Deadline- 30 April 2012
Countries/Region- Africa, Asia and Latin America
The call for applications is open to candidates of all disciplines of the Social and Human Sciences, as well as to researchers of other sciences with projects linked to the main theme of the year: “Global Environmental Change, Agrarian Transformation and Food Sovereignty in the South”. The main reason for choosing this theme is related to the necessity of understanding the complex dynamics associated with global environmental change (GEC) – which express themselves mainly, though not exclusively, through climate change, agrarian transformation and food sovereignty. Our starting point is that the scope and scale of interaction between GEC and food provisioning are changing dramatically, particularly in relation to the risks of climate change, biodiversity loss and water scarcity, as well as in terms of linkages to energy systems; The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA) argues, for example, that humans have changed ecosystems more in the last 50 years than in any other comparable period in history, causing land degradation pollution, and the depletion of water and other natural resources in ways that undermine food and water security.
ELIGIBILITY–
- It is open to experienced researchers who have masters or doctoral degrees. Candidates are required to be supported by organizing institutions (APISA, CLACSO or CODESRIA) or their host institutions.
- The execution of the research will not exceed the 12 months period starting in June 2012. A mid-term report will be submitted six months after the beginning of the research. A final report will have to be presented no later than 30 days after the date of expiry of the grant period, in accordance with the terms of contract to be signed with the organising institutions. The final report will include a text in an adequate format so as to allow its edition and publication as a book or monograph in paper or electronic format in the website of APISA/CLACSO/CODESRIA.
- Altogether 9 (nine) proposals (three per region) will be selected with a maximum grant of USD 10,000 per project. The resources allocated would be freely utilized in all activities related to the research: information collection, data gathering and processing, book purchase and related expenses. Resources cannot be used for project designing or for direct or indirect costs of the supporting institutions.
- Additional requisites can be included by the organizing regional institutes to fulfill their internal rules.
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