Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Collaborative Funding Call
The Global Research Council (GRC) is a virtual organization comprised of science, research and engineering funding agencies from around the world. It is dedicated to the promotion and sharing of data and best practices for high-quality collaboration among funding agencies worldwide. Further, the GRC is committed to providing an opportunity for countries large and small to work in concert across national borders. The GRC believes that cooperation and collaboration can enhance the quality of science, avoid unnecessary duplication, provide economies of scale, and address issues that can only be solved by working collectively and collaboratively.
This is a pilot call aiming to accelerate the achievement of the SDGs, through the implementation of results from ongoing or recently finalized research and innovation projects to advance knowledge-based achievement of the SDGs, from local to regional scale.
| Aims & Topics: | Advancing implementation of 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development, particularly in the topics of human well-being and capabilities; Sustainable and just economies; Food systems and nutrition patterns; Energy decarbonization with universal access; Urban and peri-urban development; Global environmental commons |
| Budget: | Approximately 8,2 million €. Date for the exchange rate will be fixed by each country in their national annex. See each funder’s national annex for local currency and budgetary limitations per funding organization. |
| Participating Funders: | Chile (ANIID), China (NSFC), Côte d’Ivoire (FONSTI), Kenya (NRF Kenya), Norway (RCN), South Africa (NRF), Switzerland (SNSF), Sweden (Formas), Tanzania (COSTECH), The Netherlands (NWO) and Turkey (TUBITAK) |
| International Consortia: | Applicants must form project consortia with eligible partner organizations from at least three different countries funding the call. Consortia must be based on previously or recently finalized research and innovation projects funded by the following countries: Chile, China, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Norway, South Africa, Switzerland, Sweden, Tanzania, The Netherlands and Turkey. Standard consortium size: |
| Standard Consortium size: | Three to six partners |
| Funding: | Each funding agency will provide funds directly to their eligible applicants per consortia in accordance with the agencies’ rules and regulations as stated in the national annexes |
| Duration per project: | 2 to 4 years |
Please see the full call document: https://www.nrf.ac.za/sustainable-development-goals-sdgs-collaborative-funding-call/
