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News CIRCLE-2 Mediterranean Joint Call: "Adaptation to Climate Change from a natural and social science perspective: Water in coastal Mediterranean areas"

CIRCLE-2 ERA-NET is launching a new joint call for transnational research projects in "Adaptation to Climate Change from a natural and social science perspective: Water in coastal Mediterranean areas".

The aim of this call is to encourage scientific cooperation between social and natural scientists in order to find novel solutions for transnational water-related climate change adaptation challenges in support to public policies. CIRCLE-MED2-2013 is a 2013 joint call of the Mediterranean network under the CIRCLE-2 ERA-NET.

The funding countries of this call are France, Greece, and Portugal represented by the following research funding organisations from the CIRCLE-MED network: 

  • Ministry for Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy (MEDDE), France;
  • Mariolopoulos-Kanaginis Foundation for the Environmental Sciences (MKF), Greece;
  • Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Portugal;

Research will cover one at least one of the following priority vulnerable sectors and theirrelation with necessary adaptation responses:

 Freshwater resources, availability and use (including water supply and sanitation);
 Urban infrastructure / agglomerations;
 Ecosystem services.


For more information, please follow the link: http://www.circle-era.eu/np4/Call2013.html

Budget:

The total available budget for the present call is 610 k€.

Timeline:

The call is published on Monday 4th of March, 2013.

Deadline for submission is Monday 6th of May 2013 (18:00 CET).

Starting date of funded proposals: 1st of December 2013

Call documentation:

Contact information:

Call secretariat e-mail: circle2call2013@fc.ul.pt

Contact information Maurice IMBARD Ministère de l'Écologie, du Développement Durable et de l’Énergie CGDD/DRI/SR - Pièce 4-45 Tour Voltaire 92055 LA DEFENSE Cedex FRANCE (email: circle2call2013@fc.ul.pt ; maurice.imbard@developpement-durable.gouv.fr ; ; vas@Academyofathens.gr ; Dina.Carrilho@fct.pt)
News type Procurement
File link http://www.circle-era.eu/np4/Call2013.html
File link local CIRCLE_MED2_call_2013_TEXT_04032013.pdf (PDF, 498 Kb)
Source of information © CIRCLE-2 ERA-Net
Keyword(s) adaptation to climate change, coastal areas, ERA-NET
Subject(s) ANALYSIS AND TESTS , CHARACTERISTICAL PARAMETERS OF WATERS AND SLUDGES , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , ENERGY , FINANCE-ECONOMY , HEALTH - HYGIENE - PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES , SLUDGES , TOURISM - SPORT - HOBBIES , WATER QUALITY
Relation http://www.circle-era.eu/np4/%7B$clientServletPath%7D/?newsId=535&fileName=CIRCLE_MED2_call_2013_TEXT_04032013.pdf
Geographical coverage France, Greece, Portugal
News date 08/03/2013
Working language(s) ENGLISH
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