URBAN-NET

announcing a call for research proposals

SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 
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The theme of the call
Research proposals are invited from consortia of three or more countries to address research questions from within the broad framework of sustainable urban development. The main topics are the interactions between urban functions and sectors (e.g. economy; environment; housing) rather than developing more sustainable approaches within them. The resilient city is an example of a crosscutting theme that integrates economic, social/cultural and ecological dimensions of sustainability and demands a multidisciplinary approach. Further examples are outlined in the Discussion paper Future Research Areas in the field of Urban Sustainability. 

Full research and pre-research projects
The call is open for;

Full research projects for a duration of up to two years.
 
Shorter pre-research activities that prepare the way for research. It could be arranging a conference, workshops or seminars or; writing a literature review, state of the art or an application that could be used in the final URBAN-NET call or in FP7, etc.

Funding rules
The research consortia must include researchers from a minimum of three countries. The researchers are funded through a funding organisation in the country where they are based. The rules of the funding organisation must be followed.

Applicants should read the more detailed call text that includes guidelines for application and consult the national contact point about national rules or conditions for participation.

The national funding organisations and corresponding national focal points are listed below.

Countries and organisations funding the call and contact persons

Country	Funding organisation	Contact person	Address
Bulgaria	ASDF	Kristian Milenov	asde-urban@ online.bg
Cyprus	RPF	Katerina Kari	kkari@ research.org.cy
France	MEDAD/PUCA	Anne Querrien	anne.querrien@ equipement. gouv.fr
The Netherlands	Nicis NWO SenterNovem	Sanne Mohr	Sanne.mohr@ nicis.nl
Portugal	FCT	Cristina Costa	cristina.costa@ fct.mctes.pt
Romania	IPA	Sorin Baban
Sweden	Formas	Ulla Westerberg	Ulla.Westerberg@ formas.se
Turkey	TUBITAK	Özlem L. Sari	ozlem.sari@ tubitak.gov.tr

   
                 
Application
Formas, the Swedish Research council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning, is managing this call and is the call secretariat.

Applications should be submitted electronically to Formas at http://direct.formas.se. Instructions are available by following this link.

Selection procedure
When the applications have been checked by the call secretariat and subsequently by the national funding organisations they are passed on to a common expert panel. The panel recommends selected projects for funding. The national funding organisations will make the final decision to provide funding, and contracts to proceed with a project are concluded directly between the researchers and their national funding organisations.
 
Evaluation criteria
The aim, theory, hypothesis and methodology of the research as well as the scientific competence of the research consortium will be assessed.

The relevance criteria refer to the URBAN-NET strategic objectives as outlined in the call text document. Proposals that incorporate an integrated approach that includes new combinations of people and perspectives, (multi-, inter- and transdisciplinarity) are encouraged.

Dates and deadlines