Deadline: 31 March 2015
International Social Science Council calls for proposals Transformative Knowledge Networks for Transformations to Sustainability Programme. This programme is to address today’s issues and challenges of global environmental change. It will enable social scientists to enhance knowledge networks which will strengthen sustainability research.
ISSC provides up to 900,000 Euro to each Knowledge Network over the span of three years. ISSC is initiating “Transformations to Sustainability Programme” with the objective to:
- Increase the use of such knowledge by policy makers, practitioners, the private sector, citizens and activists
- Engage and communicate effectively with the public
- Craft more effective, durable and equitable solutions to the problems of global change and sustainability
- Create a Global Knowledge Trust on social transformations
About ISSC
The ISSC is an independent non-government organization established by UNESCO in 1952. It is the primary body representing the social, economic and behavioral sciences at an international level. ISSC’s mission is to increase the production and use of social science knowledge for the well-being of societies throughout the world.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicant must be a social scientist from a low or middle-income country (including high-middle-income countries), according to World Bank classification.
How to Apply
Applicant has to submit online application. Online submission form on NRF will open from 2 February 2015.
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