Deadline: 31 March 2015
The ISSC, in partnership with members of the Belmont Forum, has opened a call for international Transformative Knowledge Networks. A minimum of three Transformative Knowledge Networks (TKNs) will be funded, to the value of up to €900,000 each over three years.
The Transformations to Sustainability Programme seeks to address global sustainability challenges by supporting research on the complex processes of social transformation needed to secure effective, equitable and durable solutions.
Program Objectives
The Transformations to Sustainability Programme ultimately will inform and enable social change to more sustainable and equitable societies worldwide. The objective is to:
- craft more effective, durable and equitable solutions to the problems of global change and sustainability
- increase the use of such knowledge by policy makers, practitioners, the private sector, citizens and activists
- create a Global Knowledge Trust on social transformations
- engage and communicate effectively with the public
Duration of Grant
- October 2015 to September 2018.
Key dates
- Online submission form on NRF website opens: 2 February 2015
- Deadline for submissions: 23.59 South African time, 31 March 2015
- Funding decisions: July 2015
Eligibility Criteria
- Researchers from behavioral, economic and social science are welcome to apply.
- The lead applicant (Network Coordinator) must be a social scientist from a low or middle-income country (including high-middle-income countries).
Application guidelines
- The Network Coordinator will be required to set up a personal account in the NRF system in order to proceed with the submission process.
- Applications must be written in English.
- The application should be prepared in advance according to the templates provided in Annex 3 (proposal) and 4 (budget).
- All the submissions should be through the online submission system provided on the website page.
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