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SUMMARY:Science and Technology for Humanitarian Action Challenges
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CATEGORIES:Call for proposal
DESCRIPTION:Call 3 launched with a deadline for applications on 6 February
  2023 (17:00 CEST)\nThe challenges faced by humanitarian organizations in 
 general and by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in part
 icular are immense. In 2022\, according to UNHCR\, more than 100 million p
 eople were displaced because of conflict and insecurity\, a number not rea
 ched since WWII. Extreme climate events\, such as floods\, storms and drou
 ghts\, are on the rise\, thereby increasing the vulnerability of people al
 ready suffering from conflict1. The COVID19 pandemic further jeopardized t
 he hard-fought gains in access to healthcare and poverty reduction of the 
 past decades.\nThe goal of the Science and Technology for Humanitarian Act
 ion Challenges is to support project-based research between EPFL researche
 rs\, ETH Zurich researchers\, and the ICRC to develop effective solutions 
 for a greater impact of humanitarian action.\n\nEligibility and scope\nA H
 umanitarian Action Challenge must be a clearly defined research question d
 esigned to increase the impact of humanitarian action or to enable humanit
 arian actors to address new and emerging challenges\, in line with the cur
 rent or future work of the ICRC. The projects must be intended to develop\
 , test\, evaluate\, or implement an innovative product\, service\, or poli
 cy\, which involves a technology (as part of the research or the solution)
 .\n\nThe main eligibility criteria are:\n\n	The team must consist of at le
 ast one main applicant from EPFL\, who holds a PhD\, and at least one part
 ner from the ICRC.\n	In addition\, the team is encouraged to have one part
 ner from ETH Zurich and at least one partner from a low- or lower-middle-i
 ncome country. Institutions from the rest of the ETH Domain (PSI\, WSL\, E
 mpa\, and Eawag) are welcome to join as co-applicants\, and other institut
 ions as partners.\n	If the main applicant is not a professor or a financia
 lly independent senior scientist (MER) or financially independent adjunct 
 professor (professeur titulaire)\, the application must include a letter o
 f commitment from the host professor or the head of unit.\n\nBudget:\n\n\n
 	Funding is available for 6-month to 24-month projects. The granted amount
 s will be between CHF 50’000 and CHF 300’000.\n	Funding covers the pro
 ject costs of the EPFL main applicant and of potential co-applicants from 
 the ETH domain (excluding ETH Zurich\, for which funding must be requested
  through the ETH Zurich call for proposals).\n	Applicants (including poten
 tial co-applicants) must provide 25% of the requested amount as matching f
 unds.\n\nFurther information \n\n\n	HAC Programme webpage here\n	Applicant
  must submit their application via the online submission platform\n	For qu
 estions\, please contact the Research Office: research@epfl.ch\n
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