CIRCLE Poster Session

CARAVAN (PDF-Download, 1.0 MB)

CAREPOL (PDF-Download, 126 kB)

Community Response (PDF-Download, 151 kB)

Preliminary Conclusions of the Nordic projects

Summary Preliminary Conclusions of the Nordic projects

Funded projects and summary Nordic Call

Summary of the funded Projects within the NORDIC Call (PDF-Download, 124 K)

Downloads

Application form with Guidelines for project description (DOC-Download, 155 kB)

Evaluation criteria (PDF-Download, 9.6 kB)

Nordic call text (PDF-Download, 17.7 kB)

CIRCLE NORDIC call, deadline Dec 10 2007

Research on consequences of climate change for policy making in the Nordic countries

This is a Nordic pilot call under the CIRCLE ERA-NET. The funding organisations of the call are: the Academy of Finland, the Research Council of Norway and the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.

The aim of this call is to enhance Nordic research cooperation in the areas specified below. The research conducted within this call should increase knowledge of options, premises and barriers for climate change adaptation including the relationship between adaptation and mitigation.

The theme for project proposals is research on consequences of climate change for policy making in important sectors in the Nordic countries, e.g.,

  • What are the synergies and trade-offs between adaptation and mitigation to climate change in policy making?
  • How do the Nordic countries compare and differ with respect to adaptation needs and implementation ability?

Additional value of Nordic cooperation should be clearly addressed and will be one of the evaluation criteria.

The call will have a total maximum budget of 400 000 euros, with a maximum of 100 000 – 200 000 euros from each funding organisation.

Process Nordic Call

Eligible activities

Funding is for either existing research activities or for starting up new ones.

Funding can be applied for:

  • Salaries and grants
  • Travel expenses (climate friendly)
  • Seminars and workshops

Equipment costs will not be funded.

Formal requirements

Each proposal shall be submitted by a trans-national consortium including partners from all three countries. Others may also participate as partners of the consortia, but must be independently financed. Funding can be applied for researchers/research teams in the universities and research institutes in countries funding the call (Finland, Norway and Sweden). Applicants must also meet the national eligibility criteria. Maximum duration of projects is 2 years.

Decision making procedure

CIRCLE Nordic will appoint a Call Steering Committee (CSC), consisting of two representatives from each of the funding organisations. The CSC will manage the call and give a recommendation for funding to the national funding organisations. Proposals will be evaluated by an expert panel, which submits its evaluation to the CSC.

The evaluation criteria are:

  • scientific quality
  • qualifications of the consortium
  • feasibility
  • cooperation
  • communication plan
  • relevance to the call

The objectives of the evaluation process is to select trans-national research proposals, which meet the needs of both CIRCLE and the national funding organisations. The final decision on funding will be made in the national funding organisations.

The call will be open between 19 October 2007 and 10 December 2007, 5 pm CET. Applications received after this deadline will be excluded from the evaluation process. The projects of the consortium should be ready to begin on 1 May 2008.

The call will have a single stage application procedure. One joint application should be submitted by the project leader on behalf of the whole consortium. Submission requires the consortium to complete a common electronic application form and a project description of maximum 10 pages including each subproject (see guidelines) in pdf format. The language of the application is English. For information on national eligibility criteria, see information on the web pages of the national contact points.

Applications should be submitted on-line at http://www.circle-era.net/online-submission/.
In case of technical problems, please submit your proposal to the following e-mail-adress: submission-nordic@circle-era.net

Download

National contact points and national call links

Clarifications on national rules and funding must be obtained from the National Contact Persons listed below.

Finland

The Academy of Finland
Research council for Biosciences and Environment
Jaana Vormisto tel. +358 9 774 88 473, circle@aka.fi
Mirka Gustafsson tel. +358 9 774 88 493, circle@aka.fi
www.aka.fi

Norway

The Research Council of Norway
Kristin Dahle tel. +47 22 03 72 28, krda@rcn.no
Karine Hertzberg tel. +47 22 03 72 44, kah@rcn.no
www.forskningsradet.no/norklima

Sweden

Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Research Secretariat
Marianne Lilliesköld tel. + 46 8 698 12 69
Marianne.lillieskold@naturvardsverket.se
http://www.naturvardsverket.se/

top of page