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SUMMARY:[ Transformation towards global sustainable development (TRANSFORM
 ) - SDC | Research funding ]
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200413
DTSTAMP:20260407T175826Z
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CATEGORIES:Call for proposal
DESCRIPTION:With TRANSFORM\, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperat
 ion (SDC) intends to support applied research initiatives conducted by con
 sortia of researchers in Switzerland and the Global South/East\, and imple
 mentation partners\, to develop and test innovative solutions to sustainab
 le development challenges in developing countries. Initiatives should dire
 ctly respond to the needs and interests of implementation partners. Impact
  evaluations and other scientific methods\, which help assess the impacts 
 of international cooperation\, can also be funded.\n\nNo specific thematic
  orientations. SDC is particularly interested in initiatives which aim to 
 contribute to the four medium-term strategic objectives of Switzerland’s
  International Cooperation (see Annex 4) and addressing emerging issues an
 d opportunities such as e.g. digitalisation\, migration and cross sectoral
  approaches.\n\nThree specific objectives have been defined:\n- generate a
 nd validate transformative knowledge and technology that meet the needs of
  practitioners and contribute to sustainable development in the global Sou
 th and East\;\n- foster and support the utilisation and scaling-up of rese
 arch-based knowledge\, technologies and innovation in development policies
  and interventions\, through engaging implementation partners from the ons
 et of research projects\;\n- enhance scientific skills and know-how in con
 ducting transformative and transdisciplinary research on systemic and comp
 lex development challenges.\n\nThe initiatives should address concrete dev
 elopment challenges as identified by implementation partners and refer to 
 policy frameworks at national/regional/global level. The initiatives shall
  facilitate the validation of research findings and up scaling of research
 -based innovation with tangible results in the next 3 to 5 years. The init
 iatives have to address several Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)\, on t
 op of contributing to SDG 17 (Partnerships for the goals) and SDG 1 (no po
 verty).\n\nTRANSFORM will not provide additional support to specific proje
 cts already (co)-financed by SDC.\n\n\nWho can apply\nInterdisciplinary co
 nsortia with at least a Swiss research institution\, a research partner in
  the Global South/East and a non-research implementation partner (governme
 nt\, civil society\, private sector). For private sector partners\, please
  check SDC exclusion criteria. Further (research) partners from the global
  North can also be included in the consortium.\n\nDuration\nMax. 60 months
  (earliest possible start: 1 October 2020)\n\nFunding\nIn principle up to 
 50% of the total budget\, and up to 70% if required by the initiative. SDC
 ’s contribution will indicatively be approx. 1 MCHF / year\, i.e consort
 ium partners match approx. 1 MCHF / year (50% matching fund) or 0.4 MCHF /
  year (30% matching fund). The consortium should prove that in-cash and in
 -kind financing is secured for at least half of the duration of the initia
 tive and explain how further funds will be raised.\nSDC might fund up to 4
  proposals.\n\nDeadlines\nSubmission of pre-proposals: 13 April 2020\, 8:0
 0 pm CET (postponed from 5 April 2020)\nSubmission of full-proposals (upon
  invitation): July 2020\n\n\nSubmission\nSubmission to the following e-mai
 l address: researchdesk@eda.admin.ch\nSee chapters 4.2 and 5.2 of the Call
  document to prepare your pre-proposal.  See also Questions and answers\n
 \nFor further information: please have a look at the TRANSFORM webpage\, C
 all document\, Questions and answers\, Applicants information template\, B
 udget template\, or contact researchdesk@eda.admin.ch\n 
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