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SUMMARY:SNSF - Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) | Collaborative Fundin
 g Call
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CATEGORIES:Call for proposal
DESCRIPTION:The SNSF is participating in a pilot call from the Global Rese
 arch Council together with 10 funding agencies from four continents. The c
 all is aimed at accelerating achievement of the SDGs by implementing resul
 ts of ongoing or recently finalised research projects. The research and ou
 tcomes of the funded projects are expected to benefit society and improve 
 the livelihoods of people on the ground.\n\nThe Global Research Council (G
 RC)\, a virtual organisation comprising heads of science and engineering f
 unding agencies from around the world\, is launching this pilot call commi
 tted to taking concrete steps towards achieving the Sustainable Developmen
 t Goals (SDGs) through innovative research and actions. The call secretari
 at is managed by South Africa’s National Research Fund (NRF).\n\nWho can
  apply: \n\n	International research partnerships: Projects will be funded 
 through consortia of three to six partners where researchers and practice 
 partners from different countries work towards common goals. Applicants mu
 st form project consortia with eligible partner organisations from at leas
 t three different countries funding the call (i.e. Chile\, China\, Côte d
 ’Ivoire\, Kenya\, Norway\, South Africa\, Switzerland\, Sweden\, Tanzani
 a\, The Netherlands and Turkey).\n	Applicants from institutions in Côte d
 ’Ivoire\, Kenya\, Tanzania and Chile need to submit their application to
  the SNSF.\n	Consortia must be based on research and innovation projects t
 hat have been completed (completion in 2017 or later) or are nearing compl
 etion (one year or less to completion).\n	Applicants have to provide the m
 ySNF grant/project numbers of completed projects on which the proposed ini
 tiative will build.\n	Applications must be in line with the regulations ou
 tlined in this call document. In addition and if no specific provision is 
 formulated in the present call\, the regulations of the SNSF apply\, in pa
 rticular the SNSF Funding Regulations and their General Implementation Reg
 ulations.\n\n\nFunding and duration: \n\n\n	Max CHF 250’000 for maximum 
 48 months.\n\n\nEligible costs: \n\n\n	Personnel (scientific and technical
  staff\; excluding the PI’s salary)\, material costs\, costs for the org
 anization of conferences and workshops and costs for national and internat
 ional cooperation and networking activities.\n	Costs for open access publi
 cations are not eligible and must be requested separately (www.snf.ch/oa).
 \n	Use the EPFL Budget Calculator to prepare your application.\n\n\nDeadli
 nes: \n\n\n	Submission of the concept note to the NRF: 25 August 2022 (23:
 59 GMT + 2) to the call secretariat (cj.diederiks@risa.nrf.ac.za)\n	Submis
 sion of full-proposals: 20 January 2023\, via mySNF and the NRF Connect sy
 stem\n\n\nFor further information\, please have a look at the call webpage
 \, the call guidelines\, the National annex for Swiss applicants and the E
 PFL Toolkit for Project Funding. If you have any questions\, please contac
 t research@epfl.ch.\n 
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