Funding Opportunities
The Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer Research Grant (JWO Research Grant) was established to honour the late Mrs Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer and continue her extensive contribution to and passion for Africa, the environment, and science. This research grant enables early-career scientists to solve African problems with scientific solutions. A grant of $150,000 will be awarded to one successful applicant.
Applications close on 3 May 2024
The L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science national and regional Young Talents Programmes support young women researchers around the world to pursue their scientific careers in their home countries or abroad. Several calls for applications are currently open. Women scientists at the doctoral and/or post-doctoral level are invited to submit their applications on the dedicated platform.
The Prix de Quervain 2024 will be awarded for work on topics relating to the two polar regions. Eligible to participate are young researchers with a master's or doctoral degree from the last 24 months or their master's, dissertation or postdoctoral work at a research institution in Switzerland. The evaluation will assess the scientific significance, creativity/originality, implementation in science and practice, and presentation, taking into account the different levels and academic ages of the applicants. The prize money of CHF 5,000 will be awarded in total or divided up, depending on the quality of the work submitted.
With the Prix de Quervain, the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences, with their Commissions for Polar and High Altitude Research (SCPH) and the High Altitude Research Station Jungfraujoch (SKHFJ), support young researchers in the fields of polar and high altitude research, alternating annually.
Submission deadline: 30 April 2024
The 2024 Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research invites submissions across all social science disciplines in comparative studies, offering €5,000 to the winning contribution.
Deadline: 30 April 2024
Horizon Europe is calling for papers on "Harmonised / Standard protocols for the implementation of alert and impact forecasting systems as well as transnational emergency management in the areas of high-impact weather / climatic and geological disasters".
The projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following outcomes:
- Enhanced links between scientific community and first and second responders promoting user-targeted research and the faster transfer of science results into best practices;
- Enhanced adoption of novel technologies such as advanced Earth Observation capabilities, and capabilities such as those from Earth Observation space technologies into prevention and management practices and tools;
- Improvement of meteorological input (wind, temperature, precipitation, soil humidity) for extremes related to heat and drought (forest fires, heatwave, agricultural damage, low water for hydro power), especially concerning the support of counter activities;
- Improved methods for cross-border and cross-sectoral knowledge transfer about risk, vulnerability, exposure, and monitoring methods;
- Development of common technical standards of alert and impact forecasting systems that cope more efficiently with transboundary emergencies, and for GIS-based information systems dealing with high-impact weather / climatic and geological disasters management during emergencies;
- Identification of needs and opportunities for transferring advanced scientific results into enhancement in disaster logistics and responses, including tailor-made education and training programmes for emergency management teams.
Planned opening date: 27 June 2024.
Deadline date: 20 November 2024 17:00:00 Brussels time.
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Research Cooperation. Through a "Lead Agency Opportunity", NSF and SNSF will allow proposers from both countries to submit a collaborative proposal that will undergo a single review process at the Lead Agency. The Lead Agency will alternate between NSF and SNSF on an annual basis, and the review process will follow the usual evaluation process for the Lead Agency.
Regardless of Lead Agency, U.S. proposers must submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) following the instructions. The first EOI deadline will be 17 February 2023; all subsequent EOI deadlines will be at least 60 calendar days in advance of the submission of the full proposal to the Lead Agency (e.g., 3 August 2023, for the October 2023 SNSF full proposal deadline). EOIs will be used to determine eligibility for the Lead Agency Opportunity.
SNSF is expected to serve as the Lead Agency:
- From April 1st, 2023, through March 31st, 2024
- From April 1st, 2025, through March 31st, 2026
NSF is expected to serve as the Lead Agency:
- From April 1st, 2024, through March 31st, 2025
- From April 1st, 2026, through March 31st, 2027,
SNSF will be the Lead Agency in the first year and will accept proposals on their deadlines of 3 April and 2 October 2023.
IACS offer funding to support attendance at IACS General and Scientific Assemblies, and also co-sponsor cryosphere-related workshops, educational, or other events.
There are three deadlines per year on 1 February, 1 June and 1 October.
