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SUMMARY:[ Federal Office of Environment (FOEN) | Applied research on lands
 cape ]
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210409
DTSTAMP:20260427T225340Z
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CATEGORIES:Call for proposal
DESCRIPTION:As part of the Swiss federal government's Environment Research
  Concept 2021-2024\, the Swiss Federal Office of Environment is launching 
 a call for research projects in applied landscape research.\n\nThe FOEN is
  interested in any research projects that fall within the priority researc
 h themes set out in the Federal Research Master Plan. In the context of th
 is call for proposals\, three cross-cutting questions are addressed:\n \n
 \n	"4°C or +": What will the Swiss landscape look like in 2050 and 2100? 
 For this theme\, visual representations of the research results for commun
 ication purposes are desired.\n\n \n\n\n	How can the value of the landsca
 pe be measured and objectified? Here the FOEN wishes to further develop an
 d concretise the study by A. Barranzini's study in order to strengthen the
  consideration of landscape in regional development and planning processes
 .\n\n \n\n\n	How can the contribution of landscape to human health be mea
 sured and what is the value of this landscape service?\n\n\nFunding: up to
  CHF 100’000.- yearly\n\nSubmission process:\n\n\n	An anonymised project
  pre-proposal of approximately two pages\, describing the research problem
 \, its objectives\, data and methods\, an estimated budget and a schedule\
 , should be sent by 9 April 2021 at the latest to samuel.halter@bafu.admin
 .ch . Applicants' CVs should be provided as an annex to this pre-proposal.
 \n	An internal jury will evaluate the pre-proposals on the basis of our pr
 iorities and the relevance\, coherence and quality of the research design 
 and will make its decision by 23 April 2021 at the latest.\n	Selected proj
 ect leaders will then be invited to submit a full research proposal (max. 
 20 pages) to be provided by 13 June 2021 at the latest.\n\n\nNext Deadline
 s: \n\n\n	Deadline for pre-proposal: 9 April 2021\n	Invitation to send ful
 l proposal: 23 April 2021\n	Deadline for full proposal: 13 June 2021\n\n\n
 \nFor more information and application\, please have a look at FOEN websit
 e and the call invitation\, Please contact research@epfl.ch for personalis
 ed advice on the applicable overhead rate\, eligible productive hours and 
 much more.\n \n 
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