Biodiversity and Transformative Change – BiodivTransform (Appel Biodiversa+ 2024-2025)

Biodiversa+, the European Biodiversity Partnership under Horizon Europe, is pleased to announce the launch of a new transnational joint research call on “Biodiversity and transformative change” (referred to as BiodivTransform).

The BiodivTransform Call aims at supporting interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and/or cross-sectoral research and innovation projects that will:

• Help understand trade-offs and cross-linkages between the worldwide crises of biodiversity loss, climate change and pollution
   
• Identify, analyse, and comprehend transformation processes that may safeguard biodiversity by mitigating its threats and halt – even reverse – its decline, as well as the benefits it may provide to people.

Transformative Change can be defined as “fundamental system-wide reorganisation across technological, economic and social factors, including paradigms, goals and values needed for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity” (IPBES 2019)

This call adopts a bottom-up approach, without pre-defined research themes. Projects will be expected to demonstrate academic excellence with potential for societal and policy impact regarding biodiversity, aiming to connect science, society, policy, and practices for transformative change. They should have a holistic approach and mobilise as needed natural sciences, technical sciences, social sciences, humanities and art. The projects should also clearly demonstrate international added-value.

This call is not restricted in terms of specific environments nor geographic areas, encompassing all realms (terrestrial, marine, coastal and freshwater) and ecosystems experiencing various levels and sources of disturbances, including transition zones and interfaces (coastal, wetlands, urban–rural, forest–agriculture, etc.) and in integrated land/seascapes.

To be eligible, transnational research consortia must be composed of eligible research partners from minimum 3 different countries financially participating in the call and requesting support from minimum 3 different Funding Organisations; including at least two different EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries.

Nota Bene: Not all EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries participate financially in this call. The list of participating countries and associated funding organisation is available here, as well as their respective reserved budgets and their national / regional eligibility rules and participation modalities.

A two-step evaluation process applies, with a mandatory submission of pre- and full proposals (in English) via an Electronic Proposal Submission System (EPSS).

Please make sure to consult all the documents listed below for more information regarding the topic of this call, its modalities and evaluation process, including the details about the assessment criteria at both steps.

30/09/2024 Erratum to the Appendix for applicants requesting funding from ANR - BiodivTransform 2024-2025 : Correction of the deadline for submitting pre-proposals, Step 1: 08/11/2024 at 3:00 p.m. CET, p.1