CFPs: Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation led by or actively involving Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

Deadline Date: April 10, 2024

Donor Name: The British Academy

Grant Size: $100,000 to $500,000

https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/climate-change-mitigation-and-adaption-led-by-indigenous-peoples-and-local-communities/

he British Academy is inviting proposals on climate change adaptation and mitigation led by or actively involving indigenous peoples and local communities from researchers based in the UK, Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and/or Least Developed Countries.

This call is supported from the UK’s International Science Partnerships Fund managed by the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology. In the context of this call, funding from the International Science Partnerships Fund is funded by Official Development Assistance (ODA), therefore applications for this funding must be ODA-eligible.

Programme Aims & Scope of the Call

• The aim of this call is to support ODA-eligible international research collaborations between humanities and social sciences researchers in the UK and researchers in Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and/or Least Developed Countries on climate change adaptation and mitigation led by or actively involving indigenous peoples and local communities. Applications that are not considered ODA-eligible will not be taken forward through the assessment process.
• Furthermore, whilst it is not a requirement, applications are welcome to work across the humanities and social sciences AND the natural, medical and engineering sciences. The Academy particularly encourages applications led from the humanities.
• The Academy intends to be able to support policy-relevant research that can be either novel research or research that builds on existing or ongoing research in climate change adaptation and mitigation led by or actively involving indigenous peoples and local communities. The Academy does not have any pre-determined ideas regarding the exact type of project, outputs, and dissemination of the research other than that it must be policy-relevant. Instead, the onus is on the applicants to convince the Academy that their projects bring genuine added value to addressing the Programme Aims and Scope of the Call and bring valuable insights and perspectives of relevance to the policy challenges of climate change adaptation and mitigation led by or actively involving indigenous peoples and local communities.
• The Academy envisages the awards made through the Programme will:
  • Provide opportunities for researchers based in the UK and Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and/or Least Developed Countries to develop and/or deepen international research collaborations;
  • Deliver policy-relevant ODA-eligible research in climate change adaptation and mitigation led by or actively involving indigenous peoples and local communities that provide clear insights and deliverables for action at local, national and/or regional levels in Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and/or Least Developed Countries;
  • Co-creates and engages with local and/or national community, societal, business and/or policy stakeholders to design, develop and embed the research findings.
• This call has a focus on climate change adaptation and mitigation led by or actively involving indigenous peoples and local communities. The Academy wishes to support diverse policy-relevant thinking related to this challenge. The Academy does not have any pre-determined ideas regarding the exact type of project, outputs, and dissemination of the research other than that it must be policy-relevant. Instead, the onus is on the applicants to convince the Academy that their projects bring genuine added value to addressing the Programme Aims and Scope of the Call and bring valuable insights and perspectives of relevance to the policy challenges of climate change mitigation and adaptation led by indigenous peoples and local communities.

Funding Information

• The total funding available per award in this call is up to £200,000 over 18 months.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants must meet the following eligibility criteria:
  • Each project will be led by a named Principal Investigator (PI). The PI must be a researcher in a discipline within the social sciences or the humanities. The PI is expected to direct the research and the management of the project and has responsibility for the overall project reporting requirements.
  • The PI must be of postdoctoral or above status (or have equivalent research experience). The PI must hold an established role in an eligible university or research institute in the UK, Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and/or Least Developed Countries. The PI’s position must last at least the duration of the grant funded by the Academy.
  • PIs may not hold more than one British Academy award of a comparable nature at any one time.
  • An individual cannot be the PI on more than one bid under this Programme.
  • Applicants can be of any nationality but they must be based in the UK, Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and/or Least Developed Countries.
  • Applicants must hold a doctoral degree (or have equivalent research experience).
  • Awards are available to individuals, to be held in an institutional context.
  • Applications under this call will not be accepted if the applicant or any collaborators have any outstanding reports or statements of expenditure which are still to be submitted to the Academy following previous awards.
  • Duplicate applications to more than one British Academy funding programme will not be accepted.
• C0-Applicants must meet the following eligibility criteria:
  • Must include at least one researcher who is based in Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and/or Least Developed Countries if the Principal Investigator is based in the UK or one researcher based in the UK if the Principal Investigator is based in Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and/or Least Developed Countries.
  • Must be of postdoctoral or above status (or have equivalent research experience).
  • Can include other researchers based in the UK or internationally at all career stages.
  • No individual may be a Co-Applicant on more than two projects under this call (nor may a PI be additionally a Co-Applicant on more than one other project).
• Other Participants: Projects may also include any number of specified ‘Other Participants’, who may, for example, be relevant stakeholders participating in networking or dissemination events, academic or policy advisers, practitioners, industry representatives, etc.
• Research assistance is an eligible cost under this programme and it can be supported where a reasonable case is made in line with the type of work that is required to be undertaken. PhD studentships, however, are not an eligible cost.
• Institutions: The award must be held at an institution recognised by the Academy. The following types of organisations will be eligible to apply to host the award:
  • Higher Education Institutes that received funding from one of the UK higher education funding bodies.  
  • Research institutes (RIs), for which research councils have established a longterm involvement as major funder as part of the national research base.
  • Approved relevant Independent Research Organisations.
  • Public Sector Research Organisations.
  • Research organisations based in Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and/or Least Developed Countries and approved as eligible by the British Academy no later than 2 weeks before the deadline of this call and who have responded to the question in the application form related to Due Diligence.

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