BiodivERsA and Water JPI are pleased to announce that their transnational 2020-2021 joint Call on “Conservation and restoration of degraded ecosystems and their biodiversity, including a focus on aquatic systems” is now open.

The intention of this joint BiodivERsA / the WATER JPI call co-funded by the European Commission is to support research projects in which the approaches and skills of natural sciences, social sciences and humanities are integrated as needed to address the specific objectives of each research proposal.

This call also aims at funding transdisciplinary research projects demonstrating potential societal and policy impact. In this context, the participation of stakeholders (public and private) in research proposals is welcome.

This call will cover the following three non-exclusive themes:

• Studying the biological and biophysical processes at stake for conservation/restoration, and their interactions
• Assessing trade-offs and synergies between targets, benefits and policies for conservation and restoration
• Knowledge for improving the effectiveness and upscaling of conservation and restoration actions

Funding Information

31 funding organisations from 27 countries are planning to join this call and have reserved – together with the European Commission* – a total amount of over 20 Million Euro.

Duration: The project duration is 3 years.

Eligibility Criteria

• Research teams will be invited to form transnational research consortia with eligible partners from minimum 3 countries participating in the call.
• For applicants from overseas: provided the latter criterion is met (Partners from at least two different EU Member States or Associated Countries participating in the call), for proposals including Partners from outermost regions and overseas countries and territories participating in the call, the outermost regions and overseas countries and territories can be counted as a specific participating country (for the criteria: at least three different countries).
• Proposals have to be exclusively written in English.

For more information, visit Water JPI.