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FCRA PROJECT: IDRC CALL FOR RESEARCH PROPOSALS 2015: CITIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE!
Deadline: September 18, 2015
The Cities
and Climate Change initiative will support high quality, demand driven, policy
relevant action research that engages local authorities, communities, and the
private sector.
Proposals
should clearly outline gender sensitive research with demonstrated practical
application at clearly defined, appropriate scales. The proposed research
should reduce risk and increase local preparedness for the impacts of climate
change in urban areas and their catchments. This includes (but is not limited
to) long-term changes in the water cycle, and short-term extreme weather
leading to impacts such as flooding and water shortage. The proposed research
must target one or more of the following themes:
1. ‘Hard
solutions’, for example: developing, protecting, and adapting climate-ready
infrastructure; innovative WASH systems; the development and application of
adaptation technologies.
2. ‘Soft
solutions’, for example: innovative governance systems and planning approaches,
fees for intensive resource use; collaborative management of water resources
and associated infrastructure, services, and industries.
3.
Research addressing climate and population thresholds that: threaten the
sustainability of communities and
industries, influence behavioral change, and/or address barriers to adoption of
adaptation strategies and technologies.
Eligibility:
1. The
proposed research must take place in one or more of the following countries:
Bangladesh, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Mali,
Namibia, Nepal, Pakistan, Senegal, South Africa, Tajikistan, Tanzania, and
Uganda.
2. The
proposed research must be led by a research-oriented organization from
academia, government, the private sector, or civil society and be based in one
of the eligible countries listed above.
3. Organizations from the United Nations system,
members of the Consortium of International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), or
multilateral agencies are not eligible as lead organizations for the proposed
research, even when operating in a developing country, but can be included as
partners provided their budget share does not exceed 20%.