@NSERC-CRSNG.GC.CA
350 ALBERT STREET
OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada
613 995 4273