June 18, 2025 – The Belmont Forum announced today the launch of its new Collaborative Research Action (CRA) titled “Vulnerability and Resilience Management for Socio-Environmental Systems in Exposed Territories,” or Resilience. This global call for proposals aims to define and promote innovative risk management concepts that integrate the impacts of global change and the evolving relationship between societies and nature.
Co-led by the French National Research Agency (ANR), the French Environmental Research Programming Agencies (FERPA), and the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), Resilience builds upon the insights gained from the recent COVID-19 pandemic. It expands on the previous “Disaster Risk, Reduction and Resilience” (DR3 2019) CRA. The initiative aims to foster a more holistic and transdisciplinary approach to risk science, aligning it with sustainability science principles.
Some expected outcomes of Resilience include advancements in risk science, enhanced co-production of knowledge, a concentrated focus on highly vulnerable territories, more informed governance, and the cultivation of a new generation of scientists and stakeholders equipped to address rising environmental risks.
Projects submitted under this call are expected to incorporate elements from at least two of the three key areas:
- Better assessing the risks of the increasing complexity of global change.
- Paying specific attention to exacerbated vulnerabilities in highly exposed territories.
- Developing innovative solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction.
Proposals must demonstrate a strong link between societal and environmental aspects of global challenges and are required to be truly transdisciplinary, involving researchers from social sciences/humanities/economics, natural sciences/physical sciences/engineering/technology, and societal partners (citizens, industry, decision-makers, or civil society organizations).
The Resilience call has a two-stage submission process, with registration due in October 2025 and full proposals due in February 2026. Projects are intended to be three years in length, with funding of successful projects anticipated in September 2026.
For more information on the Resilience call for proposals, including guidelines for applicants and national/regional requirements, please visit the Belmont Forum Grant Operations website.
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