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SUMMARY:[ Science and Technology for Humanitarian Action Challenges (HAC) 
 | Research funding ]
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210715
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CATEGORIES:Call for proposal
DESCRIPTION:The challenges faced by humanitarian organizations and by Inte
 rnational Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in particular are immense. In 
 2019\, almost 71 million people were displaced due to conflict and insecur
 ity\, a number that had not been reached since World War Two. Extreme clim
 ate events\, such as floods\, storms and droughts\, are on the rise\, incr
 easing the vulnerability of people who are already affected conflict1. The
  COVID19 pandemic is further jeopardizing the hard-fought gains in access 
 to healthcare and poverty reduction of the past decades. To foster new sol
 utions\, EPFL and ETH Zurich have joined forces with the ICRC and launched
  the Science and Technology for Humanitarian Action Challenges program. Th
 e aim is to develop effective and innovative solutions enhancing the impac
 t of humanitarian action.\n\nEligibility and scope\nA Humanitarian Action 
 Challenge must be a clearly defined research question designed to increase
  the impact of humanitarian action or to enable humanitarian actors to add
 ress new and emerging challenges\, in line with the current or future work
  of the ICRC. The projects must be intended to develop\, test\, evaluate\,
  or implement an innovative product\, service\, or policy\, which involves
  a technology (as part of the research or the solution).\n\nThe main eligi
 bility criteria are:\n\n	The team must consist of at least one main applic
 ant from EPFL\, who holds a PhD\, and at least one partner from the ICRC.\
 n	In addition\, the team is encouraged to have one partner from ETH Zurich
  and at least one partner from a low- or lower-middle-income country. Inst
 itutions from the rest of the ETH Domain (PSI\, WSL\, Empa\, and Eawag) ar
 e welcome to join as co-applicants\, and other institutions as partners.\n
 	If the main applicant is not a professor or a financially independent sen
 ior scientist (MER) or financially independent adjunct professor (professe
 ur titulaire)\, the application must include a letter of commitment from t
 he host professor or the head of unit.\n\n\nBudget:\n\n\n	Funding is avail
 able for 6-month to 24-month projects. The granted amounts will be between
  CHF 100’000 and CHF 300’000.\n	Funding covers the project costs of th
 e 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 potential co-applican
 ts) must provide 25% of the requested amount as matching funds.\n\n\nAppli
 cation deadline: Tuesday 15 July 2021 (17:00 CEST)\n\n\nFurther informatio
 n \n\n\n	Applicant must submit their application via the online submission
  platform.\n	For questions\, please contact the Research Office: research@
 epfl.ch\n
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