The Belmont Forum welcomes proposals for its Collaborative Research Action (CRA) on ‘Vulnerability and Resilience Management for Socio-Environmental Systems in Exposed Territories.’ Registration deadline is 17 October 2025.
Taking inspiration from the recent COVID-19 pandemic, the Resilience CRA builds upon the Belmont Forum’s DR3 CRA and seeks to define and promote innovative risk management concepts that better account for global change and evolving human-nature interactions. The Belmont Forum seeks to develop risk science in alignment with sustainability science, encourage knowledge co-production, focus on vulnerable areas, inform governance, and cultivate a new generation of scientists and stakeholders equipped to address ever rising environmental risks.
Key Focus Areas
The call for proposals encourages projects that address at least two of the following areas:
- Area 1: Better assess risks of increasing complexity with global change.
- Area 2: Pay specific attention to exacerbated vulnerabilities in highly exposed territories.
- Area 3: Develop innovative solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction.
Project Details
- Project Duration: Three years
- Eligibility: Research Consortia must include three or more participants from at least three different countries, each requesting support from at least three different participating funding organizations. Consortia must be transdisciplinary, including partners from social sciences, STEM fields, and societal partners.
- Funding: Funding organizations from several countries (Brazil, Chinese Taipei, Italy, Japan, Switzerland, Turkiye) and non-governmental organizations (Mountain Research Initiative) have agreed to support the call.
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How to Apply
Applications must be made through the Belmont Forum grant operations system (BFgo.org). For full details, please refer to the call documents:
The Belmont Forum is a partnership of funding agencies, international scientific councils, and regional consortia dedicated to promoting transdisciplinary, transnational research to help understand, mitigate, and adapt to global environmental change.
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